“Travel is nothing without coming home and telling stories. You know the stories, the kind that are horrible at the time, but hilarious when you look back on them. We managed to gather a few on this voyage to South America, but like they say,… More ›
Official highlights of this year’s Billabong City Squared event in Auckland’s Aotea Square. Shot by Bill Bycroft and Jake Mein. A full-length behind the scenes video is coming soon. More ›
Harry Culy makes the cover of Manual Magazine #45 with this epicly styled kickflip on a Wairarapa wheelchair ramp. Mag is out March 6th. Photo: Jake Mein. More ›
We bring you part 3 of the Vamos Argentina trip, from Mar del Plata we made tracks back to Buenos Aires where we dropped off Dave Read and Adam Wharekawa, Brazil was next on the list. More ›
Seconds is a non-profit, advert free, independently produced zine that reaches out to all things that are skateboarding. Manual’s good friends Adrian Vercoe and Jake Mein birthed Seconds after realising the need for an outlet to house the high quality content, that at the time,… More ›
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 ›
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 ›
This weeks For Example comes direct from the recent Substance Southern Comfort tour. Check the full story in the next issue of Manual out mid September. Sean Bone-thug, nollie shuvit nosemanual revert, Picton. Photos: Jake Mein. More ›
Jake Mein has a posse, I mean a blog. Stay tuned to this to see previously unpublished gems and outtakes from the life and work of Manual’s favourite resident. Morf is backing it. More ›
Now, I know many of you (especially those of you who reside in Auckland) will be attending video premieres, national sporting competitions or playing in the sunshine with your useless wooden toys. Those of you who aren’t doing these aforementioned activities or simply want to… More ›
Max finding skateboarding in the rain a little harder than expected. Kobe Higashi-Yuenchi Park. Photo: Adrian Vercoe. The final installment of the Gaijin Diaries, in this entry we tour the lower half of Honshu checking out Osaka and Kobe. More ›
Harajuku. Photo: Adrian Vercoe. Two weeks deep into the tour, time for a check in. More ›