Dean Tirkot.

Dean Tirkot
1. Pat Ngoho, Wellington
2. James McInnes, Bellevue
3. James McInnes, ?
4. Rune Glifberg, St Ives
5. Pat Ngoho, Wellington
6. RJ Barbaro, Hunters Hill
$30 for a set of six, edition of four.

Mike Spittlehouse.

Mike Spittlehouse
7. Forever Rolling, $300
8. Mike’s Will, $50

Pat Ngoho.

Pat Ngoho
9. The Rose Bowl, $400
10. Square Bowl with Diving Board, $400

Graeme Knott.

Graeme Knott
11. Brad Bowman board, NFS

Otavio Neto.

Otavio Neto
12-16. NFS

Glenn Smith.

Glenn Smith
17. Grind Like Trucks, $180

Chad Ford.

Chad Ford
18. Drain it, ride it, $60 each, edition of five
19. Early Release, $60 each, edition of five
20. Dive In, $60 each, edition of five
21. Dive In, $60 each, edition of five
22. Early Release, $60 each, edition of five
23. Drain it, ride it, $60 each, edition of five

Marcello Guardigli (no image)
24. Daniel Cardone, Silver Gelatin Print, $210, edition of 3
25. Ronnie Roberts, Silver Gelatin Print, $210, edition of 3
26. Grind Forever, Silver Gelatin Print, $210, edition of 3
Digital Prints $25 each, edition of 10.

Sky Siljeg.

Sky Siljeg
27. Untitled, $50
28. Untitled, $50

Cam Ward.

Cam Ward
29. Non Compliance, $300
30. 6 Fingers, $300
31. Life After, $300
32. Hanya, $280
33. Bail, $280
34. Pool Snake, $280

Wade Burkit.

Wade Burkit
35-38. Wood Burns $200 each
39-41. Drawings $90 each

Adam Kinsman (no image)
42-44. Real Skaters Get in the Deep End, $20 each

Jake Mein.

Rohan Skilton
45. Love, $150
46. 100%, $100
47. Local Girl, $70
48. Locals Only, $50
49. Skate or Die, $50
50. Praise the Board, $50
51. Frontside, $50

Harry Culy.

Jake Mein
52. Harry Culy, Diptych, $200
53. Fred Shallcrass, Sydney, $200
54. Adro, hand, $200
55. Jack Woodrow, $200

Harry Culy.

Harry Culy
56. K.O.L, $60
57. Ab-seal-utely, $60
58. Fox and Chicks, $60

David Read (no image)
59. Harry Culy, Taupo, 2006, $80
60. Jake Duncombe, 2006, $80
61. Tim Watson, New Lynn, 2010, $90

Brydie Hall.

Brydie Hall
62. Get Rotten, $200

Cut&Run (Sean Aickin and AJ Broad).

Cut&Run (Sean Aickin and AJ Broad)
73. Pop Art Board, $500

Shannon Rush.

Shannon Rush
64-66 Untitled, NFS
67. T-Shirt, $60
68-71, Untitled, Price TBA

James Ritchie.

James Ritchie
72. Fan Boy, framed, $120
Prints available, $80 each, edition of eight.

Gunter Muller.

Gunter Muller
73. Untitled, $100
74. Untitled, $100

Toby Jenkins.

Toby Jenkins
75. Solitude, $900

Joel Middlemiss (no image)
76. Untitled, $500

Sasha Steinhorst.

Sasha Steinhorst
77. Secret Spot 1, $125
78. Secret Spot 2, $150
79. Secret Spot 3, $75
80. Secret Spot 4, $75
81. Secret Spot 5, $75

Che Thorpe.

Che Thorpe
82. Bahomet’s Glory, $300
83. The Blight Woods, $300
84. Void, $300
85. Odin’s Throne, $300

Sean Duffell.

Sean Duffell
86. Untitled, $1000

Adam Kinsman (no image)
87. Deathbox, $200

All sales enquires to Xoe Hall or Dave Smith or phone 021 678 893.

Another day with the Vans New Zealand crew as they make there Way to Wellington for Bowl-A-Rama.

The grand opening of Auckland’s latest skate park. 11 Feb from 11AM at 31 Central Road Kingland.

