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  • Dork Trick Tips #7: Finger Flips

    Dork Trick Tips #7: Finger Flips

    dork-trick-tips_finger-flips Thanks to photographer Lyn Yuan for filming and promising she would bail me out if I got thrown into a Beijing prison for defiling the ancient Forbidden City. I do know one guy who actually makes the finger flip look good by doing them in huge bowls, the Action Ape himself Mr. Kurt Nischel. First thing on the list when I go back to Australia is to document this gnar-ness. Kurt also illustrates and designs graphics for skateboards, snowboards,

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  • Runaway Bay

    Runaway Bay

    One of the many fine parks of the Gold coast, Runaway Bay is somehow overrun with filthy disease ridden scooter kids. Kurt Nischel scares them away with pure gnar-ness and sends them back into their jungle lairs. Kurt is a graphic designer, tree surgeon, professional downhill skateboarder, and also recently invented the “watermelon helmet” at a recent hard liquor pool party. Check out some of Kurt’s designs at Action Ape. Watch the good version here: kurt-at-runaway-bay-1 Youtube is here for

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