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ISSUE THREE|SUMMER 2013

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JAY RUNCIMAN PHOTO: JARROD KNOBLAUCH

CONTENTS

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Cover: Mike Milner Switch Heelflip 12. Photo: Andre Castellucci This page: Scott MBS switch frontside noselides an up-ledge. Photo: Don Purdie

INTERVIEWS Kiri Schroeter Tom Reilly Rob Carley KAB 101

LOCAL PARKS

Mannum Skatepark Sac’n’Sams BBQ Jam 4

FEATURES

The Warehouse Marco’s Top 10 Skate songs Photobombs Tribute to Ronnie Lee

ROAD TRIPS

Canberra: Tranny junkies battle Fruit Booters in the Capital KOTR: Mt Gambier

SCREEN

S.A.F. 2 Bones Brigade Autobiography

EDITOR: Mark Alcorn

CONTRIBUTORS:

Beau Williams, Dan Ivett, Matthew Symons, Jarrod Knoblauch, Andre Castellucci, Ben Gore, Tess Syme, Jack Brookes, Jasper Leijis, Angus Thomas, Lachy Pfitzner, Ben Heide, Bryan Mason, Evildan, Brandon Hinge, Charmaine Bond, Simon ‘Sac’ Reynolds, Brandon Trudinger, Ben Chalmers, Billy Coles, Mark Gierke, Eric Hoberg and Don Purdie.

Cab heelflip at Flagstaff Hill. Sequence: Alcorn

INTERVIEW:

KIRI SCHROETER Interview: Beau Williams

Born in Cambodia with birth defects leaving him without hands or feet, anyone would think that this is the start of a sad tale. Fuck that shit! This isn’t lemons to lemonade either friends. It’s seeing ceilings as floors. Fortunately for Kiri (and us) he found skateboarding at the age of 16. I can’t fathom what life would have been like for him before he stepped on board. Not only having to deal with the reactions from people seeing his original body form, racism played a heavy hand as well. “I used to get a lot of beatings on the regular growing up. These kids at school would fuck with me daily and this shit went on til I was 18. During those years I would get heaps depressed, I used to have to lie to my mum about my bruises. ‘I fell down’, shit like that. It got to a point where I was making up all kinds of stories to avoid going to school. What drew you to the board amigo? I guess it was something that I could do on my own without others around. My folks have a shed out Barossa way and I would just skate for hours on that floor. You and your lass are having

a baby? Yeah, just had the ultrasound and all’s sweet. Were you stressing about whether or not it would have any birth defects? Sorry, fucked question brother, but do tell... Of course man, but my condition isn’t contagious bro. It’s healthy and that’s all we care about. Girl, Boy whatever. It’ll be a skater or musician though. Where’s your local? It used to be Elizabeth but we’ve recently moved down near Churchills. Shits so much better. Rad, I’ve always wanted to ask you what it feels like to hear other people bitch and moan when they can’t land their shit. Well skatings pretty mental at times but sometimes when my mates arch up about how hard it is, or they can’t get this trick etc. I’ll tell them to just have fun. I mean that’s what this is all about. It’s understandable when your filming for a part that you tend to get bummed if it ain’t happening but I never stay in that mindset for too long. Skatings my time to have fun. And whenever I skate with Kiri the session is all about that, FUN... 9

The kids so technically talented and full of stoke. He brings the best out in everyone’s skating. You on flow, hook ups? I’m on DGK for flow. And get boards through Da Klinic. I’ve got to get footage for DGK but its hard to get others out to film me. It might be different now that I’m closer to the city. You play the drums for a deathcore band? Dude, WTF? Yeah, the bands name is Tina Gray (first victim in Nightmare on Elm Street). It’s pretty heavy stuff, death corp. Sounds like a good release. Venting !!! It’s the best. Sometimes it ain’t easy being me (laughs) but skating and music is my therapy. Oh Man, you’re my Oprah. Thanks for the inspiration Kiri. Anytime, wanna skate? Good luck to Marianna and Kiri on they’re coming bundle. It’s been a total pleasure being in the man’s company and he’s taught me a lot about humility and inner strength, and redefined the word RAD. When y’all see him rollin’ give him a fist and a hug it don’t ever feel sorry for him because he’ll beat your ass at S.K.A.T.E.

