Table of contents for 244 Summer 2024/2025 in Slam Skateboarding

When you’re watching someone else skate, what makes their style appealing? While style is perhaps a matter of taste, most people would agree that board control is fundamental to style, and by developing a certain level of board control, skaters can enjoy skating different terrain and express themselves more. Exploring different practices in breathwork can be likened to exploring different places and obstacles to skate. Just like how there can be a possible trick for every spot and terrain, there is also a possible breath for every emotion and sensation experienced in the body. You could learn to flow with the changes to your body’s daily rhythms, learn to be more present and get more out of each moment of your day. “Breathwork” is an umbrella term to describe a…

Hey Domo, how was your trip to Australia? You came out for the Street League and stayed until The Bunt Jam, right? Yeah, so this was quite the trip. We were out getting clips right after Street League, but we didn’t really get too much street skating done. I’d gotten some tricks done a year prior and I felt like they were still fresh, so I was like, “You know what? I should stick around, skate with whoever’s in town, and see if Slam is down to run something.” And so here we are. Stoked that you did. Do you get to run your own itinerary these days, or are you on a pretty hectic schedule of trips? Right now, it’s pretty low maintenance with the trips. I’m still working…

AGE: 26 LIVES: Adelaide RIDES FOR: New Balance Numeric, Fast Times, Primitive and Ichpig [flow]. Let’s kick this off in reverse – you seem to enjoy going backwards – the majority of your photos for this feature are switch. Is that a conscious choice or unintentional? [Laughs] Yeah, I guess I do. It wasn’t a conscious choice for this interview but the photos just lined up that way with what we wanted to shoot. What about your new part, LYCOS, is it switch-heavy or more balanced? I would say it’s more balanced. I have a lot of switch and nollie tricks, but I made sure to get a more even spread. I’ve always liked the feeling of skating switch, so I think I’ve just naturally wanted to learn to skate…

“Yeah, not bad, apart from the car,” says Kirksy when I catch him for this interview. It’s a Friday morning in the week following The Bunt Jam in Melbourne, and his car broke down on the way to work this morning. Despite the car troubles, he’s in a great mood and happy to chat. Kirksy is Melbourne core, starring in a slew of Geoff Campbell’s iconic videos and still holding it down for Vans and Hoddle. He takes a stroll down to a café while we’re on the phone, ordering his fourth coffee of the morning, buzzing on caffeine and still on a high from winning MVP at The Bunt Jam. He built all the obstacles with his mate Alex “Red Dog” Hughes, scored the winning three-pointer shot for Hoddle and…

What have you been up to today, Mitch? Not too much, man. I worked earlier, cruised home, and then hung out with Tex for the arvo and evening. Kathryn went to work as soon as I got home. How’s life in Sunbury? Unreal, man! I love it out here. Did you buy a house there? Yeah, we bought a place out here almost three years ago. What do you know about the Sunbury Pop Festivals in the ’70s? It’s such a cool thing to have happened right here. Some sick bands played – Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Lobby Loyde, Queen, and Skyhooks, to name a few. Actually, we were out skating with just a few of the boys and talking about Sunbury when Vyv, a friend of mine, said,…

MOUNT ISA TO MAGNETIC ISLAND Entering a fourth year of collaboration, Beef to Reef was a trip from Mount Isa to Magnetic Island that brought Vans, Pass~Port, Hoddle and Build Up Skateboarding back together for a week of regional spot hunting and community events. The crew – Jack Kirk, Adelaide Norris, Matthieu Lucas-D’Souza, Digby Luxton, Callum Paul, Yuma Takei, Jon Fitzgerald, Bryce Golder, Trent Evans, and myself – jumped into the van with no idea what we would find along the way. The following pages capture some snippets of what went down. PERCOLATOR It all starts with a coffee from the percolator. The percolator’s constant hiss throughout the day became the trip’s backbone. It was always there to offer a comforting brew. That familiar sound kept us grounded, reminding us…

The following photos were shot over two short stints in Sydney and Melbourne late this year with the newly formed ASICS Australia team, as they began work on their first video project, GAFFER, set for release in the early part of 2025. Gary Almeida, George Bidgood, Glen Fox and Kalem Beange make up the initial Australian team, with Kieran Woolley getting amongst it when he’s not travelling the globe with the international squad, as he was when these photos were shot. Jeremiah Corea is behind the video camera and in the editing booth, bringing plenty of energy to the project, and instilling a genuine spark amongst all of these lads to build something special. So far, so good. This is a glimpse at GAFFER. GLEN FOX Glen Fox hails from…