Issue 19 – Vol 58.
Editorial – Issue 19 2025
By Toby Brockelbank & Mykhaylo Tevkun Stake and Destroy Most of the reason I was stoked on this job was to write about the skate...
The Meaning of Skateboarding Film
Skateboarding video content is difficult to typologise, is it B-roll film, Cinema proper, YouTube content, or a Deluezian multimedia nomadic “assemblage”? Given its recent addition...
SOUTH KOREA ABOLISHES PRIVATE ADOPTION AFTER ABUSE INVESTIGATIONS
Since 1955 around 170,000 South Korean children have been essentially exported to foreign countries for adoption. In March of this year, the South Korean government...
America Has a Problem
Remember the massive peaceful Los Angeles ICE protests that went on in June? Because that shit has been STRIPPED from media. At though the protests...
Ritual Grinds
by Paul O’Connor My big passion is nudging people to see skateboarding a little bit more mytho-poetically. Sure, riding on a board is fun and...
Behind The Camera:Brett Chan
When, where, and how did you start skating? As a kid I rode this plastic orange 70s skateboard down a steep ass hill, ate shit,...
Something Solid to Stand On:Ukraine’s Raw Skate Scene
by Toby Brockelbank and Mykhaylo Tevkun Who are you and what’s your favourite skate trick?My name is Mykhaylo Tevkun—people call me Mike T. I’m the...
“Feeling The Skateboard” Uganda Skate Society
by Toby Brockelbank & Patrick Kigongo Nexus are stoked to have the chance to interview Uganda Skate Society. Absolute shredders with one of the gnarliest...
The ABC’s of the Aotearoa Skate Industry: Chey Ataria
Where and how did you learn to skate? Haumoana – Hawkes Bay,Taking my board to Intermediate and rolling down some pathways was the first trick...
Masochism>on>Wheels
Written by Toby brocelbank and Aya Birt There’s an inherent masochistic association with skate parks and street skating. A general understanding that one day you’ll...
SKATEPARKS AREN’T SCARY
For many people, the sight of a skatepark brings up certain stereotypes: noisy teenagers, risky tricks, and a space that feels unwelcoming to outsiders. But...
The>Writing>on>the>Wall
Graffiti has been a symbolic message for anti-establishment and self-expression in New Zealand since the 1980s. As an art form it has always been a...
Jo>Whaanga>Interview
How and where did you get into skating? My eldest brother skated a bit in like 89-90 so that was my first introduction to it,...
LAUREN TRIES SNOWBOARDING AS A SKIER
It’s a general understanding that people who ski and people who snowboard aren’t the best of friends, but given the choice of trying out the...