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“We had such a blast talking shit on the other teams,” Geoff Campbell laughs. “I honestly have to say that was one of the funniest trips of my life.”

While the Victorian team didn’t take home the prize money, I think it’s fair to say that they had different ambitions to the other teams. The Vic van was all about the laughs, the ruthless shit talking, some memelordery, a few hangovers and some of the most stylish street tricks to go down on the whole trip. What they lacked in competitive drive, they made up for with smartarsery.

Between Callum Paul, Bryce Golder and Jack Kirk, the Victorian team had the quintessential Melbourne city skaters – three dudes who have known each other forever and who have all made their unique marks on the city’s skate scene. Then there was Lincoln Child [Ben River Lawrie], a young up-and-comer who can pinch a front crooks with the best of them, and Ricky Glaser, a highly creative and somewhat quirky skater from Heidelberg, who might be the most mysterious man in Australian skateboarding at the moment. Throw in photographer Thomas Robinson [Originally from Qld, but shooting

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