Mildly nomadic and perpetually positive, Pauly Kauri drops his Top Fives from Ashburton.
Black and white portrait of skateboarder Pauly Kauri standing on the train tracks in Ashburton.

New Zealand skaters

1. James Huntley
2. Lenard Tejada
3. Theo Clarke
4. Justice Reid
5. Matt Markland

Sayings

1. “For the bruvas”
2. “I rate us all the same as long as we are having fun”
3. “Both feet on, bruv“
4. “Pop it, bruv”
5. “We got this, bruv”

Black and white photo of Pauly Kauri doing a kickflip frontside boardslide at Ashburton Skatepark. The image is shot using a fisheye lens and is pointing up at the rail and Pauly from the ground.

Kickflip front board, Ashburton.

Homies to skate with

1. Paul Apiata
2. Wayne Williams
3. Jayden Thomson
4. Ollie Fernie
5. Skylam Harvey

Songs to get hyped to

1. “Ruff Ryders’ Anthem” – DMX
2. “Let’s Go” – Trick Daddy (Feat. Twista & Lil Jon)
3. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” – Marvin Gaye
4. “Three Little Birds” – Bob Marley & The Wailers
5. “Turn Down for What” – DJ Snake & Lil Jon

Black and white photo of Pauly Kauri doing a backside five-0 grind at Ashburton Skatepark.

Backside five-0 along and down, Ashburton.

Things to do when not skating

1. Family Time
2. Fishing
3. Diving
4. Doing my lawns
5. Watching movies

New Zealand skateparks

1. Palmerston North
2. Lincoln Road, Te Pai
3. Benches, Tauranga
4. Washington Way
5. Fairfield street spot, Dunedin

Black and white photo of Pauly Kauri doing a backflip at Ashburton Skatepark. The image is shot using a fisheye lens and is pointing up at Pauly from the ground.

Backflip (to platform), Ashburton.

Towns you’ve lived in

1. Tauranga
2. Auckland
3. Waiouru
4. Feilding
5. Ashburton

Things people don’t know about you

1. When I walk past homeless people and buy them a pie and a drink
2. I like helping our younger generation progress in their skating
3. I do a lot of dancing like hip hop, breakdancing, krumping, shuffling and tecktonik
4. I used to push mongo, lol
5. I skated in bare feet back in the day

Go to rail tricks

1. Front board
2. Krook
3. Front lip
4. Nollie back lip
5. Switch front board

Follow Pauly on Instagram @paulykauri.

First published in Manual #69, April 2022.

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