16.07.08

I got this sweet box of goodness from the Gravis crew a few days ago. Inside was the lowdown on the new IVsk8 range featuring Arto Saari kicks. Pretty deluxe, I say. Yes, the ammo box is real. Although I'm not sure if every pair will ship with one of these! Not likely. Also, please note the awesome table tennis table. Challenge?
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The onslaught of Snow Park madness has begun.
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MTV have released the names of the first few artists to play the Snow Jam at Terrace Downs.
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Well, I'm freezing. How are you? We've been playing Ping Pong to keep the blood flowing. INsight continue to bring the noise in fresh new ways.
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Not that anyone is trying to associate drinking with driving... but a car full of beer and Jager is a pretty sweet prize for a little bit of rail jibbery. Skull Candy and Export Gold's Winter Rain Jam is on again, for the second year running. August 9th in the garden city.
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Just set up my new Slave board this morning. Adio crew having some fun.
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We are giving away a bunch of Subscriptions on NZsnowboard.com. The talented Mr Kircher has a portfolio in the latest Tweaker Zine. And you have probably all seen this by now... go skateboarding.
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Dillon Ryan, who shot the majority of Tim Jackway's IV in the latest issue, has a new website. Beware of Frisbees in QT. And The Black Keys rule.
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Snowpark NZ is looking super fine with a new intermediate line and some cool new features.... this pic was shot on Friday night during a night riding session.
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We got some new shizz on the shop. One new tee and a couple of prints, oi.
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Booyaa! The Black Keys tonight fools. Oh, and if you're in the Wellington area and need a cheap computer we have two G4 733mhz towers that need new homes. Going cheap, make me an offer. Both of them have monitors, and all the bits and bobs to get them up and running. They are clean and in running order.
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Plague Snowboards exhibition at The Good Room. Be there or else.
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Dimi's got a wee clip up on Irrom site, and Queesntown's bowl is well on it's way.
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Here is a MASSIVE TREAT for you, two, three. Just another piece in the puzzle that is Skinner... Thank god my mum kept all my Sidewalk and Document mags in the attic. I have been gourging on these little time portals – the shit shoe adverts are the best.
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Karl Watson accompanied by Anthony Claravall
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Just got off the phone to the peeps at MTV. Word has is that they are planning a big free event in the Methven area in mid August with international and local artists. They weren't letting much slip about who and where... more info as it comes. However, Billabong are all go with the Snow Stock TTR event. And the Snow Stock site is up now.
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The Irrom crew went down to Queenstown a couple of weekends back and sampled the new park that Jason Parkes has been crafting. Bill Bycroft put together a clip from the weekend and it's up on Irrom's new site now. Expect much more of this type of thing from the boys, along with updates on new products and team riders. Scott Lai just forwarded me this neat clip too. Watch out for the hiking boots.
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And you thought your trany skills were legit. Wrong. Check again. More Jamal
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So you think your ride is pimp? Wrong, this is where it's at.
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Jamal Smith laying down his trickness, all gangsta like.
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Episode two of News Week has justed dropped. Big props for Manual on that one, thanks boys! We just got word that the éS Game of Skate is happening again. Big $$$$ and a a trip to Melbourne are up for grabs. Local shredder Lee Corleison has a new site up. Dan Kircher from 09 has done a re-edit of Pat Steiner's part from the new Static 3 vid. The new Manual is out now. And we are offering pre orders on the new Dero Video, I'm Broke Too. Enjoy.
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MDTV have just released their Pre Season Shredfest. Uping the production values a good few notches and sampling some of the recent snow falls in the Wanaka area. Also check out this oldie (and goodie) from the one and only Gonz. And take a peep at Tony Forte's site.
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We just got the official word on Billabong's Snow Stock which will be going down on August 14th & 15th at Snow Park. Read this for the low down on what will be one of the major events of this season.
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The Chop Club video are finally making it's public apperance at the Fu Bar in AK on June 5th. Make sure you are there because, as the CC crew said, "we'll never film another one..." Also, check out the dlxsf.com for the new Krooked catalog. It's full of footy and pics. Oh, and there's this. Coming soon.
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Auckland is getting blasted with Snow Events left and right. This time the North Shore gets treated to the Taka Throw Down, 30th May. Sign up to the event on assbook.
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Endeavor Snowboards are launching their new range at Snowplanet next week. Koia's gonna be there. Are you?
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Tomorrow night (14th) at The Britomart at 6pm, then on to The Pony Club to sink some drinks. Red Bull One Truck Wonders. Holla!
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Put this one in your diary. The US LRG team are coming to NZ next week. AK on the 24th, Naki on the 25th, Wgtn on the 27th, and Napier on the 28th. Check the flyer for the impressive line up. The kiwi team are travelling around the North Island at the same time so look out the them too.
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Little old Rhys from Irrom tells me that you can check out some more clips on YouTube. This time it's from Wellypaps.
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Here's a few pics of Joseph, Dom, Conan and Roger from the Wellington Red Bull OTW, there's even some footy on the Special Ops site. Check out our Youtube channel too. Featuring the new Irrom clip. The Wellington Bowlarama show is going to screen on C4 at 3.30pm on Saturday. Don't miss it.
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Check out this new site called KickFlip.co.nz that offers a pretty comprehensive guide to NZ skate parks.
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One Truck Wonders, this Thursday 5pm at Spot (Waitangi Park).

