Kanya Spani of Sandown won the Saturday 25 June qualifier for Red Bull Manny Mania 2011 at the Revolution Skate Park in Kempton Park, Johannesburg. He and 3 other qualifiers will compete on Sunday in the South Africa finals of Red Bull Manny Mania, the largest international event for amateur manual skaters.
“I feel really stoked about winning. It was unexpected, so I’m really stoked. I’m a little nervous about the final, but I know most of the skaters so it’s going to be fun.”
From 32 competitors at the event, the three other skaters selected to compete in the final include: Anthony Monalonca, Dada Marumo and Michael Bervoets.
The Johannesburg qualifiers will skate against 9 other qualifiers including Keiran Mans, Moses Adams and Zuhandre Yslie from the Western Cape, Gareth Sierra, Damon de Clercq and Mark Stoutjesdyk from the Eastern Cape and Dlamini Dlamini, Khule Ngubaneand and George Van Blerk from Kwa-Zulu Natal.
The winner of the national final on 26 June will be flown to New York City on an all expenses paid trip to represent South Africa at the Red Bull Manny Mania World Final for amateurs on 20 August 2011. The winner of this event will get a chance to step into the big leagues by competing in the invite-only Red Bull Manny Mania Pro Event, on Sunday 21 August in New York City.
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