Frontside bluntslide, Auckland. Photo: David Read
Addish TTT.
How old are you?
Just made it to 20.
Where are you from?
The lowest of Hutts (Lower Hutt)
Where do you live?
Everywhere, anywhere and the Hutt
Best thing about your hometown?
My roots, my family. Everyone bags it, which feeds my love for it
Who makes it possible? (sponsors)
Alcoholic, C1RCA, Baker (recent additions, chur Morri and Ben), Cheapskates Welly. No thanks to J-Rod, you suck
Pole jam boostage, Auckland. Photos: David Read.
Who are you five favourite upstarts?
Shibby, Fred, Slash, Porirua and Lower Hutt scoundrels, Gaywyre
Who are you five favourite legends?
McInnes – originator, Percival - maggot, Lugi Blackman – machine, Harry Wilson – innovator, Nolan Ewart – first skater I saw fly in real life, Te Machine R.I.P! Bonus round P to the O to the B! Thanks for the night in the cells you menace
What are your favourite five video parts?
1. Heath/Jermey Klein – The End
2. Ed Templeton – Welcome to Hell
3. Pat Duffy – Questionable
4. Ronnie Creager – Trilogy
5. Reynolds – EVERY ONE, o.g. inspiration
Top 5 youtube vids?
Im more of a redtube dude, but for the wutube: Conspiracy theories, documentaries, disasters, music/skate clips and comedy
Favourite Quote?
Follow your feelings and intuition and real desires not in accordance with duty, obligation, guilt or the desire to please others Munk, Thrasher May 1998, New Zealand tour, found written on the wall of a bathroom
Lipslide, Napier. Photo: David Read.
Best city for skateboarding?
Welly (includes Hutt)
Favourite song?
I need a list of at least a hundred to do my favourites justice, at the moment: Battle Shark Gaywyre or Maggot Brain Funkadelic
Favourite Park?
Waterloo school holiday set ups R.I.P. Casual Muddy and B-Foo sightings.
Favourite Magazine cover?
Karl Truell – NZ Skateboarder. Props Kev and Karl, it was awesome to see a non-trick cover, but had just as much if not more of an impact than a trick.
What are your bad habits?
Hating on mankind, ejaculation failure, not keeping in contact with many, I wish I was, (thinking of you all) copious consumption, outrageous what ifs, brushes with the law, falling head over heels in
shit. Excessive TTT answers.
Whats the worst thing about skateboarding in NZ?
Homies/kids with the most natural of talent find drugs and crime and bomb down that infinite hill of madness badness and sadness. Im sure many can relate.
What are the three best things about skateboarding in NZ?
Humble attitudes, underground talent, ghetto spots galore. My favourite.
P.S. Keep New Zealand Skateboardism real. NZS for life.