PHOTOS: Peg Street King Durban

Dec'io Lourenc'o is the 2013 Peg Street King Champion. The Peg Street Kings event was held on Danville Avenue in Durban over the weekend and was a real success for the South African Gravity Race Association.

There were 90 entries from around South Africa with the majority of the participants coming from the Western Cape. The event sees participants brave a downhill route on a skateboard at high speeds with chicanes and turns to overcome. There were four different categories: a professional open, two junior events and an amateur event.

Results were as follows:

Professional Open

1st - Dec'io Lourenc'o

2nd - Raoul Van Den Berg

3rd - Ricki Allardice

Junior 2

1st - Simon Sturrock

2nd - Henry Muller

3rd - Bryce Gardiner

Junior 1

1st - Kienan Dunn

2nd - Tyron Coetzee

3rd - David Beare

Amateurs

1st - Jordy Johnson

2nd - Dylan De Fleuriot

3rd - Peter Kohne

 

 

(Images:Anthony Grote Photography and Kevin Sawyer Photography)

- Peter van Onselen

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