http://www.skateboard.co.nz Kiwi Skateboarders talkin Skate! Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:39:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just out of  Rotorua is  little town called Ngongotaha... A little town with an amazing community and a dope skate park! It all started with an awesome lady named Layla, the owner of the local vid store Movie Time inviting the Alta crew to run one of there famous Skate Clinics ... http://www.skateboard.co.nz/skate/ngongotaha-skate-comp-clinic/ Papakura Skate Park is heaps fun! http://www.skateboard.co.nz/skate/southside-skate-fun/ Tied of staring at some fools tag scrawled across our back wall we asked local skate groms Jack and Julius, who claimed to have some artistic abilty, to graf ART our back wall. Deal was if it looked like *#@> ! we'd paint over it. Heres the result. You all ... http://www.skateboard.co.nz/skate/xxxx-and-julius-fix-tagging-problem-at-alta/ Another Free Skate Clinic was put on for the Groms of Queenstown on Sat 22nd Nov.Good use was made of the new park, with the group split up into various abilities. There was even a session in the new bowl for the kids who would never otherwise make it in ... http://www.skateboard.co.nz/skate/free-skate-clinic/ Some of the crew decided to head out to Manukau Skate park to check out the Foundation Team Demo. A huge crowd turned out and there was some insane Skating from the International boys and the locals. The Boy's showed the blow-ins how we do it Aotearoa style. Mike Bancroft was ... http://www.skateboard.co.nz/skate/foundation-skate-demo/ Corban from Remain built a sweet Mini Ramp in Alta Newmarket. Cookie, Matt and Dave put on a big pile of reFRESHments and pumping entertainment from KOLAB, Litvak Attack and Falter. Check skate shots below, these boys ruled it! Click on pics for ... http://www.skateboard.co.nz/skate/alta-newmarket-bands-and-miniramp-instore/ Corban from Remain had barely finished tightening the final bolt setting up Mini Ramp in Alta Newmarket when the first bunch of Groms turned up. Not often you see three so well dressed gommets ready to drop in. Couple of these kids could skate pretty good! Word must have ... http://www.skateboard.co.nz/skate/groms-get-whisper-of-mini-ramp/ Free Snarlers and Redbull for every skater was the order of the day. Mr Sweeney from Redbull Special Op'shooked up with the Alta Crew and headed to the new Queenstown Skate Park. And what a cracker it was...absolute blue-bird. Local Sam Hanna rippin on the Pyramid. And we went till the ... http://www.skateboard.co.nz/skate/events/free-stuff-at-the-queenstown-skatepark/ Hey Crew. Word just to hand that there is a comp on at the Reefton Park. Rough details below with more info to posted when it comes to hand. Saturday November 1st 2008 Entry forms available now No entries on the day Contact details for an entry form below Email: megan.mccarthy@xtra.co.nz Phone: 03 7327 006 http://www.skateboard.co.nz/skate/events/reefton-roller-park-skate-competition/ Crew met up at Alta. Andy bought his shoes that are 50% hole... Dave got up to some suspicious behaviour in the window... ....Deen threw on a XXL Lower shirt... ...and Sam , well he just turned up in his dam fine truck!! Blasted couple of k's up the road to Upland Rd bowl ... http://www.skateboard.co.nz/skate/team-aa-session-numero-uno/