The Blade Jam is a comp hosted by Tim from Weerd Van Skatepark Solutions at the amazing Bay skate facility. This comp is now in its 4th year down in Napier and this year the level of riding was off the hook with heaps of old cats coming out of retirement from all round the country to get to skate with the homies and hang like its 1999. - Niam Kerr-Bell.

Blade Jam, 4th Edition: Feb 4, 2024. Thanks too all of the sponsors for their ongoing and unwavering support of our little skate scene: Shred City Skates, Standard Skate Company, Drug Receipts, Laced NZ, Stay Rolling Clothing, Illusive Wheels, Hapi, Vinci’s Pizza, X Air, ESC, Keith Lin Tattoo, CLW Construction. Thanks to cucumber enthusiast Tim for organising it and the judges for their time and see ya next year for the 5th Annual Blade Jam.

Results

1. Nathanael Batt
2. Michael Farr
3. Carl Tangen

Best Trick: Carl Tangen. Photo & Results, courtesy of Cave Crew.

Our guest on the Cave Crew Shodcast is the infamous Sluglord, one of finest exports from Wainuiomata (New Zealand). He’s one of the few sponsored skaters in this country with a progressive style and uniquely savvy approach to content creation and use of Instagram. Weve been a fan of his skating for a while so were super happy to chat to him and find out more about the man behind the long hair.

Check some edits of Sludglord - PLAY: WOW.vod Street Section | WELLY TAPES VOD. More podcasts with the Cave Crew on Youtube.

Cave Crew NZ Rolling Shodcast: “It isn’t a podcast as we aren’t pro enough to be a podcast. Interviewing NZ Rollerbladers a Joss & Niam Kerr-Bell production”.

Mickey is an OG and after a long hiatus came back and skated the shit out of the rails at Melville skatepark at the Richard Rowland Memorial OG Comp walking away with the win in the OG division. Found this rad song by the band Fuzz that suits Mickey’s style of skating. - Niam Kerr-Bell.