Max Olijnyk

I wrote this article about working in a skate shop for Slam magazine many moons ago, but now it's up on their site.

For his first act as Features Editor at Acclaim, Mitch Parker stuck a flag in the sand by republishing the piece I wrote about my jacket. Kudos to Mitch and kudos to my jacket.

A video about tailslides

Nearly four years ago, on my birthday, well, the day after my birthday, we were strolling around a fancy part of old London town, walking past cafes where Kiera Knightley is a regular and looking in the windows of fancy shops, all the while being warned off buying anything by our host…

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I blogged the Vans competition for Vice Sports.

The new issue of Acclaim magazine looks really nice. I have a story in there about a poet who tried to sell me a bike.

I have a couple of stories (and photos!) in the new improved Slam Magazine.

Freddie says: ‘This grass is always green’

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As promised, here are some more photos from our New Zealand adventure, but these ones were shot on my film camera. Ah, film. Ah, nostalgia. Ah, the good old days. Right?

This first photo was taken in the terminal for the Interislander – the ferry that runs back and forth over the Cook Strait between…

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We just got back from New Zealand, where we were on holiday for what seemed like ages. The jaunt centred around a week-long trip to Awaroa in the Abel Tasman national park with a few days on either side in Wellington, but when we were booking the tickets, we were like, ‘well, we may as well leave…

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The Guy Stokes Channel Xmas Bash was the most enjoyable skate competition I’ve ever attended. Callum and Conna did a great job organising the event, which was held on Australia Day at the curbs on the south end of Edinburgh Gardens, and which seemed like a joke to begin with, but was actually really fun and exciting. There…

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If you haven’t noticed, the ‘90s are back in a big way. Your pants are two sizes too big, you’ve dusted off your parents’ VHS camera and your favourite skater is Sean Sheffey. Great, right? So great. But the 2015 version of 1993 is a bit different to the real thing. I was…

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