Issue 09
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WE DONT HAVE A MINI RAMP WE DONT HAVE A 4 LEVEL SHOP WE DONT HAVE THE BEST RIDERS WE DONT OWN A COMPUTER COMPANY WE DONT OWN AN AUDI WE DO SKATE AND WE DO HAVE PEN & PAPER ...
Old Man Winter buggered off just long enough to allow park designer Jon Parrott to test out the new Ashbridges Bay pool. Built by Spectrum Skatepark Creations, this shot is from the very first session to go down in Toronto’s gnarliest pool. Rider | Jon Parrott Photo | Ronan McGee
Young Boy Summer came and completely devestated our sunburnt county with the hottest temperatures in 15 years, Australia is on fire with so much talent. Rider | Jaik Atcheson Photo | Jacob Lambert
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The fact that the Auckland scene (ALS – Auckland Longboard Society) is one of the most prominent and active scenes in the country doesn’t surprise me. With its endless amounts of stoke, street slaying groms, and enough hills to tickle your pickle, why wouldn’t it be? The people and personalities are what make the skating community here in Auckland feel like a tightly knit family and I myself am proud to be a part of this family. Throughout the process of writing this article, I realised that I didn’t want to write about Auckland solely based on what I thought of it, I wanted to involve as many people as I could from the community. From the ones who have been there from the start, to the new and eager, everyone gets to have a say. I’ve personally asked different individuals of the community on their outlook of the longboarding scene of Auckland and they have some pretty awesome stuff to say. Let’s get into it!
Everyone that is a part of ALS contributes to the growth, spread and awareness of longboarding here in Auckland. In particular, Joseph “Speedy” Karchemny has helped nurture the scene and has watched it grow into the thriving community that it is today. Here’s what Speedy, a true pioneer of the Auckland scene, had to say. “In six and a half years, the Auckland Longboard scene has gone from almost non-existent with only a handful of riders, to a few hundred skaters of varying ages from 6 to 56 years of age. This is mostly due to the huge explosion of interest in longboarding following Andrew Chapman’s video of a few of us bombing the Bombay Hills motorway in midday traffic, hitting the general media a few years back. Since then the floodgates have opened and people are skating spots we’d never even considered, and although Auckland doesn’t have the quality of hills that some of the other NZ cities have, it hasn’t hindered the level of talent it produces ... Overall Auckland’s scene looks very bright, what it lacks in hills and terrain, its skaters make up for with talent, desire and determination”. Along with being one of the founding fathers of the scene, Speedy also organises the annual N-Tense D-Centz tour, a skate trip all across New Rider | Joseph Karchemny Photo | Gabriel Antonio
Zealand that allows the world to see the country from a skateboarding perspective. While we’re on the topic of shaping the Auckland scene, our humble local skate shops play a big part in keeping our community stoked and growing. Mike Thornton of Cheapskates Takapuna along with Nick Foard and Ashliegh Higgans of Ultimate Boards are true supporters of the Auckland scene. Not only do they supply us skaters with high quality gear, they also keep us happy and stoked by making events (with the help of awesome organisers as well of course) that we all enjoy, possible. They’re not just in it to make big bucks off rich groms; they genuinely understand and respect every single member of the skating community here in Auckland and treat us as friends rather than just customers. I asked Nick from Ultimate Boards how he feels about supporting events in Auckland and New Zealand and hearing what he had to say really proved to me that Ultimate Boards are in it for the riders and not just the money. “Supporting Longboarding in New Zealand is very
important to Ultimate Boards. Growing sports need to be helped so they can expand and attract more people to the sport, eventually leading to bigger, better and safer events. Outlaws are great and part of the the scene but safe, closed road events with structured management and infrastructure are much more fun to attend both for the racers and spectators. UB does what it can to help make this happen in NZ, last year sponsoring more than half of all events held”. ALS continues to grow larger every single day with new faces that are eager to share the same stoke and passion that we as skateboarders all have in common. Everyone and anyone of all skill levels and experience are always welcome to skate with the locals here in Auckland. Simon Waugh, Nick Foard | Photo Ultimate Boards
a relatively new but super stoked member of the community has been loving the vibe and feel of skating with everybody in Auckland. I asked him what he thinks of his experiences so far with skating with the locals and here’s what he had to say... “As a newcomer to the Auckland scene I have nothing but good things to say about it. Everybody is really friendly and welcoming, especially to beginners, and there’s a real family atmosphere. People are always willing to take some time out to teach you something new and I’ve met a bunch of really cool people already. There’s such a positive vibe and there’s some serious talent here too”. Now don’t get me wrong, Auckland isn’t just full of eager beginners. We spawn some SERIOUS talent over here as well. Despite not having an abundant