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THE WAREHOUSE Story: Alcorn Photos: Benice|Don Purdie|Jasper Leijis|Jarrod Knoblauch|Alcorn What is it about the search? The yearning for places not made for skating but perfect for it nonetheless. Maybe it’s the weather. Maybe it’s the feeling of conformity that skating at a predetermined council approved, OH&S safety blanket of a skatepark gives you that you need to shake off. Maybe you drive past a new building site and get excited about the possibilities of what could be. Maybe it’s the damn weather. Schools, drainage ditches, corporate buildings are the usual suspects. But what about the excitement at the sight of an old warehouse. You look for the signs; broken windows, the “for lease” sign, the overgrown grass, or maybe the hole in the chain link fence trying in vain to keep out the undesirables. Well that’s us – the undesirables. Sure it might be a score for some homeless dude in search of a dry place to kip, or a bonus for the junkie looking for a place to indulge away from the downcast eyes of society. But it’s us, those most undesirables of society, the skaters, who are best placed to covet the discovery of those tell-tale signs. You scope it out, a few drive-bys, check for security, climb the fence or go through the hole. You jemmy a door, and look around. What do you find? Usually it’s a complete mess. Pigeon shit everywhere, dust, broken glass, empty spray cans; evidence of either some artwork yet to be found of a youth misspent chroming in the dark. But there’s a big open space, and some

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Jack Bridges. Ollies up from the flat to crooks along and in to fakie. Photo: Alcorn 11

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Ash Harrison. Photo: Jasper Leijis

bits of wood. You’ll have to come back later with a broom, but a quick roll confirms the smooth concrete underfoot. That feeling. You’ve discovered something. No-one else knows. You can’t tell anyone yet, but you’ll need some help building some obstacles. Also some help cleaning up. And for sure, some help skating it. First port of call is usually a manny pad, a couple of found pallets and a bit of scrounged ply. Maybe you’ve found a broken street sign and prop it up for a rail or a pole jam. If its

solid, prop up a door against the wall for a bank. But then its gets serious, more and more people know about it. Next time you come back, there’s a new ledge, a kicker to table, and how did that quarter pipe get in here? The rain falls outside and you laugh at it. Laugh at the wet skateparks, gleaming and useless, and its like summer days but in winter and instead of huddling under the veranda of a skyscraper or the gloomy low roofed car park, 12

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Jack Bridges Nollie Inflip. Photo JK

Ross. Photo: Jasper Leijis

you have space and freedom to build and most importantly hang with the homies and skate the days away. Nothing lasts forever though, and soon it’ll be gone. It might start with a new padlock on the door, or the fence gets repaired and now its an eight foot climb to get in. But sure enough, the life of a warehouse find is inevitably limited. The salvage crews kick in and then, soon enough, demolition is complete and if you’re lucky they’ll build you a nice curb out

the front of the new place to skate. But you had it, and you made the most of it while it was there, that useless unused space, because that’s what we do. The warehouse in this article is long gone by now, but the beauty is there’ll always be a new one just around the corner. It’s the order of things. The age old cycle of destruction and renewal. Keep searching.

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MANNUM SKATEPARK

STORY: ALCORN About an hour from Adelaide on the mighty Murray River, this Oasis Skatepark built number is well worth the drive. Pretty much one of the sickest and smoothest bowls ever poured in South Australia, with a 4-6 foot bowl and flat-bank hip section will not disappoint the avid road tripper. There’s not much else to say except put some petty in the car and grab a bunch of mates and make the trip. If you go out there soon, you might even run into Barnesy and Mossy and a bunch of

other Aussie legends like Gus and Eric here. Even if you’re not that into tranny, this bowl is perfect and once you learn the lines you’ll be carving all day and finding yourself doing stuff you never even imagined. Do yourself a favour and get out there, this park is the shit. Hell, go stay on a houseboat if you like, but make it happen. You can get there via Birdwood or Murray Bridge and there’s loads of pub counter meal options on the way home. Make it happen people.

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Left: We took Angus with us on this day. He showed us how to skate bowls proper. Backside melon over the hip Photo: Alcorn This page: Eric Hoberg FS Air. Photo: Alcorn

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MARCO’S TOP TEN SKATE SONGS We all know how important skate videos are for us and how much impact they have on the way we see and perceive our oh so precious hobby, sport, lifestyle, passion, job, etc. But more often than not, it is a certain part in a video rather than the video as a whole that gets us so amped to go out for a session. And what makes a part so special for us? I guess most of all it would be the skater himself, as we like his particular style or anything else about him that appeals to us or that we can identify with. But there is far more to a great video part than just the skater and the tricks he is doing. The way it is filmed and edited plays a ginormous role if it comes down to how good a skate part really is. And then there is the soundtrack.

10. 9. 8. 7. 6.

To me the song of a skate section is the heart and sole of the clip. The right song can make the weakest skating appear so much better and can turn the best footage into an absolute boring piece of crap when chosen some heinous tune to go with it. Songs kick off emotions and this awoken feeling should always suit the style of the skater and his tricks and blend in well with the footage and the edit. In the end, it is an individual opinion or feeling if a song works with a part or not, so here is my personal top ten list of songs that made their parts so much better. No particular order, except the last one as Danny’s skating is so buttery, but the song just makes the butter melt and therefore is my number one!!!