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Keep the video clips coming, I say. This time it's the Irrom crew in Helensville. There's even some Lister footage. Booya!
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I'm not sure where these guys get off calling this a promo, it's pretty much full length. Jokes. Not just another Welly vid.
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Kayle Lawson is the first rider on Auckland based clothing company VIC. Check out his part and their site.
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Hey, ho. Huffer Winter on the websizzle.
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OK, It's official. Red Bull presents One Truck Wonders, Thursday April 3rd, Waitangi Park (at SPOT, near Te Papa), 5-8pm. It's a jam format with the last 40 minutes being a best trick open session. Rules are: one truck makes only, no blunt slides count, 5-0 or nose grinds count. The Prize is secret. The Winner of Wellington OTW gets to go to the AK OTW final on May Ist, with an after party at the Pony Club from 8-10pm. Flyer. Flyer. Flyer. Flyer.
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Trash Films Wellington Park vid in one, two, three and four parts. Boosh.
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Take a peek at the RVCA youtube channel and you'll probably get sucked in to one of those "I'll just watch another clip" voids that tend to dissolve work days into a pile of poo. But a good kind of poo. Also, if you are in the Wellington area you should check out the latest Capital Times as it has a little blurb about the Manualzeal reinterpretation down by the skate park. Ooooohhh.
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I just got word that the Queenstown Skate Park is moving along nicely. Park builder Jason Parkes flicked me through a photo of it's current state. There's about 5-6 weeks left to go on construction. It's a modern plaza style park, complete with a water feature. And there's word of a bowl being built too. More on that later.
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So you wanna make a snowboard film? What's the budget? Wait, there's no budget. Right! And 411 have this sweet edit of the Wellington Bowl-a-arma up, if you haven't seen it yet.
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The peeps at The Good Room in Wanaka are cooking up an "art on used skateboards" exhibition for September this year. All proceeds will go towards the funding of the Wanaka skate park extention. More. Email The Good Room to get involved.
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I just got of the phone to the heads at Red Bull in AK. They are going to be running a manual competition called One Truck Wonders here in Wellington on April 3rd, at "Spot" in Waitangi Park. They haven't released the official poster yet, but I'll post that up as soon as I get it. Here's a photo of the set up. The winner of the Wellington comp will get flown up to compete in the Auckland comp. More details as they come through.
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Boom are putting on their Big Bang Competition at Melbourne's Riverside skatepark tonight at 7pm. If you are in the Melbourne area be sure to check it out. Visit the Boom site for more info. The Kiwi's took out the Trans Tasman Cup (again) at Riverside last week. Big props to Bjorn for pushing the Kiwi's over the line.
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Lastest edition of chasingsnowboardingstormthingys. The premiere of Geoff Campbell's Bluestone Home. Ghetto Spot paradise.
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The boys at Reason Films have loaded their vid Long Story Short up on their site. Download it boyees and gurlsss. And check out the grommies filming in Tahoe with JMac.
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What a weekend. Bowlarama went off. We are flat tack trying to get the mag to the printers so here's a straight copy and paste of the press release: The inaugural Wellington Bowl-a-rama has just wrapped. With a rain delay from Saturday the 16th to Sunday the 17th, Wellington turned on a beautiful sunny day and the locals ensured the support for the riders was at a constant high. The attending international professional skaters were all blown away by the hospitality of Wellington and have all said they will be back for next year’s event. Wellington Bowl-a-rama ’08 could not have been possible with out the incredible support of Oakley, Wellington City Council, WCSK8, F Beat Productions, 7 Ten Split Productions, Manual Magazine, Spitfire, Empire Skate Shop, Red Bull, Sandwiches Nightclub, Skull Candy and C4. There will be a half hour show presented on C4 in the near future, please keep an eye on the TV schedules for it. The Masters Event was run as a half hour jam for the 8 riders and showed that skateboarding is a pursuit for a lifetime and with the presence of such legends as Lance Mountain (USA), Pat Ngoho (USA), Sasha Steinhorst (USA) and New Zealand’s own Andrew ‘Morri’ Morrison all the younger riders present have seen just what is possible if you choose to follow the skateboarding lifestyle. 1st Lance Mountain (USA), 2nd Pat Ngoho (USA), 3rd Steve Crump (NZ). The pro event had riders from the USA, Italy, Denmark, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. The international field of 26 riders made judging very hard with such a highly competitive field. In the end the three standout riders for the top three positions made the judges job that extra bit difficult because of how close they were in scores. Rune Glifberg’s (Denmark) 540 at the end of the final heat was just enough to put him on top in First Place closely followed in Second Place by Benji Galloway’s (USA) mind bending runs of switch stance mixed in with highly technical tricks which just held off Omar Hassan (USA) in Third Place. More.