amount of hills compared to other cities in New Zealand, that doesn’t stop us from producing some world class skaters that will dominate the globe one day. Sam Dalton is one of these skaters. He shredded fast and hard in Newtons Nation last year, coming 3rd in the grom division and has truly shown the potential that our city can produce. So what does one of Auckland’s finest think about his own stomping grounds? “I think the Auckland scene is awesome. It has come a very long way from when I started being involved almost two years ago. The amount of sessions, events and skaters has blown up recently and I think it’s only going to get better with time... Our groms are killer in Auckland! The amount of massive grom skate crews still shocks me as I seem to always run into them and meet new young skaters who are progressing very fast. The scene has lately become more diverse as far as discipline goes. Slalom for example has been getting more popular, I think its great. The more styles of skating we have in our scene, the bigger chance it’s going to appeal to someone new who could join the Auckland skate community”. Riders | Jakob Ambrose, Molawin Evangelista, Devon Scarborough | Photo Gerard Cox
Since I started skating with Auckland Longboard Society, I’ve gained unforgettable memories, skills that I never thought I would ever achieve and friendships that will last a lifetime. Skateboarding is not all about who the best is or who is faster than whom, it’s also about who you share your experiences with as a skateboarder and I couldn’t be more happy than to share it with the shredders of Auckland. Auckland is my home and the people that skate it are my family. If you’re ever in NZ, be sure to pay us a visit.
‘In six and a half years, the Auckland Longboard scene has gone from almost nonexistent with only a handful of riders, to a few hundred skaters of varying ages from 6 to 56 years of age’
Top | Riders Sam Dalton & Ashton Dempsey | Photo Ultimate Boards Bottom | Rider Ryan Macmmillan | Photo Kieran Scott
Sergio Yuppie Illustration | Mark Short
ALL about Oz Tour
Photos: Victor Villodre and Dan Bourqui
Cliff Colemann
Living skate legends Cliff Colman and Sergio Yuppie will be touring Australia from February to mid March 2013. Slide jams will take place at $100 per participant to cover food, flights and accommodation. Invite all your friends, living in Australia or not. You never know who may like it. This is not for profit, Cliff and Sergio are ambassadors of the sport and we are paying for their holiday. I will make the whole tour to be as transparent as possible. Excess $ raised will go to charity. As Cliff and Sergio are planning to come for over a month each spot will hopefully have 2-3 days Jam time. Your $100 will allow you to stay and skate with them for the time they’re in your town. You will be told where the spots are, you will get to meet, greet and skate. Please make payment to philipthorn@btinternet.com via Paypal for $100 asap. Once enough funds are collected the flights will be booked and the locations announced based on the number of people per state. In the event that the flights are cancelled or not enough funds are raised I will refund your money and pay the fees to Paypal for the refund process. I am willing to do this because I want everyone to feel comfortable paying up front and Paypal offers some protection when funded with a credit card. Any local charity, business or event organisers please send me your name and rough location in Australia. I am after your swag! Please RSVP via Facebook or ASRA - search for All about Oz Tour Helmets on, slide gloves on, knee and elbow pads recommended, legal roads/spots only and remember have fun and keep alert. Beginners welcome.
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REWIND The Algorithm - Polymorphic Code
KryptamistiK - Emerge N See
In this Moment - Blood
Slap ya mum and prepare your noggin, Kryptamistik are the hip hop beasts from Brisbane … These mic maniacs got me nodding like a strolling pigeon. 13 tracks, dope beats, precision rhymes, mind altering themes and production sharp as old mates twiddling knife. Nickz and Skinz, two Underground kings ‘bout to explode like your neighbours meth lab. Get a copy - blast it till the eardrums throb. Witty/educative /funny and funky as shit! Emerge N See mutha licker ...
Good quality, eye blurring, teeth rattling, dirty female screamo combined with serene, eye closing, tongue arousing, clean female vocal and solid, satisfyingly thick, heavy dress up thrash is hard to come by. Most attempts at this kind stuff verge on tacky and skippable. I can confidently say that this album is good because I mounted the kerb in my car several times whilst driving due to 95% of my focus being directed solely at front woman Maria Brink’s vocals.
Just try and not move. Just you try. It’s like trying to sneeze with your eyes open while looking into the midday sun during the summer solstice, or stopping half way through a 3am pee after watching the Back To The Future DVD box set without intermissions. One ADHD Drummer, One DJ, 50 minutes of Djent-Stepping, spine whipping brain juice. Music came out of my eyes and I wasn’t sleepy anymore. Like ever.
