Thrasher – August 2019

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was camping on a beach in Australia when I got the

call—ten days of skating in Melbourne with the Girl squad.

My first thought was that I hadn’t worn shoes in a month,

and to be honest, I didn’t want to. I wasn’t keen on leaving my

surf holiday at a pristine beach with kangaroos and epic waves

for a sweaty, grimy skate mission in the city. But once I got to

Melbourne and met up with my Girl family, all of that melted

away like coffee through a Tim Tam. After a warm-up day

skating in Birkenstocks at the Melbourne museum, it was time

for me to put on some shoes and socks and hit the streets!

No kangaroos but the spots were epic. Simon street

surfed a backside 180 nosegrind to forwards.

Gnarly, bro!

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