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Our main man Sim Dogg has just launched his new photography website, featuring many images that have graced the pages of Emmanualle.
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Element is getting all Aussie on their posts, even though two of the three featured are kiwis.
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Developments are on the way for NZ's finest skate park – Christchurch's Washington Ave skateboard mecca. Get the full story here.
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As Dom Henry puts it, "direct from my harddrive to your brain, comes 32 minutes of abstract skateboarding glory. Filmed exclusively on a fujifilm digital camera, this is skateboardation/nonsense which has been captured haphazardly on the 'spycam' during my wanderings over the last 2 years, and features much quality skateboarding from heads worldwide, from Reading to Wellington... Also featuring the worst freestyle ever... The video is just about good times, nothing too serious." This is a link.
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I'm pretty much getting rung out here in the office, and Dan has resorted to writing my stories for me. Bascially, it's mid production week and the tensions are high, but It's nothing compared to this roasting.
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Be sure to make it out to the Porirua Skate Jam on Friday, Feb 15th. It's a night event starting from 4pm and will run through til 10pm. The Porirua City Council have put up $1500 in cash for prizes, so get amongst it. And most importantly, the next day, Saturday Feb 16th, we have the first Waitangi Bowlarama. This event is going to be truely amazing and is not to be missed for any reason. More names keep being added to the list. Chris Senn, Lance Mountain, Sergie Ventura, Omar Hassan, Daniel Cardone, Benji Galloway, to name a few, have all confirmed for the event. Pack a sicky and get down there. 11am til 6pm. We will also be holding an after party at Good Luck on Saturday night. More details soon.
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Oh and how could I forget? The New ABC video. Jeepers! Toby, Farhad, Chey, Bjorn, Alec, Adrian... What are you doing? Go get a copy now. Jamie from Tilt Skates in Hamilton hit me up the other day... Take a look at his webshop dedicated to old school skate product.
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I missed the Ramble in Reefton by a day due to a fab Wedding in the fine town of Granity. Apparently the day went off. Dave North, the Rat Corpse and the South Shore Sliders were carving it up hard. I got the new Burton book this morning and what a fine thing it is. Get a copy of it if you can! All but a few of the images are shot in NZ. The bowlarama website is up now. Check it out. This event is going to be the biggest skateboarding event New Zealand has seen, ever. make sure you are going to be here in Wellington on February 16th.
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Burton have just released a new book of Blotto pics. I should be getting a copy in a few days, so I can tell you more soon. Check out this teaser in the meantime. 28 Day Winter. Oh, and Reefton Ramble.
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Greetings and Happy New Year to all! I hope you all have sweet tans and memories from your time off. I must admit this is my first non jandal day for about two weeks now. Apart from a small splurge at Uawa skate park on the East Cape. Welly's Mephisto Jones has released a few new prints to start the year off on a good foot. And check out this blazing cover of Jake D.
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The Waitangi Bowlarama has been announced! Go get your gnarly boots and join us on February 16th (not the 6th as mentioned in the latest mag) for the biggest bestest comp ever.
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So, I popped along and saw the Lakai Vid last night... and as expected it features the most ludicrous skateboarding ever. Go down the shop and get a copy now. On a similar note look what someone has gone and done to Mariano's Mouse part. And our new TV ad made by Liam is up on youtube.
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Undoubtedly the most aniticated DVD release in the last few years is finally here. Lakai's Fully Flared is screening in Wellington on Thursday 13th Dec, 7pm at The Big Kumara in Dixon Street. Come along, bring all and enjoy the new flick. Oh, and have a beer of course.
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Hey! The new issue is out today! Go get yourself a copy. Big ups to all the peeps who attended the parties in AK and Wgtn over the last few days, thanks for coming along and celebrating our 10th anniversary with us. Also, I just want to set the record straight as we made a little boo boo on page 96 of the new mag... the photo credited as Gregg Timms is actually Guy Ellis shredding at the Wideload skatepark in Christchurch. Sorry to both Guy and Gregg for mucking this up. My bad.
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I just got word that The 09 Video Factory have released a new trailer for their up coming release Skylarking. Should be a goodie.
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Also this Saturday.



