NOAH SMITH

AGE: 17 // HOMETOWN: KINCUMBER, CENTRAL COAST RIDES FOR NEW BALANCE (FLOW), UPS SKATE SHOP

Your real name is Noah, but everyone knows you as Nog. Where did that nickname come from?

Strangely, I don’t get asked this question often. The name came about after I shaved my head a few years ago and I was pretty much bald. I was sitting at the local park with a bunch of mates and everyone was ripping on the new cut. My friend Owen was running these chat wheels that were pink or something, and were super small and whack, so I said something smart-arse to him and he just said, “Mate, look at your fuckin’ noggin.” Noggin became ‘Nog’ and I remember him saying, “You look like a nog,” and everyone lost their shit. It continued from there, I guess. I don’t even know what a nog is [laughs].

You’re another Central Coast kid. What the hell is going on up there? Seems