Manual Magazine

Vote Now for the 2012 New Zealand Skater of the Year Readers’ Choice Award

Posted by David Read on Wednesday February 6 2013

In one week’s time, on Thursday, February 14th, we will be announcing Manual’s first ever New Zealand Skater of the Year award. We’ve got our ideas about who deserves to be crowned with this illustrious title, but so do you guys and girls, and we’d like to hear your opinion. Vote now for the 2012 New Zealand Skater of the Year Readers’ Choice Award and the 2012 Best Ex-pat Skater Award. Visit this link if you’d like to vote for the Best and Worst of 2012. We’ve given you a little bit of guidance as we think there’s a few people who have done good things this year. Whether’s it’s by putting out a sick video part, featuring in Manual Magazine in a significant way, taking podiums on the comp circuit or by continually pushing out quality footage and photos. Maybe it was for all the above reasons or maybe it’s just because they’re a nice guy. Whatever the reason, have your say now.

VOTING HAS NOW CLOSED.

Categories: Exclusive, News, Skateboarding

  • justice league

    this is fucking patheck who the fuck is mcarthy and kinston this is fucked has to b an expat this is fucked

    • http://www.davidreadphoto.com David Read

      So I guess you won’t be voting for either of them… We made an ex-pat division as we thought it’d be unjust to include people like Tommy Fynn alongside all the skaters that have lived in New Zealand during 2012 (and yes we know Deen traveled a lot during 2012 and now lives in Australia). This award was about giving credit to skaters who lived in this country and contributed to the scene here during 2012. James Kingston won a handful of competitions last year, and had some cool footage in the Irrom vid Land Cruiser… we thought that qualifies him for a mention at very least. Mitch traveled to Australia as part of Volcom’s WITP (along with other Kiwis Mike Bancroft, Sam Allen, Tai Wepa, Enya Hunt and Izy Mutu) and won, skating against Aussie’s finest – that alone is worth a mention. For the record we know it’s not all about competitions and these are only suggestions and your votes will ultimately decide who wins the Readers’ Choice Award.

      • FortyThieves

        Well said David. Fucking haters up in here.

    • Fray

      What a faggot

  • Sunburnt Pete

    vote mcarthy

    • ggg

      compcarthy

  • Flynn gough

    Vote gough

    • http://www.facebook.com/flynng1 Flynn Gough

      hahah who wrote this?

      • Steve Berra

        Me mother fucker.

  • Butfucker

    So nZ relying on the comp scene once again GREAT / !!!!!

  • fdsdfs

    This is Crazy, even for manual… Are they snubbing Brett Band in the NZ division and Mat Kinsman and the ex pat on ?

    • http://www.davidreadphoto.com David Read

      Brett Band is probably one the most talented and stylish skateboarders to ever exist, at least in this country. Mat Kinsman is a gnarly human, especially on a board. Did you notice the ‘other’ field. Please enter their names there.

  • GarthU( Nigas need a cry wank)

    Oh my god there are a lot of cry babies in NZ skateboarding and don’t hide behind some fake name if you got something to say! I think Joseph or Lister deserve it because they have both been killing it for so long but, dam Rakich took his skating to the Nek level last year and he traveled and fucked spots up all over so he gets my vote.

  • Lady.williams

    Kingston made the most of the crazy quakes in chch and put a smile on hurtin people faces…. Not to mention he deserves this hands down!

    • Rubin

      kingstons wack, only skates for sponsors and comps, reminds me of the poor mans decrendzo

  • D BARRELL

    there should also be a best hardcore skateshop award, oh hang on There IS ONLY ONE.

    VELOCITY. The WINNER by a country mile.

  • dillsby

    Rubin Baker all day baby mwax ex oh

  • salt banger

    James Huntly

  • Girl youll be a woman soon

    SKUSE ME 4 SOTY

  • Fred Shallcrass

    Why bother voting? It’s obviously going to be me.

    • Beach T

      No it’s me. how many covers have you had?

      • gbang

        bro go into hevans pizza and there neatly on display with the menus

      • bawsjaw101

        In other words fred, how many blow jobs have you had fred?

    • spadebee

      yesss broo, knuckey for soty

  • yo

    wheres dom henry at?

    • http://www.davidreadphoto.com David Read

      Reading, where he’s from. Or Manchester, Dom will know. Dom?

      • Truth

        Dom should still be there since he was probably the best skateboarder to grace New Zealand.

        • lol

          lol

        • http://www.davidreadphoto.com David Read

          … who wasn’t in NZ in 2012.

  • ears

    Slam of the century goes to…. ME

  • glassbarbiesnowconesxx

    Royce…? he deserves the “ex pat” cause he ate a footlong meatball sub and it went to his head and he shat his pants then left wellington

  • toast at ten666

    Jake

    Mein

  • Jake

    Mein

  • Shannon rush

    Fred on Dave’s dick for soty

  • cookie

    jeepers that ad on the right of the back 3 over the dirt jump is fucked.. i voted for him.

  • chris wood

    me

    • king ding a ling

      like gutted as your not on the list woodsy

  • Ryan Coates

    I ant seen much skaten outta the north shore of AK so i cant really make an educated choice but i will say this” if home boys are saying there man has legs on Lister then dam there pony must have some grunt”

  • mein

    oce to society

  • Jamie

    Go deen woohoo

  • prince

    there should be manual Dnl of the year

  • king

    stin

  • stin, chris wood and skinner

    comments are win im putting them on my wall