Days three and four of the Vans New Zealand Road to Bowl-A-Rama tour.

In one of the first few Waybacks I threw the Puma Clyde up. I was ranting ’bout how cheap you used to be able to get them joints. The asking price was like 50 spot in the early 90s. Well, a funny thing happened to me on Sunday morning. I had mad toothache that started on Fri night. by Sat night I was so doped up on painkillers that I crashed fairly early. If I ever go to bed early on a weekend, I make it an absolute must to get up at the crack of dawn and hit the outlet stores the next day. I usually try to see if FILA has actually got F13s back in stock. As per usual the answer was NO! This task is actually pretty painful. Seeing the Timberland store selling sample shit at nearly full retail, and the adidas store not even having any originals on any of their shelves, is enough to reduce the bargain hunter in me to tears and ask “why do I keep coming back?”. So, I was about to leave and I saw that the Puma store had a 50 percent off storewide sale. Thing is this store sucks balls. In saying this I still went in. Who knows they may have had a semi wearable pair of some out of it model that wasn’t from ‘my time’. Sure enough it’s all fluorescent hi-top or running sort of shit. I was about to leave and I thought, better check the sample rack. Nothing. So I turn around to walk out down the woman’s aisle, and right next to me is a whole shelf three levels high of black with white Suedes and Clydes! Holy Shit!! Starting to freak out. Where’s my size? What’s the price? So I walk outta the joint with 3 pairs at 50 spot each. Grand Total for 3 is $150. What year is it? 2013? And I’m still paying the same price for my Pumas. Now ain’t that some shit?!

Puma Suede Classic Black

FINE TUNING

Chris Tucker is one badass motherfucker… If you haven’t copped Dead Presidents by now then I seriously suggest you get yourself down to your local ‘specialty’ DVD store or learn how to use the internet to its fullest extent. My homie Swin asked me where this movie stood next to my number one, New Jersey Drive. I said pretty much right over its shoulder. Soundtrack is fairly fucking at the top of its peers also. Flex game.

Cheeky Scene from Dead Presidents… 

Dead Presidents 1995 movie poster.

QUICK PIC

I will be honest and fair. I will never smoke again, but fuck, I loved smoking.

Droors Big Brother Ronnie Bertino advert.

N.A.F.W.A.V.F

It’s shit like this that helps me keep faith in skateboarding… Fuck yeah Jesse! You the man. Props to Kez for keeping’ ish coming too.

Jesse Abolins Return of the Wack! from keza2fakie on Vimeo.

MY PERIPHERAL

Well, it’s winter again. This programme got me through many loooong winters. Giz a re-run?

NY Undercover

ECLIPSE

This one’s for Stunts. I used to get ‘the shiver’ when I watched this. I was never the biggest Gershon fan, but homeboy can skate. This is from Powell’s Scenic drive from ’95. Oh, and…. tune.

BONUS N.A.F.W.A.V.F.

Quote of the week “I would rather watch Gino go grocery shopping…” It’s not the tricks you do, yet how you do them. Period. Thanks again FTC…

FTC Promo Part I (VX) from Ando Nesia on Vimeo.

The Bowl-A-Rama madness kicks off in Wellington tomorrow night with the official launch party at Base Nightclub. Thursday night brings with it the Love and Guts Art Show at the Manky Chops Pop Up Gallery, 15 Courtenay Place. Sandwiches Nightclub lights things up on Friday night with a pre Bowl-A-Rama party. Saturday is main event day – get down to Waitangi Bowl early and get your seat. Sandwiches welcomes us back with the official after party later that night. Get amongst it people.

Rider List (as at 3pm 7 February, 2012)
Sean Bone
Christian Low
Chris Wood
James Kingston
Tiaan Watene
Scott Lai
James Huntley
Umberto Skinner
Mike Bancroft
Chad Hope
Adam Wharekawa
Reuben Baker
Nico Gottschalk
Nick Lister
Dallas Marshall
Beach Thurlow-Meyer
Brian Haycock
Dan Kaspar
Sean Cupples
George Rowe
Tom the Gruf
Simon Prakash
Scott Olds
Nick Mitchell
Mitchell McCarthy
Cam King
Sam Reynolds
Shaun Boucher
Tommy Fynn
Luke Blackman
Liam Campbell
Jack Woodrow
Brett Band
Chase Collins
Dushko Mamic

Stay tuned as more riders will be confirmed in the lead up to the event on Saturday 25 February, 2012.

