ExclusiveInterview
Theo Clarke — The NZSOTY Interview
We caught up with the 2022 NZSOTY, Theo Clarke. He gives us the lowdown on SOTY life, recounts the year, and gives his predictions for NZSOTY 2023.
Posted 23 Dec 2022
Exclusives
ExclusiveEvents
Verticus 2022 — Photos and Results
Verticus brings vert to the people and people to the vert. Another uplifting event at the Blake Park monster ramp. CPL was there to capture it.
Posted 4 Dec 2022
ExclusiveEvents
2022 Wellington Ramp Riot — Photos
The Wellington Ramp Riot celebrated its fifth innings with a truck-stomping rip-a-licious celebration of all things rampy.
Posted 27 Nov 2022
ExclusiveVideo
Lookback: Bill Bycroft Raw Skateboard HD Footage
Rare and unseen skateboard footage featuring Kiwis Christian Low, Nico Gottschalk, Craig Bycroft, Matt West, Brett Band and Rhys Campbell, and Internationals Joey Pepper, Dennis Busenitz, Nester Judkins, Walker Ryan and Josh Matthews.
Posted 2 Sep 2022
ExclusiveAotearoa New Zealand Video
“Lucky” – by Joel Burgin
A new skateboard video from Tauranga, Aotearoa New Zealand featuring The Good Room crew.
Posted 13 Aug 2022
ExclusiveEvents
Bowlzilla Wellington will bring the noise in Oct 2022
Wellington is set to again be the Capital of Skateboarding with the return of BOWLZILLA Wellington on Saturday 29th October. New Zealand’s National Bowl Skating Championships will be roaring back bigger than ever to crown the Nation’s best skaters.
Posted 28 Jul 2022
ExclusiveVideo
Collab Distribution presents: “Champagne”
“Champagne” by Collab Distribution. Featuring new skateboarding from Kyle Svensen, Matt Vickery, Chase Collins, Chris Skelton, Matt Ferg and many more.
Posted 27 May 2022
ExclusiveVideo
“Life imitates art, art imitates life” video by Luvscene
Art, life, and skateboarding. The latest from Luvscene’s Caleb Dammert. Featuring Matt Ferg, Ben Gibb, Jamie Bucknor and all the homies.
Posted 28 Apr 2022
ExclusiveVideo
“The Tragic School Bus” — Acid Road Trippin’
Acid NZ’s corrosive mind-bending tour of New Zealand’s South Island. From the Gypsy Pool to Benmore Dam and Dunedin’s Blood Bucket. No concrete is safe.
Posted 20 Apr 2022
ExclusiveNews
Simon Thorp — NZ’s longest Skater of the Year (2017-2020)
It’s SOTY-season, so we tracked down New Zealand’s longest-running Skater of the Year — Simon Thorp. We talk BINZs, rigged votes and predictions for this year’s NZSOTY.
Posted 26 Jan 2022
ExclusiveEvents / News
Duckbrewe 2 Skate Festival — Photo Gallery
After their debut Duckbrewe Skate Festival at Two Thumb Brewery in Christchurch last summer, Duckewe have returned with another hoppy beer collab, added three stages of music, a field full of spectators and an even wilder ramp design.
Posted 20 Jan 2022
ExclusivePhoto gallery
Wellington Ramp Riot 4 — Photo gallery
Relentless rain can’t stymie vertical skateboarding progression. The Wellington Skateboarding Association’s “Ramp Riot 4” grows a year older while the talent gets younger. Stunts defy logic. The proof is in the pixels.
Posted 6 Dec 2021
ExclusiveVideo
Dazlog: “DV” — Raw Files Vol.3
From the Dazlog archives. Circa 2007-2014. Featuring: James Wright, Andrew "Muddy" Haeata, Tom Hull, Toby Locke, Jeff Sanders, Tom Snape and many more.
Posted 30 Aug 2021
ExclusiveVideo
Vans Wayvee — Wear Test
To celebrate the launch of The Wayvee by Tyson Peterson, Vans New Zealand team riders and friends hit up the Public Library Showroom pre-lockdown to put Vans Skate's newest silhouette to the test.
Posted 24 Aug 2021
ExclusiveVideo
Dazlog: “DV” — Raw Files Vol.2
More from the Dazlog archives. Circa 2010-2013. Featuring Nico Gottschalk, Deen Rakich, Guy Collier, Simon Thorp, Brett Band, Marek Kocak, Chey Ataria, Tim Barnett, Adam Wharekawa and Darren 'Dazlog' Howman.
Posted 21 Aug 2021
ExclusiveVideo
Dazlog: “DV” — Raw Files Vol.1
Brett Band and friends from the Dazlog archives. Circa 2010-2015. Shot in New Zealand, Australia and Barcelona. Full of casual heavy hitters.
Posted 18 Aug 2021
ExclusiveNews
Duckbrewe 2 Skate Festival at Rolling Meadows: Entries now open
The Rolling Meadows festival lives up to its name with the addition of the Duckbrewe skateboarding event.
Posted 16 Aug 2021
ExclusiveNews
Acid Invitational 2021: Photos & Results
On Saturday Cambridge played host to the 2021 Ramp Attack & Acid Invitational. Carnage ensued as crews from around the country came together to session the purpose built, multi sectioned ramp in Leamington Domain. See how it all unfolded below:
Posted 4 Aug 2021
ExclusiveVideo
Vans Skate Presents: “PURE” by Brett Chan
The new skateboard video by Brett Chan. Featuring the pure talents of Ben Gibb, Chase Collins, Andrew Morrison, Mikey Gibson, Elijah Robertson and Kyle Svensen.
Posted 3 Jun 2021
ExclusiveACT NOW
Wellington City Council’s 10-year-plan — last chance to make submissions is Sunday, May 9.
The window to make a submission closes at midnight this Sunday. We urgently need as many people as possible to make submissions asking for investment in skateboarding.
Posted 6 May 2021