Age: 49
set-up: Girl Kodak Rick McCrank, Mini Logo trucks, Bones Miller SPF's & Reds
Favourite skaters BITD: Blender, Danforth, Davie Phillips, Mike V, Gonz
Favourite skaters now: Gravette, Pedro Delfino, Milton Martinez, Chris Russel
Music from the B's on my ITUNES Bad Brains, Barrington Levy, Beefeater, Big Boi, Black Moon, Black Uhuru, Bob Marley, Booker T and The MG's, Burning Spear
Occupation: photographer
Started skating in '85 - my brother and his pal got boards, me and my mates followed suit.....back then it was bombing hills, ollies & boneless ones. We would occasionally jump into someones moms car and scare ourselves silly attempting to skate the terrifying transitions at Livi Skate Park. A couple of years later we were old enough to go the pub and most of my mates chucked it. I've skated on and off ever since depending on whether I've had folk to skate with. In my student years me and my mate Steve street skated a bit and then diverted into snow boarding and surfing. After uni I always had a board lying around - punk rock shows, travelling and a bit of skating - back then I was hanging out with the local BMX dudes, who seemed much friendlier than the local mid 90's skaters. Then I got into bikes, but then in my 30's I was travelling to AZ every few years to clown around and skate and drink beer with my American chums, got to skate a few pools and a few parks before settling into middle age and Monday night skates with a bunch of other lads in their 40's. So many parks around here, but so little time now that I am a parent. But thats ok, so long as you can still push to the shops, ollie up a kerb and drop in at the local park without killing, or embarrassing yourself, its all good. And you can kid yourself you know whats relevant by watching skate vids on youtube and thrasher....and occasionally dropping by slap magazine