Innholdsfortegnelse for 217 i Slam Skateboarding

There’s a bit of an unintentional travel theme throughout this issue. It started with Jake Darwen and Alex Lawton’s idea for a photo feature detailing their spate of travelling over the past year. Then articles set in New Zealand, USA, Indonesia and Spain came along. One of these stories came from one of the world’s most frequented and ultimate skateboarding destinations – the glorious gothic city that is Barcelona. If you’ve ever travelled to the heart of Catalonia, you’ll know that Las Ramblas is the centre point of the capital. All roads, trains and tourists lead to this famous stretch that’s lined with street performers by day and working girls by night. I’m sure you’re well aware of the tragedy that struck the Las Ramblas strip on August 17, 2017.…

Auckland New Zealand NUMBER OF TIMES TRAVELLED THERE: This was my first trip there and it definitely won’t be my last. NZ rules! PURPOSE OF THIS TRIP: We were filming with the Australian Element team for nine days. PARTNER IN CRIME: The whole squad in Auckland. Having all of your close friends on a trip and riding for the same company, it was a no-brainer that it was going to be one of the best trips. Everyone was bringing the good vibes, cold beers and a lot of laughs while exploring Auckland’s gems. FAVOURITE MEAL: Fish ‘n’ chups, bro! FAVOURITE BEER: Tui. CULTURE SHOCK: Auckland wasn’t too much of a culture shock because I lived with Kayle [Lawson], Neihana [Tonkin] and [Jake] Darwen, who are all Kiwis, so I’ve seen…

“When he isn’t absolutely ripping on the board, you can find him in aisle three of Coles choosing his next hair dye, or lounging by his pool at ‘Da Hoose’ or finding a way to go to the Sniffer House. Whichever it is, this Australian Jovontae Turner is one funny, stylish good bloke with many a great story to tell. Give it up for Tuna Man! Aka the son I never had.” – Anthony Mapstone “Bol is a rare type of person. He’s able to give constant shit to everyone he knows, but is still the kid they’re rooting for the most. He has a lighthearted method of abuse that leaves you wanting more and more. Bol’s come a long way from the awkwardly lanky, high-pitch-voiced child we once knew,…

Beachside Barcelona is a very lively place. Aside from all the legitimate businesses, there are also a bunch of unauthorised sales people. They sell everything from beer to kids toys to sunnies. On this particular day there are a serious amount of sunnies sellers. One minute, sunglasses spruikers are chilling. Tourists everywhere. Thousands of sunnies all intricately connected to mats laid out for all to see. Tourists browse the sunglasses. All of a sudden, cops come from multiple directions. Sunglasses sellers instantaneously fold up their rugs and flee every which way across this complex set of intersections. They run in every direction imaginable. They all get away. Cops eventually bail. Things die down. Then the sunglasses come back out. The game is back on. On August 17, 2017, I was…

In 2002, my old man and I went on a surf trip to Bali. After a couple of weeks on Nusa Lembongan, we got a hotel in Kuta, about 30 metres from the Sari Club. I was only 15, but that night I was hassling my old man super hard to go out and have beers. He wasn’t about it so we went back to our hotel room. Then we heard this loud, crazy explosion. At the time, I thought it might be some fireworks or something, so I went out onto the deck to see what was going on. I remember seeing the wind drop and everything went still for a split second, and then I was picked up off my feet and slammed into a wall by the…

In some ways, Charles Robertson projects the characteristics of your average teenager. His first job was at KFC, he’s dead keen on skateboarding and riding motorbikes, and by the time this magazine is released he will have finished high school in Sydney. On the other hand, he’s got some pretty grown-up shit happening in his life. Instead of heading to the Gold Coast for a schoolies-week piss up, he’s making his first trip to The States to film for Chocolate Skateboards, who have just put him on the flow team. He seems to have a sure-footedness about him, revealing that he’s already made plans for what happens next in his life. Maybe this is a side effect of being sponnoed since he was 13, or maybe it’s just Charles. As…

It would be easy to start this thing off by saying, Josh needs no introduction, but beyond that being incredibly clichéd and actually quite rude, he does deserve an introduction. Every day there is a new kid somewhere, somehow discovering skateboarding – and for that kid, Josh does need an introduction. Josh is one of Australia’s leading professional skateboarders with a particular taste for obscure spots. He has a solid work ethic that he applies to all aspects of his life, especially his skating. This approach and a lot of hard work has got him to the point where he is doing what he loves for a living. He doesn’t just get the job done – he gets the right things done and makes those things count. In the saturated…

On Sydney’s Northern Beaches, nestled in a small quarry behind some sporting fields, is an old, burnt-out telecommunications building. It’s a quiet little slice of Crown land that’s usually either ignored or used as a dumping ground for green waste. But this sketchy-looking, derelict building is also home to Portside, which is arguably Australia’s gnarliest, and certainly its most photogenic, DIY. The spot is a tranny-lord’s dream, housing a tight concrete bowl that’s about three-feet high in most sections and a ramped wall that goes up to the ceiling. The windowsills are skateable features and the coping was salvaged from an old trampoline. Outside, the local crew have planted a nice garden with a few trees and a passionfruit vine. People have been skating inside this building for the past…

GOOCH DAWGS VOLUME 4 It’s inspiring to see the dirty dawgs from Gooch Street come through with an hour-long compilation of mind-blowing raw street footage in this day and age. Not to mention the fact that they managed to get over to China, Europe and NZ and they shot it all on a VX. This video does a great job of showcasing raw Melbourne street skating, with some tight lines and ledge-techery at the city’s most revered spots. Look out for some of the last unseen footy from Lincoln (RIP), hammers at the Melton Drains and tidy lines at various DIYs. The highlights include Tony Woodward’s ability to flip out of almost every trick, Ben Currie’s kinker attempt (ouch!) and James Moore holding onto his ender. It’s no wonder the…

Perth city has been in a constant state of change over the past 10 years. The infrastructure has been improved by a serious influx of mining money from the iron ore being extracted from the ground, up in the north of our state. When this mining money first started to trickle in, Perth turned from a big country town to a real city. Before the boom, you would head into the city to skate after business hours and barely see a soul on St Georges Terrace, which was a young skateboarder’s dream. Then Perth city exploded with cultural developments. New buildings, restaurants, coffee shops, bars and shopping precincts opened, giving the city new life. But, more importantly to me, new skate spot after new skate spot has arrived. The Commonwealth…