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CHRIS

http://www.myspace.com/thegardensurfskate

About Me

I'm vegan a skateboarder and a surfer.I'm into music and fashion...damn what a stereotype!I like some stuff and dislike other stuff....I have strong opinions on this...haha;) I enjoy what I am into and turned it into a lifestyle... I started a fashion focused surf and skate store in 96 after working in the industry since leaving school. I have always been into music and have a great collection(in my humble opinion anyway!).."PETA2.com" href="http://www.peta2.com/index.aspx?c=3308"
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My Interests

...skateboarding,surfing,music, bands,live shows,snowboarding,fashion,guitar,drums,bass,keyboard,readin g, photography,vegan food,hosting my radio show & working my surf & skate shop,riding from point A to point B on my bmx bike, a bit of downhill mountain biking at times.Sleeping and dreaming....

I'd like to meet:

I love meeting people and have many great friends, maybe you could be one of them!!!

Music:

I have fairly broad music taste,but only in the eyes of those, having, with what as I would define as good taste..... But I decided to put some of my collection/what I listen to/have been into on here in alphabetical order as follows(incomplete as that could go forever) btw some I have put in just for shits and giggles...but I will have album/ep/s from them:ADOLESCENTS, BABYSHAMBLES, BAD RELIGION, BAUHAUS, BEASTIE BOYS*, BLACK FLAG, BLOC PARTY, BLONDIE, BLUES EXPLOSION*, BODY COUNT, CARTER U.S.M, CAT STEVENS, CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH!, CLAY WHEELS, COCO SOLID*, COMBUSTIBLE EDISON, CONCRETE BLONDE, CURVE, DAISY CHAINSAW, DEAD BOYS, DEAD KENNEDYS, DEPECHE MODE, DEVO, DIRTY LITTLE SECRET, DROPKICK MURPHYS, EAGLES OF DEATH METAL, FIERY FURNACES*, FIREHOSE, FISCHERSPOONER, FLOGGING MOLLY, FRANZ FERDINAND*, FUGAZI, GANG OF FOUR, GARY NUMAN, GREEN DAY, GUIDED BY VOICES, GUITAR WOLF*, HAPPY MONDAYS, HLAH*, HOUSE OF PAIN, HUSKER DU, ICE CUBE*, IGGY POP*, IMA ROBOT, INTERPOL*, JEFFERSON AIRPLANE, JOE STRUMMER & THE MESCALEROS, JONNY CASH, JOY DIVISION, KILLING JOKE, KINGS OF LEON*, KITCH*, LARD, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, LE TIGRE, LL COOL J, LORRETTA LYNN, MIDLAKE, MIKE NESS, MINISTRY*, MINOR THREAT, MODEST MOUSE, MORRISSEY, MOTORHEAD, MOVING UNITS, MY RED CELL, NEDS ATOMIC DUSTBIN, NEW ORDER, NEW YORK DOLLS, NICK CAVE*, NINA HAGAN, NINE INCH NAILS* NOFX, N.W.A., PATTI SMITH, PIGFACE, PIXIES, PJ HARVEY, PORTISHEAD, PSYCHEDELIC FURS, PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED, PUBLIC ENEMY, RAMONES, RANCID*, RATATAT, REVOLTING COCKS, SEX PISTOLS, SIOUXSIE AND THE BANSHEES, SKINNY PUPPY, SNAPPER, SOCIAL DISTORTION, SOLEDAD BROTHERS, SOMMERSET*, SONIC YOUTH, SO SO MODERN*, STIFF LITTLE FINGERS, SUPERGRASS, TEENAGE FANCLUB, THE 5678's, THE ANIMALS, THE ARCADE FIRE, THE B52's, THE BEATLES, THE BLACK KEYS*, THE BLEEDERS*, THE BREEDERS*, THE BLUNTS*, THE BRONX, THE CASSANOVAS, THE CHECKS*, THE CLASH, THE CLEAN, THE CRAZY 88*, THE CURE*, THE D4*, THE DAMNED, THE DATSUNS*, THE DEARS, THE DIRTBOMBS, THE DRESDEN DOLLS*, THE EDITORS, THE ELECTRIC SHAKEDOWN*, THE FACTION, THE FAINT, THE FANATICS*, THE FLAMING LIPS, THE GO! TEAM*, THE GREENHORNES*, THE HELLACOPTERS, THE HIVES*, THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN, THE KING BROTHERS*, THE KILLERS, THE KILLS*, THE LIBERTINES, THE MINT CHICKS*, THE MISFITS, THE PINK MOUNTAINTOPS, THE POLYPHONIC SPREE*, THE RAPTURE, THE ROGERS SISTERS*, THE SHAKY HANDS*, THE SISTERHOOD, THE SISTERS OF MERCY, THE SMITHS, THE SPELLING MISTAKES, THE STOOGES*, THE STONE ROSES, THE STROKES*, THE SUBWAYS*, THE THRILLS, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, THE VON BONDIES, THE WHITE STRIPES*, THE YEAH YEAH YEAH's, THE ZUTONS, THIS NIGHT CREEPS*, TOM WAITS, TOY LOVE, TURBONEGRO, TV ON THE RADIO, US BOMBS, VIOLENT FEMMES, WAYNE KRAMER, WEEN, WHIRLWIND HEAT*, WHITE ZOMBIE, WOLFMOTHER*, YOUNG HEART ATTACK, 80's MATCHBOX B-LINE DISASTER,I have some cool old compilation vinyl albums too all the standards AK79 etc...plus some obscure stuff :) sorry no Solid Gold hits of the 70s & 80s ones :PI'll asterisk the bands I've seen live...just to mix up my profile:) now youy can ask me what I thought of those bands live...though I have seen much more bands than this...****PLEASE BE AWARE THAT A COUPLE OF THESE BANDS I AM NOT REAL INTO NOW AS SOME OF THEIR MORE RECENT WORK WAS CRAP AND MY TASTES HAVE CHANGED IN YEARS SINCE...BUT I HAVE THROWN SOME OF IT IN ANWAY AS A HINT OF HOW BROAD MY LISTENING TASTES HAVE BEEN,SOME OF MY OLD STUFF I STILL REALLY LIKE AND WILL OWN UP TO...OTHERS I WON'T ;) MORE WILL BE ADDED WHEN I GO THROUGH MY COLLECTION SOME MORE......I HOPE IT'S NOT TOO BORING AND PREDICTBLE FOR YOU! Comments and abuse is welcomed!

