Slam Skateboarding

Taj Boyle

AGE: 16

LIVES: Dulong, Sunshine Coast

RIDES FOR: Holiday

Skateboards, Picture Wheels, Commodore Bearings, Parliament Skate Shop, and adidas (flow)

Hey, Taj. What’s going on?

I just got home from school. I’m having a rest day from skating because we were skating heaps in Brisbane on the weekend. Normally I will skate the local after school with a few mates. I also have a halfpipe and a flat bar that I skate at home.

You’re from the Sunshine Coast, right? What’s it like living and growing up there?

The Sunshine Coast is great. My local park is Nambour, which is only 10 minutes away. It has everything you need at a skatepark. There are

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