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Here's a glimpse into the recent New Balance Numeric session at Auckland's Victoria Park.

Volcom are bringing their Road Rager tour and Give Jeans a Chance program to New Zealand this August and September. Stopping in at Auckland, Raglan, Queenstown, Cardrona and Wanaka.

In celebration of our recent anniversary issue we made some predictions for the next 20 years we realise it isn’t easy feat, and putting those thoughts down in print (and pixels) is even dicier.

The Vans Mangawhai Bowl Jam, presented by Backdoor NZ, celebrates a decade of roof-raising radness.

In celebration of our recent anniversary issue we made some predictions for the next 20 years we realise it isn’t easy feat, and putting those thoughts down in print (and pixels) is even dicier.

New Zealand is an exporter. Things get grown, refined and developed here and siphoned out into the world. Until recently it’s been firmly farm focused; dairy products, fibres shorn from woolly mammals, meat from less fortunate mammals.

The life of a good boy is more than keeping clean and on the straight and narrow. It’s about stacking clips, jumping and working on those finishing lines. To celebrate the release of his new video, Chase Collins spoke with Beacho while he was on Smoko.

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.

Jamie Cook’s ‘My Favourite Thing’ from Manual, issue 70. A gem from 2004 featuring one of H-Town’s favourite sons, Pedro Day.

Here we have it. Simon Thorp. Crowned 2017 New Zealand Skater of the Year. Style for miles, a figurehead of our industry, a pillar and a powerhouse. Deserved.

BOWLZILLA Wellington 2021 — the National Park Skating Championships —  was the cure for 2020.

He approaches most of his life with a masochistic attitude, carrying GIB up and down stairs till knock off and then going out and skating till he’s beaten.

The Vans Park Series is back on the map – taking over Sydney come April 14th. If last year's event is anything to go by, then we recommend locking in a few hours screen time to watch things unfold. Few details in the offical release below:

An open apology from the beginning of our 20 Year Anniversary Edition.

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.

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.

Sam Palmer (alongside many others) paved the way for spaces like Wellington’s Newtown Ghetto Spot and Berhampore’s Treetops. Hopefully, his words inspire you to pick up a trowel for the first time or double down on your DIY conviction.