For rider registration and info please contact Rhys Campbell on email or 0211567173

For all other event info please contact Arjuna Matthews at Billabong NZ on email or 094145106 ex 7118

At high noon on 25th February, 2012 Auckland will once again play host to over 30 of New Zealand’s finest skateboarders. They will battle it out in Auckland’s iconic Aotea Square on a purpose built set-up, for their part of a NZD $6000 prize pool.

The Billabong City Squared Skateboard Invitational is presented by Sony Ericsson with support from Monster Energy, Amazon Boardstore, The Edge, Von Zipper, Nixon, Manual Magazine and Skinny.

Where: Aotea Square, Queen Street, Auckland
When: Noon til 5pm, Saturday 25^th February

Dan Gemmell, ollie.

For many years Raglan has been firmly on the radar, famous for serving cups of tea to the surf culture in Manu Bay’s green room. Now the masses that migrate west for the summer have something new to write home about. Postcards are going to spread the news with buzzwords like “rad” and “gnarly”, referring to how great the add-ons to the Raglan Skate Park are. Once again Jason Parkes and his crew at Premium Skate Park Designs have come to the rescue, producing a quality extension to the existing cookie cutter skate park. They have even fixed Tom Smithers’ mistakes on his 2002 design that lacked craftsmanship and originality.

The 240 metre squared expansion is designed as a snake run fit for the new decade. The foundation is made up of a black marbled concrete, imitating Raglan’s West Coast black sand. The transitions are well designed for speed and tie in with the West Coast theme emulating the ocean swells. The park lies on the edge of the Raglan harbour, constantly smelling the ocean’s salty breath. While this makes for a pleasant skateboarding experience, don’t let it catch you out. Keep wax handy, as the coping is known to stick due to the salt air. It is a well-calculated layout with a good flow for runs; just watch the busy holiday traffic.

Just a quick note to the greater public on behalf of skateboarders, young or old, local or vagrant: please be considerate. Use the seats as they were intended. If you’re inclined to sit on the ledges, don’t be offended when asked to move and use this as an excuse for your dad to come down and start Royal Rumble 2011.

On a lighter note, get a crew together and make one last summer road trip to Raglan.  Hit the fresh turf and end the day in the surf. You will not be disappointed.

How to get there
If you’re travelling North or South you want to hit SH39 until you meet SH23, which runs all the way from Hamilton to Raglan. Once you arrive in Raglan SH23 will turn into Bow St. Take a left down Wainui Road. After the one-way bridge take a right down Marine Parade. Hold it out and before you know it you’ll be ripping.

Closest skate shop
GagRaglan down on Volcom Lane is located in the township of Raglan. Keep an eye out, as it is signposted off Bow Street and Wainui Road. They will have you sorted for all your skateboard needs. Heck, they can even give you your caffeine fix too.

Parks nearby
If you detour down Te Mata road off SH23 you’ll find a primary school with a Mini ramp. If you want to check out a scenic waterfall, Bridal Veil Falls is a short drive past the school. If that’s not enough for you then head back to Hamilton to get a dose of what it has to offer.

Text and photography by Tim Carter

First Published in Manual #41, March 2011.

A few of us had the opportunity to skate  the new park being built in Nixon Park (Bond St) Kingsland, Auckland in advance of its opening. The park was constructed by James Blas’s company Custom Skateparks and it will be officially opened by Mayor Len Brown on Saturday 11 February, 2012. Video by Nicolas Bennett

Spencer Hamilton gives us the low down about how he got on Supra and what it’s like to be a part of a massive team full of skateboarding’s greats.

The Lumix and iPad are getting put to work on the Vans New Zealand road to Bowl-A-Rama. More up dates as they come.

Ashley Smith, 3rd place, Open.

