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Andy Garrett, Frontside Air, DevonportHello and welcome to Dom-Ebel.com - the online record for the Flipside Streetboards New Zealand Tour.

The aim of the Flipside Tour is to skate the parks and streets wherever we are, interact with the locals and represent for our cause, introducing snowboarders to the benefits of streetboarding!

This website documented the 2005 New Zealand tour in all its glory, as Chemical Boards rider Andy Garrett and I visited all the major towns, then onward in 2006 to Morzine with CJ, the return to Wanaka and now back to the UK for 2007...

The archive will act as a sitemap for all the articles written - the places we visit, the parks we skate, and the people we meet. Check back here regularly to follow our trip and catch up on news, or just browse to see where we have been, and what we have been up to...

The archive section records all the Flipside tour and travelogue articles from Dom-Ebel.com homepage, cataloguing them by the month and year. Please select the relevant month and year, and click the link to view the associated articles:

december 2007

street-skating in Portsmouth... filming with Colin Horan... Day One streetboard brand... hurt myself...

october 2007

Rolling Dead streetboard finals... mountain biking... Sandbanks... Worth Matravers... CJs birthday... Animal Windfest... searching for skate spots... Grandad dies... :o(

august 2007

Rolling Dead UK Streetboard Uprising 07 Tour... Corby... Stoke Plaza... Creation skatepark... Bristol... Bournemouth... BBC report on Streetboarding... Brighton... Tour ends...

july 2007

streetboard school scuppered... Sonia & my birthday party... bad weather...

june 2007

Flipside streetboard school preparations... Romsey hook-up... Padstow... Warmwell snowboard competition... Paul Nash returns...

may 2007

skating the heatwave... Bournemouth streetboard school plans... Bournemouth street-skating locations...

april 2007

dredging the beach... Bristol Rodeo Club... Salisbury... Bournemouth Day Out... CJ & mum ski Meribel...

march 2007

no streetboarding... start job at Standard Life... Rover Tomcat turbo...

february 2007

Bos Vegas Gathering... Adam & Paul down... BIC ice rink snow... snowboard beachfront kink ledge... snowboard Kings Park... grinding boxrail blocks... weather turns...

january 2007

new year... Chris Kamm shreds Romsey... huge gap transfer... Motion skatepark... new Flipside rider Josh...

december 2006

last chance to enjoy Wanaka... Mt.Aspiring national park... Rob Roy glacier... Goodbye to Wanaka... Boozy in Queenstown... pick-up camper van... showed Haka Pa waterfall to CJ... route up past Omaruma & Mt.Cook... Inland Scenic Route... raindeer & osterich farms... arrive Christchurch... Petra & Tonys... 48hr flight home... via LAX hole... Andy Garrett joins Flipside streetboards

november 2006

wrapping up Flipside Tour... Benmore Dam... Ben & Liz leave... more minipipe... Bike rides with CJ... photoshoots... PIPEX hosting disaster... sell trusty 4x4...

october 2006

end of season... big spins... Boozy... picnic table session... Snowpark step-up jump... CJ on boxrails... Cardrona & Snowpark close... move house... spring weather...

september 2006

TC Motatapu chutes... indoor miniramp... kicker enthusiasm... Arthurs Pass roadtrip... Craigieburn... Broken River... Mt.Hutt... Rakaia Gorge... CJs birthday... WanakaFest... Cheapskates Skate Comp... streetboard demo... Streetstyle Rail Jam '07... down-up-down boxrail... Ben & I compete...

august 2006

powder at Ohau... Wanaka snow bulletproof... skate session with Tassie Ben, Johnny, Tom, Tomu, Jesse and James... hurt my foot... web work... more snow...

july 2006

settling in... old friends, Tassie crew... my birthday... cardrona opens... backcountry kickers... highland mercury trucks... Cardrona backcountry kickers... Cardrona rock(again!)... Matt, Tom & Alec backcountry... return to rails... good riders at Snowpark... Wanaka Monument view... Ohau plans...

june 2006

home... skate Kings Park... Salisbury Flipside photoshoot... romsey skatepark... Devils Gun concert... Rover crushed... fly to NZ... buy Subaru Legacy 4x4... Christchurch... Wanaka...

