Leading up to the premiere, I caught up with Sirus to check in on how the weight of Polar’s video legacy felt on his shoulders.

I interviewed the very charming and funny Jarrad Carlin for Free Skate Magazine issue 43. It’s now online along with Jarrad’s video part.

In this issue, I interviewed Devendra Banhart the day after his house was burgled. It’s such a nice magazine, good on them.

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I spoke to Harry Culy of Bad News Books about the ups and downs of being an independent publisher in New Zealand, and I also hassled him for one of those cool hoodies. Link here

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An interview with some incredible Japanese kids I met in China. ‘It’s evolved beyond anything we ever imagined. They’re not just good; it’s mastery. They’ve mastered skating.’

After weeks of prioritising his posts perhaps even over the welfare of my own child, I decided to get in touch with Ted, who works as an art historian and curator, and pick his brain a bit.

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Photos by Sloan Laurits

In What else? I interview some of my favourite skaters about what they do when they’re not riding their skateboard. My next subject is skate coach Jesse Noonan.

In What else? I interview some of my favourite skaters about what they do when they’re not riding their skateboard. My first subject is Melbourne’s Caeylen Norris.

I interviewed Aya Tatebe about living and working on a Japanese indigo farm. The ace photos are by Martin Kirby and the piece first appeared in the last issue of Acclaim, which I edited.

I was lucky enough to meet one of the greatest artists alive, and interview her for Vice.

Through the years, Illegal Civilization have maintained a unique energy, largely because of the way they embrace their global audience. Kids in New Zealand — a world away from LA — love the label too. Auckland photographer Imogen Wilson shot 14 Illegal Civilization fans in NZ, and I chatted to Mikey about his brand and his dreams of being stocked in Walmart one day.

For a couple of years, I had a sweet gig writing the Six Burning Questions column for The Sunday Age newspaper. When I say sweet, I mean I loved it, because it ticked all my work boxes: it was fun, it was good for my cred and it paid well. Very rarely does a job…

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