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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‘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”?’

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

Any street skater who’s visited Wellington will know and love Treetops. A handful of ledges on a crusty carpark on a hill above Newtown has evolved into a super-smooth, ever-changing DIY spot that is regulated and cared for by a dedicated bunch of locals.

‘…when the chance to write a behind-the-scenes Weta story came my way I put my hand up, no questions asked… And when they booked me into a flashy hotel with a daily allowance, I was like: this just got interesting.’

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.

For this issue of SJ, I wrote an article about a guy who recorded the sound of katabatic winds in Antarctica. I also wrote some hilarious product reviews.

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.

For this issue of SJ, I wrote an article about a guy who runs a private museum filled with dead people and limbs and other weird stuff. I also wrote some hilarious product reviews.

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