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And Wellington's version. Saturday Dec 8th at Good Luck.
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Sol Beer presents Manual Magazine's 10th Anniversary Party with Surf City, TV Stevie and the New Zealand Premiere of Plastic Trophy, a new skateboarding video by Bill Bycroft featuring Justin Keeley, Roger Pimblott, Rhys Campbell, Craig Bycroft and Andrew Morrison. Check the trailer. Thursday Dec 6th, 8pm til late, The Birdcage, 133 Franklin Road, Freemans Bay, Auckland. Be there or be lame.
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My friend Barnie from Japan just sent me this. Ouch.
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The RPM crew have just signed up Dan Gemmell.
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It would be cool to own ones of these, right? We already do, but you could too... DC and Starship Hospital have teamed up to auctioning one of the other 2 limited edition PK Ripper bikes that made it to NZ. The auction will go down at the Sneaker Pimps event at Qubic in Auckland on Dec 7th, more here. Also check out Bjorn Johnston and his friends.
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Sun glorious sun. I heard the eS Game of Skate went down super well in the weekend, we should have some pics soonish. The new tweaker zine is out.
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We've got Bill working on a new trailer/teaser for Plastic Trophy so that will be up in a few days. There's a few comps happening around the place over the next few months. Volcom at Waitangi Park, eS Game of Skate at Khyber and the Kick Push in Gisborne.
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Our online absence of late could be put down to us slaving away till 2am every morning for the last two weeks, but it was for good reason. Kids, we have just pressed send on the last file of issue 28, the 10th Anniversary issue of Manual. It's due to hit the stores on December 6th. Also, we are proud to release Plastic Trophy, Bill Bycroft's new DVD which will accompany the new issue. I have seen small sections of the video and it is absolutely sick, I might be biased, but you will not be disappointed. So yeah, it's time to have a beer.
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Just got word that Mitch Brown is recovering well and will be back on the snow in no time. On a lighter note Loaded in AK are putting on a premiere for Nike's Nothing But The Truth movie.
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Snowboarder severely injured in crash.
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Here's an interview with Dom Henry that he did for Sidewalk magazine's website. Accompanied by a few pics that I shot. Also, the new Plague Snowboards website.
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Yo, big news today... we finally got our new webshop up and running.
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I was just outside the office shooting this sequence of Dom, I'm not sure what he was trying, but I don't think this was the planned result.
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Kev Dog just sent me this. That's what I want for my next birthday party. Oh, the new Habitat DVD just arrived. There goes my morning.
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If you're in Auckland on Friday the 26th there's a massive Insight party/exhibtion thingy on at The Birdcage. Do it!
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Hey! Just heard through the wires that the Naki's own Lucas Wotawa has joined the RVCA team. Congrats LW.
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I was just looking through the archives and found this piece by Mat Hunkin from issue 15 titled Advice, Reinventing Yourself and thought you might like to have a read. First you were an EXTREME ATHLETE! Then you were an ACTION SPORTS PERSON! Previous to that, sometime toward the end of the ‘80s, you were a RADICAL DUDE! But now what are you? Hmm. We're all a little puzzled aren't we, not too sure whether skateboarding is on the down, still at the top, or for those who are real forward thinkers, rocketing back up. The constant upping and downing on this crazy rollercoaster ride called skateboarding trendiness inevitably leads us back up again, and subsequently back down. Surely after all this upping and downing we must be getting better at bridging the gap in the low end of the trough, shallowing it out, keeping it all a little closer to the Black and not so far into the crimson depths of the Red. But let's take a (literal) look at that negative red trough again. An opportunistic look. It's not even a frown! You don't have to turn it upside down, it's a sneaky little grin for those in the know. For the Red time is the good time. It's the Starving Artist phase of the rockstar cycle. It's the rice and onion living that keeps you hungry and on the edge. It's where the good ideas come from. The frowning "In The Black" part of the curve 'aint doin' nuthin' but worrying about