Porirua, 6 February 2012: Hundreds of skateboarders gathered at Te Rauparaha park to attend and compete in the Porirua Skate Jam as part of the Festival of the Elements Waitangi Day celebration. Skaters from all over the greater Wellington region, and some from as far as the Hawkes Bay, battled it out in the sun-soaked park for their part of cash and product prizes worth more than $3000.

“The event went off without a hitch” said event manager Cameron Smith, “everyone skated hard and some incredible tricks went down. Our staff did a fantastic job too, we couldn’t have asked for a better day.” Long time Porirua Skate Jam competitor and local skater, Mitch Jago, took out the top spot in the Open section, while Keanu Robinson won the 16 and Under division. Last year’s winner of the 8 and Under section, Santana, won this year’s 12 and under. Rico won the 8 and Under section and Enya Hunt placed first in the Women’s. For further info on the competition or the Poriua Action Sports Association email david@firstfloor.co.nz.

Keanu Robinson Smith grinding his way into first place in the 16 and Under division.

Thanks to Cheapskates, DVS, Element Skateboards, Manual Magazine, Porirua City Council, Festival of the Elements, New Zealand Community Trust and The Mana Community Grants Foundation for making the event possible.

Results

Open
1. Mitch Jago
2. Simon Prakash
3. Ashley Smith
4. Ben Evans
5. Dan Popata (equal)
5. Daniel ‘Shibby’ Strofer (equal)
6. Brynn Durham
7. George Rowe

16 and Under
1. Keanu Robinson
2. Brad Christensen
3. Ethan Pursglove
4. Chiny Mwila
5. Dre
6. Jardin P
7. CJ Cutler
8. Trent Hunter
9. Rogan

12 and Under
1. Santana
2. Luke Kapene
3. Tane
4. Alex
5. Alexei Riordan
6. Michael Roach

8 and Under
1. Rico
2. Kallis Katene-Isaako
3. Roan
4. Remus
5. Jayde Burns
6. Malachi
7. Jacob Wakari-Jones

Women’s
1. Enya Hunt
2. Rehu Matthews
3. Taah Christy
4. Ryha

Volcom’s Wild In The Parks skate event is happening again this year. 17th March is the date. Head to Barry Curtis, park there’ll be loads of prizes and giveaways on the day and it’s free entry to all.

Harking back to the good ol’ days, Ben Raybourn jumps in the time machine for a The Skateboard Mag Mag Minute. Instant classic.

The true blue Aussie shreddor, Shane Azar, gets welcomed to the OZ Theeve roster with this healthy clip.

An interview with Stacey Peralta and the brigade for Sundance Film Festival about the upcoming documentary Bones Brigade: An Autobiography.

Where The VOX Are We? video coming soon! Dave Bachinsky, Cody McEntire, Matt Fenell, and friends spend 25 days on the road from coast to coast.

Here are the latest clips from LRG European riders Marek Zaprazny and Helder Lima. Reblogged from Revolt.

Josh Gemmell, pole jam. Photo: Jake Darwen

Friday Photo finally resurfaces for 2012. Jake Darwen brings you our first installment for the New Year – this fine frame of Josh Gemmell getting freaky on this bank to fence.

The Porirua Skate Jam is on again this Waitangi Day, Feb 6th at Te Rauparaha Skate Park. The contest will run from 12:30pm – 6pm. Registration is between 11am-12pm on the day, and entry is free! This is a great one for all ages as they will be running categories right through from Under 8 years to Open. And there’s some sweet cash up for grabs in the open section.

Date: Monday, Feb 6th, 2012
Time: 12:30pm-6pm (registration between 11am-12pm on the day)
Entry: Free
Categories: Under 8, Under 12, Under 16, Open and Women’s
$1500 prize money for the Open section.

Bjorn’s fair name will now be adorning some fine Element skateboard decks. To celebrate Element are throwing a bash at Ambush Gallery in Waterloo, Sydney where they’ll be screening his full length video part. Head along and give Bjorn a high five if you’re in the area.

At high noon on 25th February, 2012 Auckland will once again play host to over 30 of New Zealand’s finest skateboarders. They will battle it out in Auckland’s iconic Aotea Square on a purpose built set-up, for their part of a NZD $6000 prize pool.

