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.

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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Every year RNZ Drama produces a collection of short stories from the graduating MA writers at the International Institute of Modern Letters, Victoria University Wellington. Here is a recording of me reading ‘A Skate in Town’, an excerpt from the novel I worked on during the MA, which was broadcast on RNZ on August 5…

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Like all of you, I love Keegan. I’m so sorry he died. He was amazing.

I’ve been living in New Zealand for the past few years, so the main way I’ve interacted with Keegan is online—I was loving the snack reports. His messages were usually responses to my own Instagram stories: ‘Yer Max’…

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The second annual WSA Treetops skate jam was a big success. We resurfaced and created some obstacles, had some weird challenges and gave away heaps of prizes.

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.’

‘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.

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.