Kman Skate Schools

JUSTIN

FAVOURITE SKATE TRICKS : 360 Flip, BS(backside) 180 Kickflip, Crooked Grinds, BS Tailslides, Frontside Indy

BOARDS I LIKE TO RIDE: Girl Skateboards, Tensor Trucks, Darkstar Wheels, Shortys Hardware, Bones Bearings

WHY I LOVE SKATEBOARDING:

1. Its FUN! You can 't skateboard without having fun.
2. You make alot of friends
3. You can skateboard by yourself or with a group of friends
4. it’s a form of transportation
5. I can teach other people how to skateboard

BEST PLACE I’VE EVER SKATED: Monster Skatepark (Homebush), Belfield/South Strathfield, Annandale Mini, Maroubra, Martin Place and other random spots in the city, Lane Cove, Switch Indoor Skatepark Port Macquarie

PAIGE

FAV SKATE TRICKS: 360 flips, backside 180’s, backside and frontside boardslides.

SPONSORS: Mum

BOARDS I LIKE TO RIDE: Any light weight 7.5”

WHY I LOVE SKATEBOARDING:

• You get to meet a whole bunch of really cool people.
• You can skate pretty much anywhere you want.
• Every skater is an individual. There are no limits in skateboarding. You discover new tricks every day.

BEST PLACE I’VE EVER SKATED: Right now it’s Waterloo Skatepark. It’s the best park I’ve ever been to. But back when I first started skating they built a skatepark in my hometown of Bonny Hills (near Port Macquarie) - that park was pretty rad back in the day.

MIKEY

FAV SKATE TRICKS: Nolie-shuvit-manual-shuvit, with a bit of a space walk

BOARDS I LIKE TO RIDE:7.5 ZERO and Mystery decks are the only way to go

WHY I LOVE SKATEBOARDING:

1. Skaters are like samurai or gunfighters. Whether you're on your own or in a group people know about you - you stand out because you use the pavement differently to most pedestrians.
2. Skating is where you find yourself - you find your limits, you push them, and you set new ones.
3. Chicks dig scars

BEST PLACE I’VE EVER SKATED:
Fernside is gnarley.
Surry Hills has some rad hills to bomb.
There is an amazing skatepark in a small town in Victoria, I dont remeber the name of the town (it started with "B") but i remember the park.

VIRGINIA

FAV SKATE TRICKS: 50-50s, half-cab rock to fakies, fakie shifty ollies, board slides.

SPONSORS: Past sponsors included Etnies shoes and Rookie Skateboards, but now I am over the hill so I just ride for fun.

BOARDS I LIKE TO RIDE: Organika deck, Thunder trucks, Spitfire wheels, Bones Swiss bearings.

WHY I LOVE SKATEBOARDING:

• It is fast, dangerous and challenging
• You don’t need a team or rules
• It makes ugly concrete look beautiful!

BEST PLACE I’VE EVER SKATED: Big Day Out vert ramp in front of 10,000 people (on tour); Zero Gravity skatepark - Brevard, North Carolina, USA; the old Vert X Skate parks - Penrith and Taren Point.

KARIM

FAV SKATE TRICKS: Front side 50 to tail, Front side air grab, Hand plant, Carving the bowl at Bondi & Carveboarding.

BOARDS I LIKE TO RIDE: All types but now back to roots & old school pool boards

WHY I LOVE SKATEBOARDING:

• I forget how old I am
• It reminds me of surfing
• It’s incredibly fun and I still get stoked!

BEST PLACE I’VE EVER SKATED: Slam Factory, Picnic Point, friend’s back yard mini when I was a tween.

ARIELLE

FAV SKATE TRICKS: Staying on my board (I first stepped on a board in 2004 so I count staying on as a good trick!) cruising on a Carveboard.

BOARDS I LIKE TO RIDE: Carveboard and Pool Riders

WHY I LOVE SKATEBOARDING:

• When I cruise on a board I feel like I’m floating
• It keeps me fit
• It makes me feel “cool”!
• I get to hang out with my favourite skater - the Kman (Karim!)

BEST PLACE I’VE EVER SKATED: Terrigal & Bondi promenades, Kman Skate School

BARNEY

FAV SKATE TRICKS: Berts

SPONSORS: Will Webber Surf Boards, Krack Skate Shop

BOARDS I LIKE TO RIDE:

WHY I LOVE SKATEBOARDING:

BEST PLACE I’VE EVER SKATED: Down the hills in Vaucluse

JAMES

FAV SKATE TRICKS: Rock to fakies, heel flips and old school power slides.

SPONSORS: Bronte cake shop and Milo!!

BOARDS I LIKE TO RIDE: Old school Powell Peraltas.

WHY I LOVE SKATEBOARDING:

1. I love the feeling of cruising over concrete with no resistance, its like flying.
2. You can always get better – there’s so much cool stuff to add to your bag of tricks.
3. Skateboarders are cool people and fun to hang out with.

BEST PLACE I’VE EVER SKATED: Kman Skate School of course! And out the front of my house, with friends just making things up .

DAMIEN

FAV SKATE TRICKS: Backside tailslide and ollie airwalks.

BOARDS I LIKE TO RIDE:8 inch boards, big hard wheels, Indy trucks only.

WHY I LOVE SKATEBOARDING:

1. Nothing beats the feeling of rolling down a hill.

BEST PLACE I’VE EVER SKATED:
Five Dock skate park, hills and obscure spots. (I'm all over it!)

ELLA

FAV SKATE TRICKS: Boneless, fingerflips and caspers.

BOARDS I LIKE TO RIDE:8 inch Zero boards, Thunder trucks, Spitfire wheels with Red Bones bearings.

WHY I LOVE SKATEBOARDING:

1. I love skateboarding because it can be personal, social or everything at once.
2. It's what you make out of it.
3. It changes peoples lives for the better.

BEST PLACE I’VE EVER SKATED:
Maroubra buy far. 11 out of 10. It has a little bit of everything.