Congratulations on winning the Maloof Money Cup Am Street. Did you have any expectations before Maloof?
I had no expectations. I just went there to represent Revolution, to chill and skate, and I guess I just had a good day that day. It was cool.

What are you going to do with the money?
I came back from Maloof early in the morning, went straight to Cape Tech and paid off my student loan. Everyone says “You’re so responsible” (laughs). It would have taken me like 5 years to pay it off, and I paid the whole thing off in one shot.

What was your overall impression of the Maloof Money Cup?
I was blown away. I mean, just being amongst all those dudes was enough for me. Like it could have been some shitty competition and I would have still enjoyed it. But honestly, I had the best time. It was like being at an American X Games or something. It was really proper, and fucking cool.

What were some of the highlights of your weekend at Maloof, besides winning the Am Street?
Seeing Geoff Rowley skate, and skating that awesome park. The marble was amazing. I’ve never skated marble like that so it was really awesome. Perfect run-ups, perfect landings. It was pretty perfect.

What are your plans for the rest of the year?
For the rest of the year I’m basically just skating and having fun. I’m trying to get a job too. But I just want to keep on skating and pushing myself a bit further.

Congratulations to Moses Adams, who skated the Pro division at the Maloof Money Cup South Africa 2011. Moses placed 17th out of a huge number of riders, and is consistently featuring on the current international circuit. View the full results HERE.

Congratulations to Justus Kotze, who won the Am Street Finals at Maloof Money Cup South Africa 2011! View the full contest results HERE.

Check out an interview with Moses Adams about his trip to New York for the Red Bull Manny Mania Finals on Revolution HERE.

Our local Cape Town skater, Moses Adams, came 15th out of 120 contestants in the Red Bull Manny Mania World Finals held in New York this past weekend. Well done Moses!

2011 Red Bull Manny Mania World Final Results:

1. Sewa Kroetkov, Netherlands
2. Francesco Marconato, Italy
3. Mads Christensen, Denmark
4. Sebastian “Sebo” Walker, USA
5. Manuel Etchegoyen, France
6. Marten Rapp, Sweden
7. Robert Kocjan, Slovenia
8. Dmitrii Rodionov, Russia
9. Gonzalo Saravia, Argentina
10. Luis Guillermo Vascones, Peru
11. Sergio Munoz, Spain
12. Nuno Cardoso, Portugal
13. Alexandre Vaz Vieira, Brazil
14. Sebastian Gonzalez Obando, Colombia
15. Gavin “Moses” Adams, South Africa
16. Lloyd McLeggon-Watkinson, United Kingdom
17. Dean Palmer, Australia
18. Maarten De Ryck, Belgium
19. Lozio Plamenov Dimitrov, Bulgaria
20. Sa Phep Tang, Switzerland
21. Paddy Maguire, Ireland
22. Carlos Alfredo Padilla Ruvalcaba, Mexico
23. Konstantinos Mavridis, Greece
24. Manuel Fernando Rivera Lois, Chile
25. Peter Forray, Hungary
26. Miroslav Knezevic, Bosnia-Herzegovina
27. Juan Pablo Imana Ruiz, Bolivia
28. Brandon Bandula, Canada
29. Danilo Pisanjuk, Serbia
30. Evgeniy Fedchuk, Kazakhstan
31. Dragomir Alexandru Stefan, Romania

Moses is in New York at the moment for the Red Bull Manny Mania Finals. Good luck Moses!

KFD Would like to Welcome Yann Horowitz to the team. His unique personal style , creative board-ability and positive driven mindset are just some of the stand out characteristics that come to mind when thinking of Yann. If you have ever been in his company you will undoubtedly have noticed him and the style and creativity that he exhumes with. We are all stoked to have him on the team and his raw unfiltered passion for skateboarding, and life, make him a custom fit for KFD. He recently just had a banger of an interview in Session , issue # 30, so go check it out.

JP Du Preez has been with KFD for a year and a half now and is quickly becoming one of South Africa’s best Skateboarders. After a recent injury we where able to get him off a board long enough it ask some question about the industry, the music and the new KFD video!

Skating has become big business, what are your feelings on the commercial aspects of skating? To me skateboarding is all about having fun with my homies, but to others it’s also a job. I think that companies do so much for skateboarding. Its amazing, especially skater owned companies. And what better than getting paid for doing something that you love.

What do you think of reality shows based on skateboarders? I think it’s okay because it introduces skateboarding to the rest of the world, brings it to new markets. I do think they over do it sometimes, Ryan Shecklers show is all about his love life and bling. Not enough skating!

You study photography, what do you take pictures of, what is the inspiration for your photography? Because I’m studying photography I have to take pictures of tons of random things. I don’t really have much of a choice; I just have to do what needs to be done. Recently I injured my ankle and have been unable to skate. Being injured has given me the opportunity to start shooting skate pics. I’d still rather be skating though. Personally, aside from skateboarding, I also love taking pictures of the city, and music!

Who inspires your photography? Well Marcus Maschwitz has to be one of my biggest influences in photography. He is one of the reasons why I started and just a rad guy. Thanks brother! I also look at photographers like Atiba Jefferson, Gavin Scott, Jason Odell, Tyrone Bradley Warren v. Rensburg, Ben Burgh!

Music has always been closely associated with skating, which skate video has the best soundtrack? Zero – New Blood and Flip Sorry and Really Sorry. They have Iggy Pop, Motorhead, David Bowie Velvet Underground, Minor Threat, The Coral, The Stooges and Gray Matter. Basically they are both old school and they both rock!

You guys just finished filming the new KFD video. What are your favorite tricks? I think it’s almost finished, I think its some final edits and its done… ask Jamie, it should be released in September. . And my favorite trick, well they are all gnarly, you will have to watch and decided! Mosie has got some amazing footage though. The video is defiantly going to throw everything down.

And some YouTube footage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fAtae1TWSw