By David Read on Tuesday February 7 2012 in Exclusive, From The Mag, Park Ranger, Skateboarding
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… More ›
By David Read on Sunday January 15 2012 in From The Mag, Skateboarding, Wallpaper
Tune into Airtime on TVNZ U - U.co.nz this Monday at 9.25pm to watch the Irrom lads, including Brett Band, Christian Low and Justin Keeley as they session Wanganui. As seen in Manual 44. More ›
By David Read on Thursday December 15 2011 in Art, From The Mag
Those who have had a conversation with Lance Corlett (A.K.A Loopy) probably get the feeling they’ve bumped into some character that has been dragged from some abstract political cartoon; he’s one of those people you’re pretty sure you understand but will never completely ‘get’. Lance… More ›
By David Read on Wednesday November 30 2011 in Exclusive, From The Mag, News, Skateboarding
In keeping with family tradition Mat Kinsman gets his second cover with this sharp slide (nosebluntslide transfer) in Melbourne. The photo was shot by Aussie photographer Jason ‘Moey’ Morey. The new issue is due out soon and will come with a Free DVD. More ›
By David Read on Wednesday September 21 2011 in Exclusive, From The Mag, Skateboarding, Video
On a fresh and wintery Friday morning, the Substance tour rendezvoused at the Wellington ferry terminal. It was there that Ben McLellan, Dallas Marshall (Daliman), Sean Bone (Thug), Gus Curwood, Chris Maessen (Big Red), Jake Mein and Adam Kinsman set sail southward in search of… More ›
By David Read on Tuesday September 20 2011 in Art, Events, From The Mag, Skateboarding, Video
Grey Is The New Street Art! Text by Levi Hawken I wanted to write a few words to explain what Create and Skate is all about. With so much going on at the time of the event we didn’t have time to get a proper… More ›
By craighaze on Friday September 16 2011 in From The Mag, Music, Music Haze
Emeralds are a komische/progressive electronic trio from Ohio. That’s a very long way from Berlin, but they manage to harness the best of the German ambient and eccentric electronics scenes with a futuristic burst of burbling, pulsing synths. If I had to use one word… More ›
By David Read on Tuesday September 13 2011 in Exclusive, From The Mag, Skateboarding, Video
This tale begins with our five skateboarders stuck in the sprawling urban abyss that is Auckland. Precipitation was falling thick outside and the sorcerers that predict the weather couldn’t foresee an end in sight. The leader of our pack, Guy ‘Dragon Throat’ Coney, gathered the… More ›
By Jake Mein on Thursday September 8 2011 in Exclusive, From The Mag, Skateboarding
In June of this year the Vans NZ Team got together in Auckland city and headed off on a short roadtrip through the Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and back to Auckland to session Mountain Dew’s Skate Pinball. Haimona Ngata went along with Mike Bancroft, Adam… More ›
By craighaze on Wednesday September 7 2011 in From The Mag, Music, Music Haze
A few years back, suffering from the breakup blues in a cabin in Wisconsin, Justin Vernon picked up an acoustic guitar and made some music. The resulting album, For Emma, Forever Ago, was a huge international success. Round two finds Vernon in a very different environment.… More ›
By David Read on Thursday September 1 2011 in Exclusive, From The Mag, Skateboarding
Text and photography by Ollie Logan. First published in Manual #35, September 2009. We were on a zebra crossing in New York’s Lower East Side when my girlfriend Kate spotted our good friends Bill and Rachel. They knew that we were overseas, but had no… More ›