Slam Skateboarding

Don’t check the radar

CONS ON THE ROAD

A few days out from the Converse CONS Australia team trip through rural Victoria, one could be forgiven for not checking the radar. At this point, there was to be no deviation from the plan. We were locked in, flights booked, and all itching to get on the road. Of course, the forecast was a concern, only to be perpetuated by erratic weather. It was raining one minute and sunny the next. High-speed winds could pass, only to miraculously go still. Should we check the radar? Probably not. After all, it’s bad luck.

Over the following seven days, Andrew Brophy, Nathan Jackson, Corey Young, Noah “Nogg” Smith, Jedd McKenzie, Sam Fairweather, Pat Roberts and Louie Dodd would pile into two supercharged Fords and embark on a

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