Movies:

Sin City..Kiss Kiss Bang Bang...Charlie & the Chocolate Factory(both), Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind,True Romance,The Princess Bride,Pirates of the Caribbean,Amelie,True Romance....umm...there is many....The original Dracula (with Bela Lugosi)... old Evil Dead movies?... Apocalypse Now...Lordz of the Dogtown...Thrashin'...

Television:

I like some TV shows...Wayne Anderson:Singer of Songs is great!Currently I miss I'm Alan Partridge. Need to see that show again....Whats that Australian TV show with the animated host with the huge head? That guy was funny!! ..This profile was edited with MySpace Profile Editor MySpace Profile Editor

Books:

I like many books...I love to read!

Heroes:

Refer to a book title by Glen E.Friedman and a song by Stiff Little Fingers... :)Or is this box for superheros? When I was little I liked spiderman and the Incredible hulk ...what 8yo didn't?Oh and I think i had a super womble costume made then also, but Orinocco was cooler.As a teen I idolised Robert Smith and all the skateboarding pros,have met many of the legends now and can call a couple of my eary heros friends(teen heros turn into people with age)... oh and anyone that takes pleasure in riding skateboards, playing music, surfing...whatever as long as you do what you love...now I sound sappy.Submit you applications to be my hero now!

My Blog

Makes sense really

In case you didn't know this already there is a commercial airing in the states somewhere that is actually educational :) ...
Posted by CHRIS on Mon, 27 Aug 2007 01:55:00 PST

The Cure....

I had an awesome day yesterday, even the kettle boiled bath courtesy of my girlfriend Rach(as the plumbing had broken the day before-now no hot water until today) was a great start. I made the drive u...
Posted by CHRIS on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:24:00 PST

Skating in the shop...

Skating in the shop is so much fun & I have learned heaps of different tricks & even snapped a deck while mucking around in there.  I have popped a couple of new holes in the gib (drywall...
Posted by CHRIS on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:56:00 PST

Slamming

Slammed on my face skating yesterday...swollen as this morning...have a decent black eye....hit my cheek and split my brow(got that glued up at the hospital). Ripped my jeans apart at the knee pretty ...
Posted by CHRIS on Tue, 15 May 2007 01:54:00 PST

Buenos Aires

 Well, last week I spent in Buenos Aires, Argentina. My brother had won a trip there through his company in Australia(from Rexel) & had broken up with his girlfriend around xmas so I hit him ...
Posted by CHRIS on Tue, 01 May 2007 01:11:00 PST

Updating...

 On friday night I went to H-town to a show at The Castle, Mint Chicks & Die!Die!Die! was a cool little show...The Mint Chicks performing as great as ever. My brother Steve has been staying f...
Posted by CHRIS on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 09:40:00 PST

Big Day Out 2007

Ok...this years BDO....Traffic slow, so took me a while to get there, then a bit longer to get a park.Missed the first band I wanted to see, The Defendants. Saw Die! Die! Die! again...all good. Just n...
Posted by CHRIS on Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:40:00 PST

Uta

This is a copy of my friend Uta's last blog.I have just been informed of her tragic and untimely death on 2/12/2006 in Berlin. My thoughts and best wishes go out to Nicola & all Uta's friends and fami...
Posted by CHRIS on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:50:00 PST

New Zealand Skateboarder Magazine

The Garden had a "core store" profile in the new NZ skateboarder magazine It's the first time they have ever done one and I'm really stoked that Morri chose my store to do one about. It's pretty much ...
Posted by CHRIS on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:36:00 PST

Was this a big secret?

So anyway... after I got back from oz I saw The Rogers Sisters play at the Kings Arms once again....Fantastic!! They have an amazing live show... I met Laura, Jennifer & Miyuki afterwards and they wer...
Posted by CHRIS on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:05:00 PST