When Hayley Wilson rocked up to The Lord Newry in Fitzroy North for a casual dinner in late January, she had no idea what she was walking into. Dressed in basketball shorts and a hoody, she was under the impression that she was there for a veggie burger with her mate Anthony Mapstone. She soon got wrapped in the arms of a super excited Shanae Collins and surprised by a crew of her dearest friends. Some of the squad wore custom-made SOTY ’24 T-Shirts, featuring a photo of Hayley’s boardslide ender from Nike SB’s Gassed Up video. It started to sink in: Hayley Wilson had won the Slam Skater of the Year award for 2024 - presented by Converse CONS.
Hayley put out two serious video parts over the past year, which solidified her position as the clear winner of SOTY. She began her campaign in May with the final section in . Hayley skates fast, wearing jorts, singlets and Dunks in just about every clip, and puts some top-notch lines together in the streets. In a Slam interview with