money and investment, and whether or not to pull out of skating before the shit hits the fan. It has no time to enjoy skating, it's too busy staring in horror at the corporate monster it's created that will one day destroy us all over again. And send us back down into the Red. Again. Let's delve into my bag of parallel universes and metaphors, and compare the peak of skateboarding’s Black phase to Skynet/The Cold War/That Pre-Matrix bit where the machines start gaining self-awareness. Then KABLOOWIE, Skynet goes online, Regan gets bored and presses it, and whatever happens in the Matrix where they start farming us for electricity happens. This is the apocalypse, and it's a barrel of laughs. Yet the funnest part about an apocalypse isn't all the missiles' vapour trailing across the Pacific, nor is it the skyrocketing body count. It's the Post Apocalypse, the hangover of mass genocide that's kicking all the ass. When the investment apocalypse hits skateboarding, the bottom falls out of the market and skateboarding’s profile plummets below the scrutiny of the corporate and public eye, that's when the fun really begins. Picture yourself in this post-apocalyptic world, if you will. Fanging out your sweet Hilux or Falcon (or Holden, if you must), windshield punched out, staring down the sun while you clock 180 kph over endless desert. Wearing leather pants, perhaps an eye patch. Warring over the last vestiges of unleaded 91 and fighting your way to The Thunder Dome with Mad Max and John Connor to catch Tina live in concert. Carrying a shotgun everywhere. Sure everyone you ever knew is dead, there's no food or water and vast tracts of radiation ridden no-mans lands riddle the Earth. But you're wearing leather pants for Christ's sakes, and everyone's got a motherfucking gun. People are ridiculously eccentric. The only businesses that still run are bars. It's lawless. It's a wasteland. No one is in control or watching you. You can do whatever you want. Humanity will find a way, and after this experience it'll come back stronger than ever. Life is sweet. And therein lies your rope bridge across skateboarding’s depressing Red valley. For, when the Red trough comes for you, you must see that the glass is not half empty, 'tis half full. The skateboarding ship is not sinking. It's a sweet U-Boat laden with Nazi Gold that will surface again, in a safe port in a far-flung part of the world, having travelled a great distance below the radar. And we'll all emerge, rich and victorious and split the spoils. Well at least the officers will, after they've trapped the crew in the hold and drowned them. Err, okay so the Nazi metaphor may not be going down so well, but you get my drift. You may be in the skateboarding Red right now, it may be on your horizon like a dark cloud, you may be up out on the other side. But it'll always be there, and it'll be a land of opportunity. Security guards thin out. Hordes shrink. Spots become secret again. And you won't be a skateboarder anymore. You'll be a SUBVERSIVE PERFORMING ARTIST! And before you know it, you'll be totally shit-hot all over again.
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I've just been down in CHCH shooting a story for the next issue. We had six days of great sun and the boys pulled out all the stops. The Wellington Regionals were on yesterday, other centers were most probably doing the same with the locals throwing down looking for a spot in the Nationals on November 9th-11th in Auckland. And, I just got word that Tommy Fynn's brand new 411 part was up on you tube. The new issue of Monkey Say is out featuring a story on Nick Clegg of Federation fame.
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Well the weather gods have just dumped a whole lot of poo all over New Zealand. I'm surrounded by drips in our leaky office after the massive storm last night, not quite as good as 50cm of snow, but it was nearly as good as a naturally formed lake, only smaller. Nothing much else to report. I tried to shoot a sequence with Dom Henry on Friday in the mid afternoon traffic to no avail, and we are delving into production time for our 10th anniversay issue. I might shave off my hair, grow a beard, and buy a Harley.
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The crew at Red Bull recently teamed up with the Remarkables snow resort and Travis Rice on a backcountry kicker project. Right beside the frozen Lake Alta they set up a 90 foot+ jump using an existing rock hip as the landing. After months of planning and weeks of set up work the crew had to wait out a series of storms before a window in the weather opened and they were able to hit the jump. Travis and Scotty Lago hit the kicker in trial runs in windy conditions as we waited, but unfortunately Travis and his crew had to leave NZ before getting a good day to shoot. Finally the foul weather departed and Red Bull riders from the UK Scott McMorris and Nate Kern, who were here filming for the BBC, hit the kicker. DC pros Torstein Horgmo and Jonas Carlson also made an appearance at the session alongside Local kiwi ski legend Jossi Wells was was one of the first to hit it. Local Remarks rider Heath Patterson hit up some 360's as they filmed from the heli.
