Monster Children

Skateboarding, timelapse and everything in between... Featuring: Dylan Rieder, John Rattray, Arto Saari, Stefan Janoski and more. 

Damged Goods, a change in direction for New Zealand surf culture. Full site coming soon, which will lie here. For now, here's a trailer of some sorts. 

Skip James has been travelling around the North Island of New Zealand the past few weeks. Northlandia is where this trip is being documented. It's only running for the next 5 days, 10 posts, one in the AM the other in the PM, check it before it spontaneously combusts. 

New Liars album WIXIW coming this June, details here. For the meantime, No.1 Against the Rush. 

I just got back from opening this show, which is on its way to Australia tomorrow. I sure do suggest you check it out. Two amazing groups. All the details can be found here. 

Insight rider and all round good guy Fred Shallcrass and friends skating through Argentina and Brazil. 

I used to work at this skate shop in Wellington awhile back. This young lad would be in everyday, just hanging out. I saw him get better and better at skatingboarding over that time. I actually used to be able to beat him at SKATE - those days sure have gone. Here's a nice little part by him, looking forward to a full length. 

One of my favorite groups from New Zealand live at Roundhead Studio. If you dig this, their album is available here.

It's been far too long, lets hear about Frank's wild years...

Frank settled down in the Valley,
and he hung his wild years on a
nail that he drove through his
wife's forehead.

He sold used office furniture out
there on San Fernando Road and
assumed a $30,000 loan at
15 1/4 % and put a down payment
on a little two bedroom place.

His wife was a spent piece of used jet trash
Made good bloody-marys, kept her mouth
shut most of the time, had a little Chihuahua
named Carlos that had some kind of skin
disease and was totally blind.

They had a thoroughly modern kitchen;
self-cleaning oven (the whole bit)
Frank drove a little sedan.
They were so happy.

One night Frank was on his way home
from work, stopped at the liquor store,
picked up a couple of Mickey's Big Mouth’s.
Drank 'em in the car on his way to the
Shell station; he got a gallon of gas in a can.

Drove home, doused everything in
the house, torched it.
Parked across the street laughing,
watching it burn, all Halloween
orange and chimney red.

Frank put on a top forty station,
got on the Hollywood Freeway
headed North.

Never could stand that dog.

My boss, and all round good guy, Dan Gosling has a new Tumblr. Houses, furniture, lighting, interiors... Photos of inspiration. A little look into his addiction of all these things.

New Zealand based skate brand Grace has recently launched their new site. To celebrate they have released this new clip 'Welcome to the Movement', shot around my hometown by Jereme Aubertin.

I have been working on the new White Box site the past few weeks. We completely changed the back end system. I looked at the same spread sheet and images for a what seemed like forever; it has been really good times. It's now up and running and the good times have come to an end. Scroll and click your life away here.

My buddy has spent the most part of the year traveling around Canada. He got a message from a friend back home saying he was wasting his time searching for waves amidst the snow of a Candain winter - it was boardies back home after all. Doesn't look like he was wasting his time to me. More photos over on his blog Gypsy Hands.

One of my favorite photographers, Grant Hatfield, has some limited prints available and an interview over at Paradigm. Check it out here.

For those who like traditional heavy metal, my friends from RAZORWYRE are set to release their debut album next year. Here's the first track/s. You can get their old EP here.

Free movie featuring Dane, Taj, Jordy... the list goes on. The main star, however, being Stirling Spencer, a look into his twisted mind apparently.

A lot of them.

After the success of their Australian motorbike give away, COMUNE is giving New Zealanders a chance to win the motorbike pictured. All you have to do is buy COMUNE from selected retail stores around the country, or get it online here.

My home town tilt shifted and looking all miniature. Shot by the bro Jereme Aubertin.

My buddy Shannon just released a new EP under his producer name Shanalog called Nature. Stream, or download it for free over at his Bandcamp.