Toy Machine - Welcome to hell: Brian Anderson 5. Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall The DC Video: Josh Kalis Gang Starr - Full 4. Clip Emerica - This Is Skateboarding: Kevin ‘Spanky’ 3. Long The Cure - Close to me 2. Birdhouse - The End: Andrew Reynolds DJ Shadow - Organ Donor 1. Girl - Yeah Right: Rick McCrank Le Tigre - Deceptacon 16

Transworld - Sight Unseen: Heath Kirchart Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin Flip - Sorry: Arto Saari David Bowie - 1984 Transworld - In Bloom: Tony Trujillo Motley Crue - Kickstart My Heart Killself: Chima Ferguson The Stranglers - Hanging Around Blueprint - Lost And Found: Danny Brady The Delgados - Coming In From The Cold

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VIDEO Review: Bryan Mason

Bones Brigade: An Autobiography

So the past couple of months have been great for the world of skate movies, with the release of Pretty Sweet, the latest offering from Girl/Chocolate and a movie I have been looking forward to since I first heard about it mid 2011, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography. Bones Brigade is the follow up to Dog Town and Z-Boys from director, ex-skateboarding world champion and Bones Brigade team manager Stacy Peralta. Dog Town and Z-Boys is one of my favourite skate documentaries, if you haven’t seen that film, hunt it, watch it, love it. So Bones Brigade picks up shortly after the end of the Dogtown Z-boys story, its early 80’s and Stacy Peralta is putting together a skate team for his new company, a collaboration with skate equipment designer and manufacturer George Powell. After having the Zephyr team implode shortly after reaching any level of notoriety, Stacy is determined to build a team and ensure the same thing doesn’t happen to them. So he enlists a team of young relative unknown riders including Steve Caballero, Tony Hawk and Rodney Mullen, all pre-teens when they signed to skate for Powell Peralta. The film tracks the rise and eventual fall of Stacy’s team the Bones Brigade, which at its strength swelled to 40 or 50 skaters. The film focuses mostly on the stories of Hawk, Mullen, Stacy Peralta, Cab, Mike Magill, Lance Mountain and to a lesser extend Tommy Guerrero. With commentary from a whole host of other skaters and people who were influenced by the Powell Peralta team in the

80’s-90’s: Ben Harper, Sheppard Fairey, Spike Jonze and many more. I started skating around the mid 1980’s and the Bones Brigade were in full force so this film is like revisiting the beginning of skateboarding for me. Although I think the film-making in this film is not as fresh and interesting as in Dog Town and Z-Boys and at times Bones Brigade is a bit clunky, overall I loved it. Peralta manages to get right under the skin of the riders and really examine how shooting to international skate stardom effected them, how the pressure of competition weighed on them and how they all found acceptance, a sense of family and a home in skateboarding. Stacy is not as natural as the others at times on screen and sometimes seems a bit forced, however Bones Brigade: An Autobiography is definitely worth a watch. If you remember those times, it’s a great trip through a bygone era and if you don’t know much about the 80’s and skateboarding it’s a great glimpse at some of the true innovators of skating.

tranny junkies booters in After months of cravings, a few transition junkies bailed town to get a hit of Australia’s largest and freshest concrete feast, Canberra’s brand new Belconnen skatepark. The early December mission consisted of myself, Andy Westergaard, Harry Baird and Jasper Leijis. With only 4 days to inject we wasted no time, straight to the park from the airport we were itching our arms off in excitement.

Battle fruit the CBR

Story: Angus Thomas Photos: Jasper Leijis

Lucky us the ‘Australian National Rollerblading Competition’ shared the same weekend as our trip. Charging amongst all the fruit boot chaos quickly killed our high, every inch of copping was caked with icebergs of wax. Attempting any grind or near lip carve was gnarly, Andy worked that out quickly by zinging into a full head slap half an hour into the session. Despite all hazards, we skated belco for the rest of the day working out some of the millions of lines this amazing park has to offer. Avoiding the aggressive in-line action we ventured out and explored the rest of the city. The contemporary capital is a street skater’s paradise with perfect spots everywhere we looked. Way too Thrasher for that shit we padded up and headed straight for some bowls with Woden, Civic park and Weston Creek putting our wrist guards to the test. Paying our respects we visited some historic concrete, Erindale banks and Kambah U-pipe. Built in the 80’s these iconic parks had traces of Australian skateboarding history ground into every inch of decaying copping, definitely a highlight of the trip both sessions got really emotional. Wrecked from four epic days off charging it was time to send it home. Sore as fuck everyone agreed Canberra was the best trip of the year with M.V.P awarded to Harry for landing some serious German backpacker hammers at the hostel.