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Nike are getting all far out and freaky with their new video Nothing But The Truth.
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One that got left on the cutting room floor after our cull for the Revolt Tour article. I might post a few more of these over the next few days so check back. Here's a spread that Scott Lai laid up while he was here doing an internship, sadly it didn't get run, but it's dece.
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My friend Kent recently made a stop over in Marseille to tick off one of those life long dreams – to skate the legendary bowl.
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HORROR CHRONICLES _DAY 5
It’s the final day at the Huffer House Of Horrors… The sunshine came out, and so did the team. Our last day riding at remarks was one of the best. Ferret had some fun on a rail, Steve did some fishing and Dyl played with beach balls, then it was on down to sub culture for some good beats and free drinks, it was a super duper fun night and you must be gutted if you weren’t there. Thanks Huffer for a horroriifc week!
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Oh yeah, there's new PO-MO goodies on the horizon. And if you haven't watched this amazing clip from Stereo yet, get on it.
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HORROR CHRONCILES_DAY 4
I’d like to take this chance to thank McDonalds and KFC for getting us through the day, I know everyone hates on them both, but honestly, nothing beats a hangover like they do. Last night was a bit of a big one. Alta had an impromptu skate session in the shop so we went along for a looksy. The day today turned out really nice, the light came out perfect just after four, right on time for the crew to hit a step up that remarks had built for us. RMB, Ferret and Andy k threw down the hammers whilst the rest of us just sat around and watched, pushing the shutter here and there.
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Whitianga has a beautiful new mini ramp crafted by Jason Parkes. Check out this pic of Mark Neighbours shredding courtesy of frontsidegrind.co.nz
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HORROR CHRONICLES_DAY 2_3
After a bit of a sleep in we headed up The Remarkables for some sweet shredding, luckily the light held out for us and we managed to find a few hits and bust out some “creative” jibbing. There is a pretty cool feature that JP and the boys are in the midst of building in the park, so stay tuned to check that baby out. After a hard day on the hill, we decided to chill out and head on down to Hell. Turns out some Las Vegas Cocktail makers are in town too. They sure know what they are doing. DAY 3 The weather gods haven’t been so kind to us today, flat light and a dash of snow here and there put a damper on what we had planned. I was lucky enough to ditch the camera bag for a few hours though and hit some fun runs through the remarks baby park. Red Bull was kind enough to drop a few trays to us, so now we are just experimenting with mixes. Dylan and Steve have been working hard on the new huffer function range there has been some serious key tapping and tech talking.
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Mate. Check out the new Deluxe catalogue featuring some decent clips from the likes of Busenitz, Stu Graham and Jon Allie, to name a few. Also, take a look at Blueprint's The Big Push, and be sure to vote for our own Glenn Wignall.
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HORROR CHRONICLES_DAY 1
I arrived at the Huffer House of Horrors on Tuesday to find a Porsche parked outside accompanied by 50 boxes of becks. It was then that I realized my latest assignment from Manual was probably going to be more fun than I had originally thought. Holed up in one of the oldest houses in Queenstown, we’ve been eating and drinking well, and yes, shredding well… for the misadventures thus far check out www.hufferfunction.com. Stay put on the edge of your seats as this is only the beginning.
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The masterful illustrator David Earl Dixon has penned two new t-shirt designs for us. Available now at the shop.
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We made a bit of a boo boo in the latest issue. Craig Bycroft's name was left off the list of skaters featured in his brother Bill's upcoming video. Big apologies to all involved. Rumour has it that the crew have been shredding it lately, pulling out the stops to finish the vid. Take a look at the trailer if you haven't already.
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Manual collaborator Haley Ashby is putting on a sweet premiere of Runway in Wanaka town this coming Monday. Also, they will be showing the infamous Cheated movie from Trash Films.
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04.09.07

