Exclusives / Event Coverage Toasting the 10th Mangawhai Bowl Jam: 2021 Event Wrap Up The Vans Mangawhai Bowl Jam, presented by Backdoor NZ, celebrates a decade of roof-raising radness. Press Release Posted 11 Feb 2021
Exclusives / Live Stream Watch The 2021 Mangawhai Bowl Jam Live If you can't make it to the stands in person, you can get bowl-side from the comfort of your couch. Here are all the links to the live stream for the 2021 Mangawhai Bowl Jam. by Manual Magazine Posted 05 Feb 2021
Exclusives / NZ Skateboarding Music Over Skating Robin McArthur-Adams and Mikey Gibson band together for 11 minutes of footage captured from some of the most heavy sessions between Auckland and Wellington from the past six months. by Manual Magazine Posted 02 Feb 2021
Exclusives / Event Video Duckewe’s “Duckbrewe Skate Festival” Two-thumbs Brewing Co. hosted “Duckbrewe Skate Festival” at their Christchurch site last month. Watch as a hoard of skateboarders duck and weave amongst a sea of ply on a specially-made ‘mini Chin' ramp. by Manual Magazine Posted 01 Feb 2021
Video / New Zealand Dick Squad 2K — 2UP Party What goes up must come down. A Squad 2 up party at Wellington’s Cenotaph. You can’t go past a good manual pad. by Manual Magazine Posted 21 Jan 2021
Exclusives / New Zealand Video Collab Distribution Presents: DECO Collab Distribution proudly presents DECO, a New Zealand skateboard film. Pulling inspiration from Art Deco detailing and global air travel with clips filmed across New Zealand through to Sydney and Los Angeles. by Manual Magazine Posted 21 Jan 2021
Exclusives / New Zealand Video Skunk 7 (art basil) — a film by Shane Smith Shane Smith delivers potent messages, and skateboarding, in the latest edition of his Skunk video series. Friends, foes and Auckland's finest making good use of the city streets. by Manual Magazine Posted 05 Jan 2021
Exclusives / Sneaker News Jackson Pilz Colours Vans His Way Vans releases the first Colourway for Australian Rider Jackson Pilz — available now. Press Release Posted 28 Dec 2020
Exclusives / Event The 10th Annual Mangawhai Bowl Jam — Feb 6, 2021 Start your year off with a bang. Join us at one of New Zealand's premier skateboarding events — The Mangawhai Bowl Jam. With 2021 marking the event's 10th year this will be one not to miss. Event date: 06/02/2021 10:30 am by Manual Magazine Posted 28 Dec 2020
Exclusives / Australasian Video Taihaere Manuel-Wepa — “Fire up This Funk” This 10-minute volume of VX footage shows Tai Wepa as an unstoppable force. The Hawkes Bay transplant fires it up in Adelaide. by Manual Magazine Posted 22 Dec 2020
Events / Skateboarding Competition Duckbrewe Skate Festival — Sat, January 16 $5k of prizes up for grabs at Duckewe’s ‘mini-chin’ ramp festival. Event date: 16/01/2021 by Manual Magazine Posted 14 Dec 2020
Exclusives / New Zealand Video Matthieu Lucas — “Volte-Face” Part Remix A remix of Matthieu Lucasʻs part from Majick Templeton’s new skateboard movie “Volte-Face.” by Manual Magazine Posted 25 Sep 2020
Exclusives / Photo Gallery Newtown D.I.Y. — Dog Crew Do New The world of D.I.Y. is full of humps, bumps, and ups and downs, and that’s just the terrain. Newtown’s dog crew bleed tenacity and sweat concrete dust — they also make mini ramps. by Flynn Acworth Posted 15 Sep 2020
Exclusives / New Zealand Video Yorlin Phillips — “2019-2020” Video Yorlin Phillips (AKA @chur_myg) delivering the smoothness with this two-years-in-the-making feast of skateboarding badassery. CHUR My G. by Manual Magazine Posted 07 Sep 2020
Events / Skateboarding & Art Competition The Vans Showdown — Meet the Crew of the Future Skate shops from around Asia Pacific video-off in this battle for showdown supremacy. An art competition to boot. Apply within. Press Release Posted 22 Jul 2020
Exclusives / New Zealand Video Perspective — A New Zealand Skate Video This film is dedicated to Scott Brindle and Tim Davis, for without them we would not be here. We are so grateful to have experienced a skate shop as amazing as yours, thank you both for everything. Life is about having fun with your friends, go skate. by Anu Muller-O'Neill Posted 10 May 2020
Exclusives / New Zealand Video Blacklisted Belts — “Friggin’ in the Riggin’” The captain of this lugger, He was a dirty bugger, He wasn't fit to shovel shit, From one place to another. But he could skate. by Manual Magazine Posted 10 May 2020
Video / NZ Skateboarding SNEEB A fantastic new product of Harry Kidman, featuring an onslaught from some of your favourites. by Manual Magazine Posted 03 May 2020
Video / NZ Skateboarding Vic Apparel: Yorlin Phillips Part Vic Apparel have just released a brand new part from Hamilton's Yorlin Phillips. by Manual Magazine Posted 19 Apr 2020
Exclusives / Video Review Take Care: Why NZ skateboarding needed the new Daylight video Take Care; a fitting title for these lockdown times. Take it as a warning, a gentle reminder or a fond farewell. Must we all take care out there? Are we in an age that requires solid caretakers to guard the things we hold dear? by Dan Bycroft Posted 18 Apr 2020