So, a few months down and I finally feel like I’m not just holidaying here. Our new house is bought, job is secured, family happy and the skating is beginning to pick up.
The house is going to be perfect, it’s in a little place called Lyttelton which is the other side of the mountains to Christchurch (only 10 mins through a tunnel) and overlooks Lyttelton Harbour (a dormant volcano crater). Work is across the other side of the harbour in Diamond Harbour, so I will be skating and getting a ferry to work.

Skating wise, Christchurch is the perfect skating city. A flat city surrounded by epic hills with new sub-divisions being built (they build the smooth tarmac roads 1st!). Hill sessions with the Banks Longboarding crew have been fantastic. They are a great bunch who love going hard and fast. You can find out out more on their Facebook page. Alex makes some great boards and I’m stoked to be part of what is happening in Lyttelton.

Over in the city, the word is slowly spreading. Through Christchurch Sessions I have organised a couple of events, with great turn outs. The first ‘Cruise and booze‘ saw the biggest number of longboarders ever assebled in one place in Christchurch. Skating through the city streets surrounded by skaters is always the best fun. We hit up a few garages and ended up at The Dux for a beer. Perfect.
Following the success of this event, we decided to start racing at on particular garage. It has 11 floors, is smooth as hell, lit, with a lift! ‘Raceface‘ was our first race. 4 man down, limited push area, bragging rights for the winner. 16 skaters turned up and it was fun as hell. We had a few great bails, some car contact and everyone left with huge smiles.


Overall bragging rights went to Christchurch local Joe Scorgie who creamed the competition with 1st places in all five of his races. We of course ended up going to The Dux for a cheeky beer.
In the middle of all of this was the City2Surf. 15,000 people walking, running, inlining and this year skating the 12km from the city centre towards the coast. About 12 skaters turned up and managed to complete the course, the fastest time was 36 minutes.
Tonight is going to be pretty special too, we have managed to procure a set of keys for the carpark and therefore are going to be running the first ever ‘Midnight Raceface’. Same garage, but this time it will be just us. There is talk of a launch ramp and cones to make it more interesting. See the Midnight Raceface facebook event page for more.
