Max Olijnyk

This is a companion piece to My mum went to EMB – written by my mum, Sarah.

I was just a few months into being forty. In those days, that was middle age—when we felt that time was slipping away and it was time to have a go. My three children were aged…

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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.’

One day an email popped up with the subject line “Wanna go skating in China?” and I got that feeling. That freelance feeling. “Hi Ingrid,” I typed in reply, “I’d love to go skating in China!” A couple of months and about 50 emails later…

I interviewed some interesting people for this new book about ‘the new generation of Australian makers’ that was put together by frankie magazine.

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This story is about salted coffee, but it’s also about writing and getting older and trying to make friends. Published in The Good Copy Gazette issue five, but also online for The Good Copy.

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‘…whenever I imagine my mum going to Embarcadero by herself in 1992 as a favor to her 15-year-old son and being spat at by a skater, I crumple up inside.’ I’m very excited to join forces with my friends Rob, Ed and Todd at Heavy Time (and my mum) for this book! 20…

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I filmed and edited this clip to showcase the WSA's first victory: fundraising, building, installing and skating a bunch of new obstacles at Treetops DIY skate spot.

I had driven grumpily the whole day. It all started at the playground in Wairoa, where Fred had fallen and squealed in terror as his skin fried on the gleaming hot metal floor of a merry-go-round and I just stood, useless, waiting for the stupid thing to rotate the whole way around so I could run into the…

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For the fourth reprint of my book, I decided to add a few more stories that cover our spell in Wellington, in 2016. I also changed the cover to an indigo blue. Collect them all!

You can buy one here.

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‘The Lord Mayor has announced a decade-long “Skate Melbourne” plan and the sport is in the next Olympics. Whatever happened to “skate and destroy”?’

My Melbourne weekend from Max Olijnyk on Vimeo.

 

I spent the weekend skating and catching up with some dear friends in Melbourne.

In this issue I spoke to the people behind the first 3D printers in space, interviewed the amazing Randy Newman and reviewed some strange products.