Vamos Argentina Part 3
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 ›
Tag: Jake Mein
Seconds Issue 2 Pre Order
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 ›
From The Mag: Southern Comfort Tour 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 ›
From The Mag: ALC Escape From Auckland
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 ›
For Example 19
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'S BLOG
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 Stay tuned to this to see previously unpublished gems and outtakes from the life and work of Manual’s favourite resident.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 ›
INWARD GOODS, PHOTOGRAPHIC SHOW
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 ›
GAIJIN DIARIES PART 4
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 ›
GAIJIN DIARIES PART 3
Harajuku. Photo: Adrian Vercoe. Two weeks deep into the tour, time for a check in. More ›
GAIJIN DIARIES PART TWO
Max Couling, switch frontside flip. Photo: Jake Mein. A few throwaway sequences from Odaiba, Tokyo. All photos: Jake Mein. More ›
GAIJIN DIARIES PART ONE
Our first update from Tokyo, Japan. Photos by Jake Mein, Adrian Vercoe & Matt Hosey. More ›
GAIJIN DIARIES_COMING SOON
“More often than not these trips come about through a single thought, generally out loud. Most of the time it is little more than a comment, ‘wouldn’t it be cool if we went…’ This tour came about purely for that reason. Make a couple of… More ›