Manual Magazine

This is the first in a series of short interviews that we will be posting up on the site every Tuesday. This was Jake Mein’s idea to get a bit more content up on the site and give a little insight/props to the rippers out there. First on the list is Dom Henry. Stay tuned for more next week.

Talk Turkey Tuesdays With Dom Henry

How old are you?
 22.

Where do you live?
Wellington city.

Who gives you love?
Globe, Independent, Cliche.

Who is up and coming?
Salty Red.

Who are your favourite Ol’ Top Dogs?
I’m not going to call any of my friends old. Age means nothing.

BS180 fakie manual fakie flip. Mt Cook, Wellington.

What can you not live without?
Tea. Comedy. Company.

When you’re not skating you are?
Lost.

What are your favourite five albums?
Sage Francis - Human The Death Dance
Morrissey - Vauxhall and I
Belle and Sebastian - The Life Pursuit
Braintax - Biro Funk
R.A the Rugged Man - American Low Life

What are your favourite five video parts?
Josh Kalis - Peep This
Rob Welsh - Aesthetics Ryde or Die vol. 1
Mark Baines - Waiting For The World
Mike Carroll - Modus Operandi
Keenan Milton & Gino Iannucci - Mouse

What are your favourite five books?
On The Road - Jack Kerouac
A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
The Great Gatsby -  F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
American Scream : The BIll Hicks Story

Who do you look up to?
Kevin Francis. Joseph Whaanga.

Switch 180 nose manual nollie backside flip, Ghetto Spot, Newtown.

What are your bad habits?
Claiming mad tricks on spots, and telling people my better ideas
instead of getting on with making them happen.

What’s the worst thing about skateboarding in NZ?
 Swannys.

What’s the best thing about skateboarding in NZ?
 Swannys.

All photos by David Read, interview by Jake Mein.