Above from Top: Andy Westergaard Rock n roll at Kambah U Pipe; Ollie up to decker; Angus frontside grind at Kambah 18

Angus Thomas FS Nose grind at Civic 19

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TOM REILLY

Interview: Jarrod Knoblauch

So you grew up in Millicent, which is in the South-East of SA (pop <5000 and about 400 km’s from Adelaide). How was it starting skating there as apposed to growing up skating in the city? Well when I started there would have only been like 5 skaters and we just used to skate the 2 stair. Then after a while we had a fund raiser and eventually the council gave us a grant and we got a skatepark. How long ago was all that? Well we got the park in ’04 so I probably started skating in ‘01 or ’02. And then when did you move to Adelaide? I moved to Adelaide in late 2009. So I’ve been in the city for like 2 and a half years. You live with Cale Nuske right? Have you lived with him the whole time? Nah, I moved in with Cale like a year ago. So whats it like living with Cale? It’s good. Good vibes, good stories, especially the skate ones. Hearing the old stories about Penny and Lucas Puig. Sometimes I’ll be going through an old mag or something and trip out on a picture and I’ll show him and he’ll be like “I was there for that” and go into some funny story about the trick or the trip they were on. It’s real cool, good skate vibes. You’ve been on a few trips this year (2012), let’s start with China for the SAF/Streets Made Us trip, How was that? What was China like for you? Fucking amazing, that place is, well yeah its fucked up. Well what was your best memory from that trip? Probably catching the train to Guangzhou with just Walker and Evans (Jared Nicholson). That was pretty cool but aside from the skateboarding, my best memory is sharing a room with Goodals on the 19th floor of this hotel and waking up at like 2am to him puking

off the balcony, hammered drunk after eating cat meat and about 50 street oysters from the street feed (sidewalk BBQ that comes out late at night in the Chinese streets). He was so sick the next day too but yeah 19th floor, 2am and Goodals puking as loud as possible… Yeah that was rad, I reckon Goodals must have eaten like 200 oysters on that trip… Yeah every night man, him and Dunsby just sitting at the street-feed smashing beers and BBQ and trying to talk shit to the old Chinese men all while the Madame from the local whorehouse tried to talk them upstairs… And who skated the best? Walker, awww actually nah Braydon. Walker or Braydon for sure.

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Displaying the raw power of an instagram addicted country lad, Big Riels boofs a heelflip right over Walkers bench off the flat. Photos: Alcorn 21

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Yeah I agree, those guys killed it. More recently you went to Europe and America with Milner, Greg and Dylan, for 3 months, that would have been nuts! Yeah went to Germany, France, Amsterdam , Ireland, Spain, England and then over to New York and San Francisco. So that was a big trip. Wow that’s a lot of places, what was that like? Yeah dude, amazing. Absolutely amazing. Whats your favourite memories from that trip, if you can pick a few? Favourite memories… Just skating with the boys everyday. Meeting Jezza (Jeremy Correa) in Paris, skating with him and then taking him to Spain, and meeting Braydon and all skating in Barcelona together. Skating parallel, all 6 of us, that was so good. Then left Europe and went straight to New York and that was just insane. Met Bill Strobeck (NY skate videographer), went and skated a spot with him. Yeah and then just skating around New York and it was amazing. You know, skitching taxi’s and stuff, just trying to be all New York. It was just sick! So New York was your favourite city? Yeah. Absolutely. Without doubt. After New York was San Francisco? Yeah, I met Adrian Williams at that marble block carpark spot… oh yeah and got to meet what’s his name there, Dennis Busenitz, yeah it was good just meeting pros and yeah they were cool. I just didn’t even care, coming from the country I was just like who cares like what

they think, you just wanna meet them so just talk to anyone. I was just like, why would you not wanna go up to them, as soon as you see people that you recognise just go and talk to them. I’d just go up and be like “hey what’s up? I’m Tom, nice to meet you man..” Hey man at least you got the balls, I mean most people would just sit back and not say anything, I mean everyone fans out sometimes… Yeah I used to fan out on Cale, a little bit, but obviously once you realise that they’re normal people that is when you just, that’s when obviously you’ve grown up a little bit and you realise they’re normal people. So when I’ve seen those people overseas I’d just be like there just normal people, so I’d just go up and be like “you know, I’ve seen all your stuff, nice to meet you”. That’s how I got to skate with Strobeck. Actually it’s funny because we had randomly met George Kousoulos from Perth, he rides for GMTA, and I was showing him the Strobeck part from Cinematographers Project (latest Transworld skate video). We decided that we wanted to go to one of the spots, Tompkin’s Park, and just as we were about to set off I look over and see Bill Strobeck and this other skater Sage, so I just skated over and said what’s up. We talked about his trips to Australia and when I said we wanted to go to Tompkin’s Park, he said they were going there too. So we ended up skating there together. It’s the spot where Alex Olsen does the line with the 5050 on the flat bar then wallies a pole to slappy a curb, the footage as usual does it no justice, that line

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Pole Jam on Hindley St. Photo: Andre Castellucci

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FS Smith Gawler Place. Photo: Jarrod Knoblauch

