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

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 / New Zealand Video

The Grifter of Palmy Turns 50

Celebrating the halfway mark. Jam on the mini, bash in the bowl. Joined by Palmerston Northʻs finest, and friends.

by Manual Magazine

Posted 27 Jul 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

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

Video / New Zealand Video

Daylight Skateboards Presents — “Take Care”

If there’s one thing you watch before the apocalypse takes us all, then this is it. Take care.

by Manual Magazine

Posted 30 Mar 2020

Exclusive / New Zealand Video

“Gold Watch” A Must See

Fellow skateboarders slash filmmakers Bill Bycroft and Dan Kircher—of Plastic Trophy and Skylarking fame, respectively—joined forces in 2009 to create “Gold Watch.” A fitting reward for many years of good service.

by David Read

Posted 25 Mar 2020

Exclusive / New Zealand Video

“Remain” — Arcade 2020

The Arcade Official 2020 vaccine. Equal parts SOTY, a splash of Mikey and a good measure of Will G. Then some.

by Manual Magazine

Posted 17 Mar 2020

Exclusive / New Zealand Video

“Bell Hill” by Majick Templeton

Smooth skateboarding from the rough streets of Dunedin. Courtesy of Majick.

by Manual Magazine

Posted 16 Mar 2020

Exclusive / Shoe Review

The Rowan Pro Wear Test: Birkenhead Skate Park

The Vans New Zealand crew hit up Birkenhead skate park in Auckland to try out the new Rowan Pro skateboard shoe.

by Manual Magazine

Posted 12 Mar 2020

Exclusive / Event Coverage

2020 Bowlzilla Wellington: Event Wrap Up

Wellington City Council, Redhead or Dead Events, Skateboarding.NZ, Wellington Skateboarding Association and Miryoku Agency had the Capital ringing this year with the New Zealand 2020 National Park / Bowl Skating Championships with BOWLZILLA Wellington.

by Manual Magazine

Posted 10 Mar 2020

Exclusive / Event Information

Capital of Fun: Bowlzilla™ Wellington — March 7, 2020

The fifth year of BOWLZILLA™ Wellington Festival is upon us. Wellington will be the Capital of skateboarding in New Zealand all week.

Event date: 07/03/2020 11:00 am

by Manual Magazine

Posted 01 Mar 2020

Exclusive / Skate Competition

VMorg X Empire: Skate Competition, Lower Hutt

Only in Lower Hutt can you skate a plaza and be in to win a car. This Sunday, February 23.

Event date: 23/02/2020 9:30 am

by Manual Magazine

Posted 18 Feb 2020

Exclusive / Sneaker News

Introducing the Rowan Pro: Rowan Zorilla’s First Vans Signature Skate Shoe

Seamlessly blending his nostalgic, ’90s aesthetic with superior performance-driven tech, Rowan Zorilla’s first Vans signature shoe and apparel collection are well-balanced between style and function.

by Manual Magazine

Posted 17 Feb 2020