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so i grew up in the american midwest during the 1980s, where skating felt like it came from another planet. i can’t even imagine how it. must’ve felt in australia. how were you first introduced to skateboarding down there? well, i had one of those k-mart plastic board from when i was 6 or 7, but it really wasn’t until i was around 10 that i actually got a few years later that i really got into it. that’s when i started to learn about the bones brigade and everything. it was on from there. i was actually a vert skater back in the day, down in sydney. i was lucky enough to have a yard big enough and parents cool enough to allow a ramp back there. because it was a total hail mary asking them for half-pipe, you know? i didn’t think that it would actually work, but they agreed to it. as long as i mowed some lawns and worked a few weekends, they’d match however much money i saved up. a few of the. was photography something you’ve always done or did it grow out of your skateboarding experience? oh, i was skating long before i started taking photos. i didn’t take an interest in photography until after i finished high school in ‘91. i enrolled in college and started working on a bachelor in fine arts degree, that’s when i discovered photography. and as soon as i started shooting, my dreams quickly shifted towards getting published in the magazines. that’s really how i got started on all this… my love of skateboarding led me to photography and trying to get into the mags. there were only a few people shooting skate photos at that time, in general, let alone in australia. i think there were only 2 or 3 guys shooting down there, total. but i was only 18, still young enough to be hungry about everything. i did college for that one year and then i took the next year off to focus on being a skate photographer. that’s when i finally figured out what i wanted to do with my life. my first published photo was a full-page of my friend michael davidson ollieing a 13-stair in slam magazine. i got a check for $75