Once again a purpose built course is being crafted under the watchful eye of Rhys Campbell. “The course is looking good this year. We’ve taken the step and rail set up from last year and added some new features that’ll kept things interesting. Everyone killed it last year and had a great time, so expect more shredding and good times in 2012.”

This year’s City Squared champion will walk away three thousand dollars richer, with NZD$6000 split between the top eight finalists.

Stay tuned for more info on the course and rider line-up.

The Billabong City Squared Skateboard Invitational is presented by Sony Ericsson with support from Monster Energy, Amazon Boardstore, The Edge, Von Zipper, Nixon, Manual Magazine and Skinny.

Where: Aotea Square, Queen Street, Auckland
When: Noon til 5pm, Saturday 25th February

Music: Suspiria by Razorwyre off of the album Coming Out.

Aotea Square photo by Jake Darwen.

Here’s Kenny Anderson, Tom Remillard, Sammy Baca, Julian Davidson, and more in a recent Converse European excursion from Thrasher Magazine.

Press Release – DC Shoes is set to embark on its Rediscover Oz skate tour in celebration of the recent launch of their Rediscover DC campaign and the highly anticipated announcement of two new pro riders, Mike Mo Capaldi and Nyjah Huston.

Mike Mo and Nyjah will be joined by fellow global skate team riders; Chris Cole, Mikey Taylor, Matt Miller, Wes Kremer and Evan Smith who will then join up with Australian team riders Kieran Reilly, Marty Girotto, Bugs Fardell and Jake Hayes on the Gold Coast 19 January 2012 for a 19 day tour of the east coast of Australia.

DC Australasia brand director, Alex Hawkins said, “It’s a real honor to have Mike Mo and Nyjah join the DC Skate team and an even bigger honor to have them tour Australia with Chris Cole, Mikey Taylor, Wes Kremer and Matt Miller.  What a way to start 2012!”

“This is Mo and Nyjah’s first DC tour yet—the first, of many more to come. The line up on this trip is insane. With the likes of Cole, Kremer, Miller, Mikey, Evan, and of course the two “new guys,” this squad has set a new standard for DC, and skateboarding in general. There’s no better place to kick off our Rediscover campaign than down under, and we are excited to join the AU DC riders in the first DC tour of 2012; Rediscover Oz,” said DC Skate Team Manager, Jimmy Astleford.

The DC pro/am team riders will be hitting the streets of Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne as well as attending in store signings and skate demos in all three states.   Their skating will be documented by world renowned US skate photographer, Mike Blabac, US filmer Chris Ray, as well as Australian photographer Andrew Peters, and New Zealand born filmer Leigh Bolton.

Details of the in store signings and skate demonstrations:

GOLD COAST Saturday 21 January 2012
Team signing at Darkside, 1/2158 Goldcoast Hwy, Miami 2pm – 3pm
Demo at Nerang Skatepark 3pm – 5pm

SYDNEY Saturday 28 January 2012
Team signing at 99 Degrees, 1/257 Crown St, Darlinghurst 2pm – 3pm
Demo at Waterloo Skatepark 3pm – 5pm

MELBOURNE Saturday 4 February 2012
Team signing at Fast Times, 121 Swanston Street, Melbourne 2pm – 3pm
Demo at Riverside Skatepark 3pm – 5pm

For additional information on the Rediscover Oz Skate Tour and DC we invite you to visit
www.dcshoes.comhttp://www.facebook.com/DC.Shoeshttp://twitter.com/DCSHOES
http://www.youtube.com/user/DCshoesFILM

About DC: Founded by Ken Block and Damon Way in 1993, DC quickly grew to a leader in performance skateboarding shoes and renowned action sports brand. Today DC stands as a global brand whose product line has expanded to include men’s, women’s and kids’ skateboarding and lifestyle shoes, apparel, snowboards, snowboard boots, outerwear, and accessories. As one of the cornerstones of its marketing strategy, DC has built a world-class team of professional skateboarding, snowboarding, surfing, BMX, motocross and rally athletes that exemplify and enhance DC’s brand, develop its signature products, and support its promotional efforts. DC is a subsidiary of Quiksilver, Inc.

Incase you missed it on TVNZ U channel, here’s the Irrom Wanganui skate trip video as seen in Manual 44