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is raw. But the flatbar was broken when we went there so you couldn’t really skate it. Who ripped the most on the trip? Man that’s a hard question. Everyone, we skated so much. I mean obviously I think of Milner but Greg and Dylan skated so good too. Greg killed this spot in Berlin and in Paris too. So you got to skate a lot of places this year, what was your favourite spot? This spot in Berlin, it’s a median strip between two roads with about five benches and flat gaps in a row on either side. Its got shops all around it, so you can just go and get some beers, food whatever and just skate. Shit we kicked it there and pissed on one day for like seven hours. We skated there in the afternoon and then just started drinking and kept skating into the night. Good times… Favorite Adelaide spot? North Terrace. It’s got everything. Anything in the city really, I like city spots. So, I know you really enjoy instagram. Why do you like it so much and spend so much time on it? (Laughs) Instagram, well Andre Castellucci got me on to it at first and its addictive man. Whats your Instagram name so we can get you some more followers? (Laughs) Reptiles… Why Reptiles? Well, it rhymes with Riels… yeah it rhymes with my last name so that sort of is how it worked out. Who’s your favourite to follow on Instagram? Bronze56k, they’re from New York, it’s a hardware company. They just throw up the dopest shit, without a doubt they’re my favourite to follow. So plans for the future? Well, I’ve finished my trade now, I’m an air conditioner mechanic. So now I just wanna skate and work on my part for Streets Made Us. I just kinda figure life isn’t all about money at the moment so fuck it. Speaking of which, how is filming for Streets

Made Us? It’s rad man, love those guys work, Marcos (Marc Gierke) and Evans, there work’s so good, it’s proper. Filming with those guys you wanna try your hardest. And the rest of the crew too, Walker, Milner, Clint and Jay, you know good people. Shooting the photos for this too. It’s awesome. Shoutouts? Yeah, I’ll do instagram names... @cuntsten @gambier_dan @large_father @cnuske @bigevs @_dailygrind @rawdealcasual @milnermayor @jacky_bridges @theillustriouspocket @andre_c @camalcorn @dylanmiels @grug @bradlee and @dickies_australia, special shout out to those guys for hooking me up!

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Independent Release

SAF 2 Story: Jarrod Knoblauch In 2003 a group of skateboarders from around Adelaide joined together to film for a skateboard video. Some of the skaters were masters of their boards, filming epic tricks to add to their respective parts, while some of the other skaters had yet to reach this mastery and used their enthusiasm and love of their pieces of wood and for one another to “drop hammers”. Ryan Potts coined the “SAF” crew name and the “sketchy as fuck” crew was born and skated until the deadline was drawn. From there, their collective footage was produced and edited and another piece of Adelaide’s skateboarding history puzzle was pushed into place. The first SAF video was extremely well received amongst the skate scene in Adelaide and almost immediately received a sort of cult status. It was clearly not as polished or professional as Bryan Mason’s “Derph”, which had come out the previous year and was obviously influenced heavily by the “Baker2g” and “Play” style of video editing, which involved a lot of slow motion and “hi-jinks”. Despite these factors, the skating and the smiles of the skaters in SAF shone through and allowed the video to show the friendships and bonds it had produced, which gave it the authentic “homie” video feel which it had set out to capture. As things changed and time went on a lot of the “original” SAF crew drifted apart, some continued skateboarding and others found 26

other means of entertainment and the idea of a sequel to the first SAF video drifted away. This was still the case until about two years ago when I found myself living with Michael and Liam Casey and Henning Stroem. We were all living and skating together and had begun to film little clips with Henning when the idea for SAF2 was first brought up. We all agreed that if were going to film we may as well work toward a video and when Michael suggested we make SAF2, we all agreed that it was the best idea and began to work toward filming something that would reflect the soul of SAF. A decade on from the original SAF and the deadline is drawing on the long awaited sequel to the first video. A few of the faces may have changed and the returning skaters are now older and in some cases much more subdued but the underlining spirit and drive for the end product haven’t changed. As with the first video, the skating has been predominantly filmed in Adelaide’s CBD and outer suburbs and will show off a bunch of new spots as well as new tricks on some old favourites. With parts from SAF originals Michael Casey, Eric Hoberg, George Newsholme, Jack Bridges and Henning Stroem as well as Marc Gierke, Braydon Knoblauch, Rob Carley and more than a handful of other rippers from around Adelaide, SAF2 intends to retransmit the fun and playful soul of it’s predecessor for the contemporary Adelaidean skateboarding audience.