may 2006

rain... boys leave morzine... Morzine'06 movie... CJ confirms Treble Cone job... to live with Dazzler... BBQ at Damo's... Leave Morzine... journey through France... Norfolk Line ferries... UK... see Flipsides Adam Walder... Kings Park skatepark... good weather... skateboard for CJ...

april 2006

weekend in Austria... see Peter, Rene, Tomas, Daniel & Chris in Bludenz... ride at Silvretta Nova in Montafon... return to Morzine... Crosets windlip... CJ snowboarding improves... Prolays cat-track... breakdance-vs.-capoeira sessions... Pat Murier... Stuart Langridge... streetboarding...

march 2006

snowfall and sunsets... Chatel step-up... Brocheaux kicker... Colin board problems... Doms leg bruise... Jules & Sally in Chamonix... poor visibility... Burton Wood Park... Les Gets kink rail... Colin Horan hurt... Brocheaux kicker rebuilt... Les Get boxrail... Jules, Sally, Mum, Eddie over... meetup with Jane & Pips... Spy goggles problems... Martin, Leyla, James & Tabs over... Nick leaves...

february 2006

Martin Pope... Malek & Ruchi... Pip & Jane... fire in Rue de Moulins Chamonix... Suzuki SJ413jx... £200 insurance...

january 2006

Dom & CJ leave UK for France... Dijon & Chamonix... reach Morzine... our studio appartment... Sonia Shaw... Daryl... CJ gets work... phone installed... snowfalls... Spot-X... meet lads up road... Nick, Rory, Kenji, Ian, Sideshow, Matt... CJ improving... Colin Horan... Morzine & Montriond... web development with Kenji... Jail Clothing...

december 2005

Dom & CJ leave Wanaka with Jose... Lindis Pass... Burkes Pass... Omarama Lupin-covered floodplain... salmonfarm... lake Pukaki... Mt.Hutt & Methven... Christchurch... return to UK... Lyon, France... Lumiere Brothers anniversary... 2005 Streetboard World Championships... Streetboard Championships report... after-party... organise Morzine appartment... hook up with "double-backflip" Matt Johnson in London... ride Newport with Flipside...

november 2005

Leon leaves Wanaka... knee not healing... record spring temperatures... lying out at Lake Wanaka... visit Boozy in Queenstown... more frisbee golf... sell Terrano 4x4... Cluden BBQ... see Boozy in Queenstown for last time... send excess baggage home... Wanaka 2005 movie... Dom & CJ's leaving pot-luck dinner...

october 2005

leave Fern Lodge... Andy on Sky Sports... Glendhu Bay... rock wall-ride... Arrowtown skate jam... Treble Cone Slush Cup... Gordi leaves... appendix explodes... Paul Nash & Emma visit... Tassie Ben & Alex leave...

september 2005

Dom injures knee... Andy injures back... Leon breaks collarbone... more 4x4ing... thinning snow... visa extension successful... pimps & ho's party... rail jam party... spring comes... friends leave... Greg breaks ankle... rock ride... CJs birthday dinner... Southern Lights... Arrowtown... Chinese villiage... WanakaFest... Cheapskates skate comp... StreetStyle car rail...

august 2005

Heavy Metal trail... snowboard problems... Alexandra/Clyde reservoir... pub golf... Flipside delivery... videoing... more snow... meet Matt & Greg... Cardrona kicker... passport renewal successful...

july 2005

snow falls... rock drop... Cardrona hotel... Peter Schraml visits... Black Seeds concert... meet Boozy... Hoff party... Dunedin trip... worlds steepest street... Jaffa rolling... Jules birthday...

june 2005

Twizel... Wanaka... first accommodation... first snow... newspaper quote... bad snow... explosives... 4x4 river crossing... Dave dislocates arm... Arrowtown... organising Doms birthday... Lions rugby match... Doms 30th birthday party... Cardrona opens...

may 2005

4x4 breaks down... Jen leaves... leaving Auckland... Rotorua... Taupo... Thermal parks... Skydiving... Napier... Rain... Wellington... Picton ferry... Christchurch...

april 2005

tour intro... pick up Andy... the tour begins... Auckland... Paihia... Cape Reinga... 90-mile beach...