HEY PEEPS! The new issue is out on the streets on Thursday. CHECK IT.
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01.09.07

I just spent an hour or so looking over this amazing collection of photos by Dan Wood. A great way not to waste your time.
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30.08.07

Will Jackways walks away with 5g at Stylewars, Falls Creek, Aus, while T-money snaps up grand prize.
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30.08.07

All you over thirty shredders make sure you head up to Turoa this Saturday for The Drambuie Snowboard Masters, and of course the essential aprés.
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30.08.07

This is cool. This is all about one of the guys who is featured in the other thing. And this is kind of nuts. Art, who buys that stuff anyway.
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29.08.07

Emma is cool.
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24.08.07

Sign this petition to get rid of the silly age restriction so skaters of any age can enjoy this London skate park any day, anytime.
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22.08.07

09 Video Factory has been churning out some sweet posts of late, check out this new clip of Rhino, among others.
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22.08.07

Oh, and I got this sequence of Joseph Whaanga too. Strictly text book.
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19.08.07

The Billabong Slopestyle went off yesterday at Snowpark despite the weather coming in and out. Lots of 10s were thrown and many beers were downed. Check the clip.
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18.08.07

I was out trying to shoot a few pics for the new mag last minute as usual. Got this number of Jo Whaanga while we were mucking around at Paraparaumu skate park. More of this soon.
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