Game of skate part dos.

$1500 buckeroos up for grab for the game of and $500 for highest ollie.
Chey at ABC will be announcing the names for the game of skate early next week, if you didn’t get the invite there are still 4 wildcard spots open to anyone. All you have to do is post up a youtube clip and send the link through to chey@abccuz.com

The high ollie comp is open to anyone with a board and well, a high ollie. Get it in ya.

A classic frontside flip from Kevin Francis. Alley-Oop Skate Park, Kelston, circa 1999.

Footage from the recent Getting Nordical tour from Lakai.

Baw Baw’din Ep 05 from john waddell on Vimeo.

Episode 5 of the Baw Baw heat. Get it in ya.

Tim Schmidt is first up for the new set of TTT questions.

Date of birth?
 2/5/87

Where are you from?
 Auckland

Backside 180 nosegrind. Photo: Jake Darwen.

Where are you currently and why?
North Shore City. My Dad’s basement is cheap.

Who are the lovely people that give you stuff?
Scott at Adidas Eyewear, Morri at Irrom, Fraiser and everyone at Cheapskates Takapuna, Chop City threads. Thanks guys. Oh yeah and my friends give me shit all the time.

What’s your favourite movie quote?
I can never remember anything at times like these. “So Napoleon, what are you gonna do today?” “WHATEVER I WANT, GOSH!”
Anything from Will Ferrell.

Switch flip. Photo: David Read.

What’s your favourite beverage?
Doctor P

What’s your favourite skate video when you were a grommet?
Illuminaton Process, Progression volume one

What’s your favourite skate photo of all time
Everyone blows my mind all the time. I’m just a fan and I have heaps, I just have a bad memory

Backside noseblunt. Photo: Mark Barber.

What song has the highest playcount in your iTunes?
Funny you ask because I just had to buy one on trade me and it has all the new pop hits and nothing else. Best thing is that there’s a hardware problem and I can’t change the songs. No excuse though. Lady gaga

What’s your favorite thing to do when not skateboarding?
Hang out with Sophie

Funniest clip on YouTube is
Understanding automatic door fail, food critic fail

Nollie frontside heelflip. Photo: Mark Barber.

One spot/skate park for the rest of your life, what would it be?
O parks pretty cool, or Lynfield bowl. Yeah I’d lurk there cleaning the glass out of the snake run every day for sure but at least theres lots of g’s I could rap-battle with. It was also the first park I skated. Still love it tweakers and all

One trick for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Ollie or the old slash

Where will skateboarding be in 10 years?
I don’t know, probably over there somewhere

Frontside shuvit. Photo: Mark Barber.

Pro you wanted to be when you were a kid?
Bernie Foo. Like GT said in his interview, he’s always been ahead of the game

Skater that inspires you the most now
Taylor Bingaman

Skateboarding in New Zealand needs?
Some money

5-0 kickflip to fakie. Photos: David Read.

Predictions for next year?
Steve Nicholls will be SHREDDING

Spring is here. This issue we interview Jack Woodrow, Christian Low, and Josh and Olly Wilson. Arthur Kay brings us his finest snaps from London and Paris. Burton and Forum go head to head in White Line Fever’s Battle of the Backroads. Dan Gemmell is Decent Decent, Adrian Vercoe checks in with a viewpoint and Jamie Cook gives us his top fives. The Park Ranger visits Templeton Domain and Upland Road Bowl, and Mike Weston revisits Dunedin’s 1978 skate scene. All that and much, much more. Out Sept 6th. Get your copy here.

Marquis Preston is officially repping the F Dot. Check out his intro video here, and watch out for his part in Stay Gold. It will be amazing.