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Rob Carley

Braydon Knoblauch

During the filming of SAF2 we were graced with the return of Adelaide’s favourite Canadian ripper Rob Carley. In the time he was here Rob filmed a part for the video. If you haven’t seen Rob skate you should check out his part in Toronto based video StreetFeet, its on Youtube. He rips, backside kickflip. Photo: Andre Castellucci

Braydon likes to make outrageous calls, especially about tricks that he wants to do and if he’s drunk the tricks can be pretty unreasonable. I can’t remember if he was drunk when he claimed the 360 flip into bunker banks but I know he got drunk the night he landed it. Photo: Jarrod Knoblauch

Michael Casey The first SAF video was filmed (mostly) and edited by Michael, who also happened to have the last part. This time around I don’t think He was too keen for the responsibility but that’s all good because this backside fifty looks better in front of the camera than behind it. Photo: Eric Hoberg

Eric Hoberg Eric injured himself at work and as a result can’t lift his left arm past a certain point, Workcover told him to go to the physio and to try to keep up with his normal active life, since he didn’t have to go to work anymore he wasn’t exhausted everyday and He was able to film a part for the vid. Double bike lane ollie sponsored by you. Photo: Andre Castellucci

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Photos this page: Ben Heide

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Sac ‘n’ Sams BBQ Jam 4

Story: Sac Reynolds

Mike Peake. FS Slob Photo: Alcorn

Ronnie Richter BS Nosegrind up the extension

G’day PUNKS! Well it’s on again-SAC&SAMSBBQJAM4 Dec. 8, 2012 The sun was out, the wind was howling and the crew were all rocking up. Mike, Frankie and the lads got about setting up some shade while myself and the other boys put up banners and stickers and gave the ramp a bit of a clean. Righto, the boys started padding up and immediately got down to the task of grinding, blasting and slamming. While the locals enjoyed some cool brews and some hot skating. I won’t be going into who did what, that’s what the photos are for. But believe me those shots are proof of a RAD day. In the mix was a couple of mates from Melbs as well as a couple from WA. They joined up with all the local crew from ‘back in the day’, ‘on the day’ and just punks that love the skate/punk life. The music was blasting from ipods to the bands. Big thanks to PETER BROCK and IRON WORZEL for kicking arse. Cheers to IRON MIKE for once again putting out great artwork on the tees and posters. Onya ANDREW for getting the tees done. To PECKLE and WILBUT CREW for rocking the barbie and giving everyone a feed. CHRISTIAN for hooking me up with the p.a. and

Pat Roads. Pat Roads Photo: Alcorn 31

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BBQ Jam 4

EVETTE for djing after the bands and keeping us all dancing and having fun. The skaters and spectators did an awesome job of keeping the place safe and clean. Big shout out to all the contributors... Goliath, Pocket Pistols, Elephant Boards, Foundation, Pig Wheels, Loxin Distribution, Modus Bearings, Lush for Independent tees, RAD! And X-rated Helmets (thats right, helmets) for helmets and tees. Thank you SAM for pin striping a couple of them. I reckon the photos will do all the talking. I THANK YOU ALL for helping, skating, watching, playing and just being part of SAC&SAMSBBQJAM4.

Davo Inverted. Photo: Alcorn 32

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Thommo absolutely shredded the ramp. Texas Plant Photo: Alcorn 33

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Look at the Osbourne sessions or something and everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s there and you just have a great time... Switch Flip at Hallet Cove. Photo: Marcos 34

Toronto Transplant Rob Carley

Interview: Jarrod Knoblauch

What made you want to return to Adelaide and stay for a year? Um, because I missed everybody, I missed the lifestyle, I wanted to get out of Canada in the winter again and thought why not try something new, see what would happen… I just, I don’t know, I needed something different, so I came back because I remembered the lifestyle being great, I remember having just such a great time so I’m back… And how long did you visit Oz the first time? Only 6 months on a student visa through an exchange student program. And that was what 3 years ago? Yeah it was a few years ago now… OK, so what do you think are the major differences between the Adelaide skate scene and the Canadian skate scene? Well, I can only speak for the Toronto scene, which I mean… Here it’s a bit different because everybody skates with everybody where as the Toronto scene, it’s a bit bigger so you’ll end up skating more with like a few people that you know ‘cause it’s like everybody gets along but you can’t bring everybody to every spot, it’s a bit too heavy. I like Toronto ‘cause you can go to one spot and then just push to the next spot, its less driving, you can just get out at one subway stop, skate spots all day and then just get on a subway stop way further down the line and trek it home. So then what do you find is the best thing about skating in Adelaide? Just all the skaters, all the guys you get to hang out with. Look at the Osbourne sessions or something and everybody’s there and you just have a great time. More beers out at the spots, more west end tinnies…. So what’s your favourite Adelaide street

spot? I’m just gonna say Museum pad, even though I can’t really manual or do anything, I just like skating flat-ground there, sorta cruising through, its fun weaving through people. I don’t know there’s just sorta more stuff going on there… Like if I go to city park I’m probably just gonna skate flat and the pad anyways so I might as well do it at a street spot with some pigeons flying around. Favourite park? Its gotta be Churchies, you can skate that ledge for hours. So your StreetFeet (the name of the skate video series Rob has been a part of from Toronto) sections have had Adelaide footage in the past, are you taking any clips home with you? Yeah I guess so, I’ve been filming with you for the SAF2 vid and you’ve been gracious enough to give me those clips so I can double dip rough because I get minimal footage these days so I gotta make the most of it. Favourite memory that pops to mind about your stay? That’s heavy, uh I don’t know… The other night I got to see Luke Dunsby pee himself before he jumped off a jetty, like pee himself so he has to jump off the jetty at night, that was pretty cool, I was like “Fuck yeah dude, get it!” So have you got any plans for returning? Yeah definitely, I just gotta figure it out. Its gonna be cool to go back to Canada for a while and figure out some things then go from there. It would be cool to be back in March or something, in time for the Fringe Festival, I love that whole vibe the city has then. Anything else? Shoutout Lee Skrabanich. 35

