Exclusive / 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
Exclusive / 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
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
Exclusive / 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
Exclusive / 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
Exclusive / 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
Exclusive / 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
Exclusive / 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
Video / New Zealand Video Brett Chan presents: “Mikey & Shamus IIII” Shamus Peters and Mikey Gibson bare all in this exposé from Auckland city's slick street. Captured by the one, and only, Brett Chan. by Manual Magazine Posted 25 Dec 2020
Video / New Zealand Video Daylight Skateboards — “Humbling” Video There's nothing better than waking up to a new Daylight video. Mikey Gibson, Nico Tognazzo, Jack Fagan, Jonty Hoggard, PJ Wybrow, Simon Fraser-Mackenzie, Shamus Peters, Elijah Robertson and Robin McArthur-Adams feature in Luke Browne's latest joint. by David Read Posted 22 Dec 2020
Exclusive / 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
Exclusive / 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
Exclusive / 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
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
Video / Must Watch UBG Vol.2 Callum Paul, Tom Snape, Max Couling, Simon Frazzetto, Hootie Andrewes, Liam McCulloch, Jack Kirk and Geoff Campbell are among the many in the new UBG. A hell of a clip! by Manual Magazine Posted 25 Jun 2020
Exclusive / 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
Exclusive / 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 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
Exclusive / 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
Exclusive / Living La Vida Lockdown Living in Iso-Skation — How to Skate at Home During Lockdown So we’re all stuck at home. Skateboarders like to think we’re hardy and adaptable creatures who thrive on adversity, but when our right to skate freely is taken away how do we really cope? by Dan Bycroft Posted 07 Apr 2020