Frontside 360 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photos: Jake Mein.

This weeks For Example comes from the recent MANUAL excursion to South America. If you haven’t already check the Arge Barge video from the trip too.

Woah, Sebo Walker getting it on for Lakai.

Two words: CHEY ATARIA! The boss holdin’ it down with for the DEF fam. Damn, he must be from the ’90s or something?!

DEF MFG Co.

FINE TUNING Pt 1

Giz the city back. I miss all the spots we used to post up at. This one’s for all those that are still holding it down in the grid and perhaps feelin a little lost. It won’t happen overnight, but it will happen. You can’t fake the funk.

Main Source Breaking Atoms

Quick Pic

2 Bosses.

Joey and Jav.

FINE TUNING Pt 2

It’s better than crack cocaine. It ain’t medicine, but it’ll ease the pain.

R.B.L. Posse A Lesson To Be Learned

E-Clipse

Tribute/ salute.

Fine Tuning Pt 3

Beside every bad boy, there is a bad girl. Still got this jam on cassette. Tunes to bump at 6am.

Total

Stomping Grounds

Any re-releases?

Lakai Sky High

A new video series from Slap, featuring: Ben Gore, Billy Roper, Aaron Herrington, Chris Jata, Travis Erickson, Carlos Young, Abdias Riviera, Yonnie Cruz, Dave Abair, Antoine Asselin, and Brian Downey. Filmed and edited by Ryan Garshell.

Photo: Luke Browne.

D.O.B
17/02/1992.

I popped out in:
Nelson.

Currently I reside in?
Same old. Only back from the capital temporarily though.

Front shuv. Photo: Luke Browne.

Because?
Saving to head to the Netherlands for a semester if all works out. Saving and Wellington don’t belong in the same sentence, for me at least.

Sponsors?
A big thank you to Matt at Empire, Crabtree and Conan at S&S for making things easier over the past year or two.

Outside of skateboarding the bulk of my time is spent?
Wasting mentioned savings at the record store/food spot/bar. Trying to learn a little dutch on the side haha.

Frontside 50-50. Photo: Jimmy Wright.

One item you want for free but have to pay for?
Free entry to gigs would be a dream come true.

All time favourite cover?
Adam Kinsman’s street grab to death drop. Harry Culy’s kickflip on current cover is also madness.

You get to choose one person to rule the world, who and why?
Sounds dangerous.

Your go to Youtube clip?
This will never get old.

Backside tailslide. Photo: Jimmy Wright.

One song for the rest of your life?
Dilla’s last donut of the night.

Vices?
Late to bed, late to work.

What makes you nervous?
Deadlines. Pedestrian mobs with little coordination.

Current set up details?
Passport 8.25, Thunders, a decent amount of dust coating everything, just for looks.

Crooked grind. Photo: Luke Browne.

Childhood memory?
‘Build your own’ set up from the Warehouse. Bargain.

Website?
grainedit

Top five favourite skate nick names?
I suck at nicknames.

Heelflip. Photo: Jimmy Wright.

What is one thing you can’t live without?
Local scene hype.

Skate predictions for 2012?
Def take Australasia by storm. Launch ramps make a comeback.

Tha Peaks are back.

Austyn Gillette and Dylan Rieder breaking hearts at the Kansas Street League.

DLX riders Chris Pfanner, Mike Anderson and Peter Ramondetta head to the marble landed land of Dubai.

An interesting insight into Matt Hensley’s career and how skateboarding has shaped it.

Leo discusses his haunted house, Active Erica and his scrotum.

A rejig, reedit, bootleg, spy cam thingy featuring: Adam Wharekawa, Simon Thorp, Tiaan Watene, Scott Lai, Brett Band, Josh Gemmell, Tom Kelly, Dan Kasper, Ben Morice, Dan Gemmell, Edwin Massold, Gus Curwood, Max Couling, Callum Paul, Jack Kirk, Adam Kinsman, Chad Hope, Lp Nuku, Pedro Day

Australian filmer Riley Blakeway has put together this little montage featuring Edgecumbe legend Ryan Wilson alongside Chima Ferguson, Sammy Winter, Bjorn Johnston and Josh Pall.

Andrew Litten has made a pretty stunning tribute to the old iconic film of Mark Gonzales in New York from “Mondo Vision” featuring Krooked rider David Clark.

Fred Gall really is a living legend, in this clip he discusses his new found sobriety due to a night in the cells with a large transvestite. Kids learn from Uncle Fred.

5-0 Fakie. Photos: Jake Mein.

Chad Hoskin executes one damn good looking 5-0 fakie at the Newtown Ghetto Spot in this week’s For Example

Andrew Reynolds doing what he does best for Independent Trucks.

Boo Johnson doing it for the new Venture Nightrun V-Light truck.

Check out the likes of Pedro Barros, Rune Glifberg, Bucky Lasek, Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk, Lance Mountain, Jeff Grosso, Bucky Lasek, Steve Alba and Tony Trujillo in the highlights clip from the 2012 Pro-Tec Pool Party.

Check the latest ams on Enjoi - Ryan Lay and Zach Whallin.

Imagine having a one way plane ticket to the US turn up at your house. The first part in what is sure to be an interesting series – Arto Saari Epicly Later’d.

Well, I can safely say this made my week. Christchurch skater Tom Clark has put together this mix-tape of sorts. Featuring the likes of Tom Clark, Andrew Davies, Kurt Green, Dan Yeoward, Joel Keogh-Cope, DK, Jack Dargan, Josh Swinard, Zack Gray, Gus Curwood and Manual‘s very own Gregg Timms. Get watching.

It’s official Fred Gall is in the X-Games. Along with these fellas: Chad Tim Tim, Bobby Worrest, Silas Baxter-Neal, Nick Merlino, Cory Kennedy, Daryl Angel, Dan Murphy, Matt Bennett, Fred Gall, Aaron Homoki, Collin Provost, Joey Pepper, Manny Santiago, Chris Haslam, Nyjah Huston and Taylor Bingaman.