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Single ladies I can’t hear ya. Earlier this year a bunch of skaters from the Adelaide region headed east to Mount Gambier on a ‘King of the Road’ style trip. Harley Newton, Brandon Hinge, Beau Hinge, Chris Wilton, Andi Inglis and Danni Graham hit the road before dawn Friday morning and soon after enlightening the Instagram community that they were on their way, we Mount Gambier folk got a call telling us to hurry up and get to the Bordertown bowl. After reuniting with the crew of legends we went through the list of challenges written by Miasma Skateboard Company owner and creator, Dan McGuiness, laughing at who would be best for each. Bordertown was departed after Porpy ticked off the casper flip challenge and the trek to Mount Gambier continued arriving at Dimjalla Skate Park two hours later. That night I had to split from the fun and from the stories heard, Harley managing to attract a girl for a hook up whilst doing the chicken dance was everybody’s highlight, that along with Porpy’s house being attacked with sticker slaps, leaving MV2 stickers everywhere. Saturday it was back to skateboarding and late arrival Jacob Hendryx joined the party as we hit up Mount Gambier’s few street spots and Dimjalla and Montebello Skate Parks. During the day Brandon accumulated points with a fast spinning triple kick flip while Harley sported a tech beard and Be Faithful by Fatman Scoop slowly started to reach non-stop play. Saturday night was eventful once again and most of the crew headed to Dom’s girlfriend’s 21st house party which resulted in having to assist Harley and his goon sack home after some encounters with Mount Gambier’s not so great, yet Beau ticked off a challenge sculling a 50-50 mix of beer and milk. From here we ventured into town where we caught up with rest of the crew to enjoy Mount Gambier’s average night life. With close to no one in the Blush Night Club the biggest hammers of the day were thrown down on the dance floor with Chris, Danni and Andi making the most of their last night. Sticker slaps continued with Jimmy ever so slyly helping a security guard sport the MV2 logo along with reaching The Mount Gambier Hotel sign that sits on the corner of the building – the sticker still there to 38

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this day. The good times continued when we made tracks for Porpy’s house with Fatman Scoop – Be Faithful being blasted around the house while Harley remained passed-out upright at the table having not moved for hours. After finishing the previous night dancing all through the house and encouraging single ladies to make noise, the next morning we met for a seedy Hungry Jacks visit before heading further east to Heywood and neighbouring town Portland. The picturesque Portland wharf spot was shredded for hours with some local sprouters lured to the end of the jetty with what I presume was Hendryx’s luscious hair. Darcy got on the tune with the females and ticked off sticker slap a bare bum whilst Sean was succumbed to peer pressure and chased after one while the rest of us chanted “kiss him” until she gave in – celebrations all round. If losing your board to the bottom of the ocean was a challenge on the list Hendryx would have claimed it, as he was left to watch his board sink out of sight after bailing over a docked platform-to-wharf gap. We vacated Portland skatepark with Sean yelling to all the arrogant bike riders and Beau kidnapping Sean’s precious gnome Trevor and holding him hostage for the trip, making Sean follow his every demand if he wanted him back in one piece. This provided the entertainment for the ride home - that and Be Faithful by Fatman Scoop of course! Monday morning I was lucky enough to be attending work, while Beau ticked off do a front rock in a dress and later when I had finished, Brandon found a wall ride in the streets and checked that one off too. That night the boys headed back west to their Adelaide homes and we were left in Mount Gambier after what had been one hell of a weekend full of good times, much better than sitting at home because “no one wants to sit around eating lettuce all day.”

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Angus Thomas Backside capsule ride Photo: Andre Castellucci

There ain’t much that hasn’t been done in skateboarding. El toro has been destroyed, Danny Way has jumped out of a helicopter and it might be possible that flip-in flip out has run its latest course. But there’s one thing thats still fresh in skateboarding, and that’s skating something no-one else has ridden. Take this full-pipe located 500km north-west of Whoop Whoop. A find this good is rare, something to be cherished and plundered. Driving this far on a mission, you’ll never want it to end, so pack the swag and sleep in the belly of this whale of a full-pipe. Ross escapes the towering cavern for a moment with a pivot to fakie on the edge of insanity. Expect to see more of this place as word gets out and the pilgrimage picks up. Photos: Jasper Leijis

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Right: Mike Andrews, parking block front rock. Flagstaff Hill Photo: Alcorn 44

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Zach Georgiou, Heeflip. Photo: Lachy Pfitzner 46

