Manual Magazine

This week we catch up with Tauranga ripper Garth Urquhart, (make  sure you check out his decent decent in the latest issue of MANUAL out now.)

How old are you?
 24

Where are you from?
South Africa

Where do you live?
 Tauranga

Best thing about your hometown?
Mt Vert ramp and all the brothers that skate it!

Who makes it possible? (sponsors)
Copious and Backdoor Mt Maunganui (chur cale)

Drop in. Photo: JMac.
Portrait: JMac.

Who are your five favourite upstarts? (badgers)
Shaun Boucher
Jared Carlin
Cam Graham
Donny
and Liam Branigan aka” Brian Wenning” Otumoetai ripper!

Who are your five favourite legends?
Lee Ralph
John Cardiel
Tom Penny
Pat Duffy
Gonz
Anthony McLeod(if I can skate like Ants at 37 I’ll die happy)

What are your favourite five video parts?
Grant Taylor - Debacle
Omar Salazar - First love
Cody McEntire - Smoke and Mirrors
Ray Barbee - Ban This
Andrew Reynolds - Baker 3

Front blunt. Photos: David Read.

Top 5 youtube vids?
Andrew Reynolds Epicly Later’d
Mark Gonzales New Zealand Film
Fone jacker: DOOVDE-LCD-TV
Phil switch hard flip
Every day normal guy

Favourite Quote
Once the game is over; the King and the Pawn go back in the same box

Best city for skateboarding?
I can’t say I have one yet.

Favourite song?
I’ve got sugar man by Rodriguez in my head at the moment

Favourite Park?
Mt ramp if that counts as a park?

Favourite Magazine cover?
Dan G -Manual 29

What are your bad habits?
Skating when I’m injured just like every skater

What’s the worst thing about skateboarding in NZ?
I have to agree with Luke Blackman on this one, begins with T and ends with Smithers.

What’s the best thing about skateboarding in NZ?
Good people with good vibes

Kickflip shifty. Photo: David Read.