This issue dives straight into the chaos of skate life with a tour of Dane Burman’s infamous 163 House in Sydney—a place where the skating is wild and the parties are wilder. When things get so out of hand that the host has to call the cops on his own crew, you know it’s a true skate house from hell. On the other end of the spectrum, Paul Battlay lets us into his world—quiet, calculated, and quietly stacking cash while pulling off some of the cleanest tricks in the game.
Elsewhere, the “Picture Homies” take skateboarding and hip hop vibes to the streets, pitting Tommy Fynn, Karl Bayldon, and the crew against each other for bragging rights in the ultimate skate-rap showdown. And the Death Skateboards crew—Richie Jackson, Rhys Grogan, Dean Palmer, and Schooner—head to Canberra on a trip that sounds ominous but delivers nothing but good times. Over in New Gen, Ryan Wilson docks in from New Zealand and wastes no time showing Sydney how hard a wharfie can shred. Add in giveaways like Picture wheels and Jake Duncombe’s pro Blind boards, and it’s another wild ride of an issue.