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Simon Hodges, nose wheelie nollie 360 shuv. Photos: Alcorn

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Cheers! Photo: Billy Coles 48

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Jack Bridges, hill bomb kicky in Stirling Photo: Alcorn 49

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Dale McDermott, Frontside blunt pop back in, Churchies. Photos: Don Purdie 50

George Newsholme nollie heel to fakie.. Photo: Andre Castellucci

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Sam Tran captured during a lazy Sunday session at Churchill Road. Tre-flip to fakie. Photos: Alcorn

KAB 101 Station to Station on an old red hen

“I like the military precision with which I’d plan my work” That’s how Scott answered when, after knowing him for more than a decade, the question of why his constant reference to camouflage through a lot of his work came up. We were on the Red Hen line, a train that does a round trip from Goolwa to Victor Harbour, celebrating the unmistakable style of expression through an aerosol that is the one man army we know as KAB AREA 101 Although this project was a collaboration, the 101 army has always been a collective of just two, Sooz equally represents the camo, uniquely her, distinctly 101. The exposure of their various talents was first through their flagship AREA 101 store on Hindley St, opposite Worldsend Hotel. The space was 54

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always changing and inspirational in both product and service. Clothes, jewelery, art, paint, anything and everything needed for the urban lifestyle was sourced and displayed with that attention to detail that only a devotee of military precision can produce. A strategic move to the East End followed. STATION-TO-STATION KAB & Order 55 (Seb), had done all the work on the train whilst in storage, with only 1m of distance between carriage and wall. How they gained so much in-depth perspective to give this old train such a character of adventure from such close confines, only added to the admiration gained from all who gathered on the platform this sunny Sunday arvo. The clinical execution of this military planning was focused on trains amongst other targets in his

formative life, so the irony of the round trip and the full circle of illegally bombing the side of a train with a quick tag, to being sponsored by a government initiative to take as long as necessary to paint the whole thing, was truly a moment to take in. In between these two moments I’ve seen many forms of KAB’s artwork celebrated at gallery openings, exhibitions at various pubs around Adelaide, and hanging in people’s homes. None more precious or more valuable would be the photo’s of a generation that had birthdays or special moments at SK8FX with the extensive choice of artwork as a backdrop to document such occasions. The many pics and video’s of local and international skaters and bmxers that have made magazines and DVD’s, all look more interesting

because of what’s also going on behind them. We also hosted heaps of ‘parties’ as a venue because the Graf was so diverse and relevant, which immediately created the sought after environment, having only to add sound systems and lights. The artwork that covered every cm of the SK8FX building, inside and out, made a clear statement about who we were as a community. The piece KAB painted for our grand opening Graf comp was layers of black and grey solids with fluro’s used in introspective shapes forming OK 101....clinically executed fine lines like a detailed map of Kaos. This piece welcomed every visitor we had for the next 10 years, as it was first up as you drove in. Next to that was the ramp room roller-door entry that also, for 10 years, never painted over, had a geisha image 55looming large, enticing you to come inside.

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R.I.P. Ronnie Lee Death is a tragic part of life that we are all faced with, sometimes these passings can be more unexpected than others. Recently a friend and a legend among the skate community had decided his time on this earth was done. When Ronnie Lee Brown passed, he left a hole in our hearts, and while tragic, we remember the good times. In the short time that Ronnie was with us he made his mark, he was the life of the party, always up for a good time, a passionate man at whatever he set his eyes on. Everyone that skated, especially those at Grove, knew him for his big airs out of the quarter, and his favourite fly-out trick Nollie Bigspin back lip. Although Ronnie has passed he’ll never be forgotten, he will forever remain in our hearts. Shred in peace brother, wherever you are. Brandon Trudinger

This article is dedicated to one of our fellow brothers, Ronnie Lee Brown. He took his own life in 2011 after battling depression. There was no need for this to happen but unfortunately for Ronnie, the pain seemed too much for him to deal with. I myself have struggled with similar problems and had, on many occasions, contemplated suicide. But luckily for me death was never the answer and I can say I’m on the other side of the battle now. Being able to look back at the war I have waged in my head, Ronnie’s story is very important to me. One that we must never forget and we must learn from. If anyone out there reading these words feels in any way like this, grab someone and tell them immediately. Matthew Symons

It was a Friday night around 6 when we first had the great pleasure of meeting Ronnie Lee Brown. “Hey, I’m Ronnie Lee Brown, just moved down from Port Lincoln, done a bit of skatin’ there”. He was about 15 years old and he carried that same big smile and that same big personality around as he introduced himself to everyone lucky enough to be there that night. Over the next 5 hours we fell in love with his passion and enthusiasm and love for the board. We saw him nearly every Friday night for the next 3 years. The next 5 hours we fell in love with his passion and enthusiasm and his love for the board. We saw him every week with for a few years to follow and we’ll always remember him for his first impression and beautiful heart. Beau & Cha