Holden Fjord
Bruce Von Hank
Nicky Slick
Demon Fuzz - Afreaka
Cody ChessnuTT - Headphone Masterpiece / Landing on a Hundred
Old Crow Medicine Show Carry Me Back
There was once a place for sounds, notes and chords. They all lived in their eras and genres as one happy little family. Then something happens when you listen to this album. It’s like one of the members of this happy little family gets hit by a bus and dies! It’s okay, they die happy ‘cause they never saw it coming’. Seven jazz trained musicians were driving that bus. It smashed tight funk across four decades. Twisting psychedelically through the air and landing on it’s arse in some tranced out mix on a 21st century dance floor. It may need medication but it’s strong and I’m sure it will survive another smash from the funk bus and knock it into another four decades. Ken Large
You can’t mention Cody ChesnuTTs’ forthcoming album “landing on a hundred”, without mentioning his last album “headphone masterpiece”. It’s like mentioning blues without rhythm, smoke without fire. The comparison of the two albums is best described like this; smoked a lot of weed, progressed to the crack pipe. Sold half his equipment, made an album, then went into rehab. Came out of rehab. Reflected on his life, thought “ooh! shit man!”. Saved some money, went into the studio and wrote his next album. You don’t have to do drugs and go into a rehabilitation clinic (rehab’s for quitters anyhow!?). You can listen to Cody ChesnuTT. He is a drug of the polyphonic kind. Sex on Cody is great. Go on take a toke on Cody ChesnuTT. You may not get hooked the first time you hear him but I’m sure you’ll get a habit.
Wanna be buzzed by something different? Wanna move uncontrollably? Wanna smile and sing-along with total abandon? You might wanna check out the “Old Crow” sound. From the opening song it’s a warm hug and a jug o’ moonshine by the bonfire, 6 good ol’ boys with voices from honey to rusted metal, searing banjo and upright bass, songs like “Steppin’ Out”, “Mississippi Saturday Night” and “Carry Me Back” that pump along like your pork sword into ya sister, the beauty of “Genevieve”, “Ways Of Man” and “Ain’t It Enough” that makes comparisons look like stanky roadkill. Boot scootin’, mamma huggin’, sud suckin’ real music! Langdon Kinkneck
Stella Hardtwat
Rodriguez - Cold Fact
Ben Howard - Every Kingdom
TesseracT - One
This is the album that Yoda chills to in between training young jedi’s. It is the sound that Bob Dylan cries himself to sleep wishing it was his, the hand rolled super spliff that even Bob Marley dreams of. It is the suns rays splitting the sky over the dirty, urban wasteland, finding a shimmer in a puddle of darkness, the arousal of genitalia and the secret sensations that humanise us all. Kiss the magic of the music as it seduces you and lets you know that all you love and all you fear are all you need to believe you are truly alive. It’s a cold fact my friend!
Imagine breathing underwater, looking up at the scattered gold lined rays of the sun dancing on the waters surface. Imagine sipping a yeasty brew from a bottle wet with condensation on a steamy summers day, your skin so crispy you could slap some eggs on your ears and serve yourself as an appetiser. Imagine packing a load of junk into your run down Kombi and heading for the hills, guitar slowly warping in the sweat drenched back seat, and no shoes in sight. If ever there was an album to replace your pets, Every Kingdom fits the bill.
You know those guys in school that you never quite got around to hanging out with but always sort of had this idea that they were pretty cool in a quiet maths nerd kinda way? They sat in between A block and that other big brick building playing handball and acoustic guitars at lunch time. Looking back you can just see the mind warping time signatures their genius minds were concocting and the 8 stringed guitars they would invent on which to do so. No wonder they never said much. Fifty listen-throughs of this album is not enough.
Langdon Kinkneck
Fanny Bloomingfield
Dingo Flannery
Photo | Gabriel Antonio
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Don`t hate, Recreate.
THE LANDYACHTZ TIMES
The most diverse line of longboards in the world
ADAM YATES CLAIMS CANADA FOR AUSTRALIA!
BANKS SUFFER AS A RESULT
YATES IS BACK in Australia after leaving the small Canadian population dumbfounded - Canadians were so taken aback by Adam Yates’s abilities, that the countries moose overlord surrendered his position of power to the Australian sensation. Seeing the news as a potential threat, the United Nations was scheduled to have a meeting on the matter but decided to cancel after realizing that Canada wasn’t a real country. Once the announcement was made official, Yates held a celebration inside of Canada’s national igloo in Ottawa, Ontario where shots of maple syrup were enjoyed by many.
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EXCLUSIVE: POLAR BEARS BLAMED FOR SHREDDING NEIGHBORHOODS APART – AUTHORITIES BAFFLED
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