Max Olijnyk

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 worked with a great team on this voyage of discovery into the world of web accessibility for digital.govt.nz

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.

I took these photos of Fred in late 2021/early 2022. We were in Australia to go to my mum’s funeral after she died in a car crash, coincidentally just after Fred had discovered Pokēmon Go.

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I wrote about my mixed feelings about skateboarding in the Olympics for prime NZ independent publication The Spinoff. Also managed to feature Mossy in the first days of his life.

My take on the popular novel Moby Dick for the esteemed Jenkem publishing house. This one means a lot!

I wrote a silly (deadly serious) article about grip tape for Jenkem mag. Link is here

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I moved to New York from New Zealand with my family in late October, 2019. The adjustment has been all the things you’d imagine – exciting and hilarious, frustrating and expensive, and… a bit boring. It turns out life can be boring anywhere. But in between apartment viewings, school interviews and four…

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I am very proud to have three stories included in Brain Dead’s Isolated Community Zine Issue 1.

‘The Isolated Community zine is Brain Dead’s gift of respite during what have become the strangest days of our lives.’ – Brain Dead

Link to read and download here.

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Before we moved to New York, my friend Kashi put the fear of god in me about bed bugs. She told me to keep my suitcase in the bathtub at our Air BnB to avoid infiltration. She explained a complex disrobing and hand washing regime to follow every time you enter your…

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I wrote a sort of love letter to Wellington for the latest issue of Monster Children. I wrote it in the final weeks of our NZ tenure, a time in which, ironically, I finally felt really comfortable there. The magazine is available here.

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

If you’d like to order a copy, click here.

 

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