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 David Read on Thursday August 18 2011 in Exclusive, From The Mag, Skateboarding
The Irrom Northland Tour Text and photography by David Read First published in Manual #37, March 2011. Let’s make it clear, I am using the words Northland and tour in the most general way. We did in fact travel to Northland on this trip, at… More ›
By David Read on Tuesday August 16 2011 in Skateboarding, Video
Scott Lai, Mike Bancroft, Brett Band and Deen Rakich roaming the city streets in this polished clip from Otis Prinz. More ›
By David Read on Monday February 7 2011 in Events, News
All photos by Jake Darwen. Here is handful of sequences from the Monster Demo that was on the beach front of Whangamata to coincide with the 2011 Billabong Pro surf event. The guys from Element after a quick skate at Parachute met up with Skinner… More ›
By David Read on Wednesday October 6 2010 in Events, News
Mike Bancroft, lien air, Queenstown. Photo: Vaughan Brookfield. Here’s a little photo set of Mike Bancroft ripping it up at the Element Demo in Queenstown on Sept 8th. All photos by Vaughan Brookfield courtesy of Element Skateboards. More ›
By David Read on Tuesday April 6 2010
Some northerners headed south to unleash the egg… check it. More ›
By Jake Mein on Tuesday January 19 2010 in Exclusive
Mike Bancroft, frontside staleflair. Photos: David Read. Mike “OJ” Bancroft heads up this weeks TTT. More ›
By David Read on Sunday December 13 2009 in Events
Congrats to Irrom rider Mike Bancroft for taking out the Underground Skate Comp in Orewa recently. Full coverage here. More ›
By David Read on Wednesday September 23 2009
The boys are Swish Manoeuvres have put together another clip. Reuben Baker, Mike Bancroft, Kristian Philipps and Marcus Wherle hit up Son of Skate and VIC park last Saturday for some fun sessions. More ›
By Jake Mein on Monday August 24 2009
New IRROM web clib, the crew heads out to Stanmore Bay for a friday shred. More ›
By David Read on Sunday July 26 2009
Alert, alert major hair raising news: Mike Bancroft rides for Dekline Footwear!!! Mike joins fellow kiwis Edwin Massold, Tim Schmidt and Mat Kinsman on the team. More ›