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Dunedin, we had a good day, thanks for the sun, the skate and the sushi.

Remmington

Levi and his bros backyard mini

Craig holds things down at Quest Dunedin. Who holds things down in Dunedin? Nek…

Jake and Duncan have just got back from Japan and China. Here are a few pics from the trip.

Here are some more photos from Jake and Duncan in Tokyo! We are pretty jealous back here at the office.

Jake and Duncan are over in Tokyo at the moment. Here’s a few pics they just sent through. Stay posted for some more pics of their travels this week.

The Lads headed off for a day trip to the Hawkes Bay and came back with new in jokes, a couply a photos and a few stories. Good day all in all

Bone is stumped

The perfect next door neighbors

What colour is your neck?

Skins

Lessons in advertising

After a bunch of galavanting I have returned to the land of the long white cloud and get back behind my desk in the YKWAL office. I’m looking forward to a Mount summer. Here are a couple of pictures from Berlin before I came home.

The Wall.

Saw an awesome squat riot.

I wish this was my ride.

Mike V is a pro skater who in most interviews says how skateboarding saved his life. For the biggest part this is hard to believe but with a few more years comes a bit more wisdom and it becomes obvious how much a person can be driven when they find something they are really passionate about and for Mike V that is riding a skateboard.

Our friend James, Hotknees media is a film maker living in Queenstown and he along with top bloke Nick Hyne are heading to Burma soon to make a documentary that combines skating with poverty. This video SKATEISTAN is a taste of what is to come. Skateboarding has a traditional element of freedom in it and to bring skating to people who may never otherwise see or partake in it is a important thing. Who knows maybe we’ll see a new breed of MIke V’s from the slums of Burma.

Between Angry Boys, Hungry Jacks and premium retail stores Sydney has plenty more to vibe over. The little things are the best though, like funny posters and an extremely amateur skywriter. Think about this. Everyone has to learn and practice before you can be good at something, but too bad with skywriting millions of people get to watch you suck in the meantime.

R U OK?……

This is just plain funny

SUPPLY store door, legit guys at the top of the game.

LIfe on the road is taxing but is well worth it for all the fun we have and things we see.

Like a stampede of Sheep, too bad we didn’t have a sheepdog whistle…..

afters years of driving by a closed cookie time factory we finally scored. Hot cookies and giant broken cookie bags.

Tom just ate a can of spinach

This little fella was pretty excited, he even threw a rock at me

Nelson is the sunniest place in NZ, good time to trek about with a day pack

Some are made for the busy life some just arn’t

This is the tale of two fools.
After being stuck inland for a week the ocean was to us what Burger king is to David Tua. Along the Kaikoura coast two homesick part time nomads spot Nims Bin caravan crayfish diner. With not much time to spare we pulled into the gravel pit and called out from the car “how mucha for a taily” ..”Come see” the wahine says. We go in. The first sign I see is ‘garlic butter cray $5′, we thought we’d found the best gravel pit on the east coast. We order two and talk smack with the worker. I was snapping off a few photos around the caravan while the crays were being cooked. Soon after the call goes out and we head in to pay our $10 bargain for the afternoon snack, only after handing my eftpos card all I heard was one two eight. In my head I have a momentary freak out but settle after realizing she means $12.80…or not the screen read $128.00.  Some how we all had some very crossed wires and what was a small cheap snack turned into a $64.00 each afternoon snack. $5 was just for the garlic butter. I can’t think where else you’d pay that much and still eat with plastic cutlery.

apparently the numbers are prices.

She had to come out front to get reception for the eftpos – Tom is really happy that she managed to still make it work

Half smile, bitter sweet

Who to tell first?