So Hot Right Now: Dom Henry
Posted on November 03, 2007.
Who are your current sponsors? Did moving to New Zealand affect who you got product from?
I get boards from Because which is a new Wellington-based company run by friends Jade and Doug, the new batch of graphics just arrived this week so I’m stoked on my board, its looking fresh! I get shoes from DC and clothing from LRG (the Lifted Research Group), and Indy trucks flow.
Initially it took a while to start getting DC shoes again from the distributor out here, but I managed to convince them that I wasn't an impostor and they've been looking after me really well ever since, cheers guys!
Look at that front foot! Switch Flip. Photo: David Read / Manual Magazine
What's a regular day consist of for you?
Well before uni ended it consisted of getting up, going to some lectures or tutorials, then cruising into town to meet people and go for a skate, sometimes after scheming a free coffee first if my friend's working in this cafe downtown. Then off to work in the evening if its one of those days. Luckily I lost my old job, which I was grateful about since it involved touching sweaty rollerblades. No joke. it was really, really lame! I was working at this place which you could generously call an indoor skatepark but which could equally be titled a roller rink, since it hired out quads and rollerblades. Disgusting! Im about to start work in a new skateshop right by the park in town so that should be a lot better, and uni's ended so its just a whole lot of skateboarding and drinking shenanigans...
What's with this wealth of footage you're rumored to be sitting on?
Haha, there's a bit of dadcam action racking up...
Nothing much to say about this except that it certainly isn't outside Smiths in Reading. Well composed tre flip on the other side of the world. Photo: David Read / Manual Magazine
Who are you filming with and are you filming for anything in particular?
I guess I film with whoever I'm skating with, there's enough dadcams floating about to hold a small scale amateur media conference, as well as a sprinkling of VXs. I just filmed a fun part for my mate Kieran's video which also features some ridiculous unknown (outside of NZ) talent such as Joseph Whaanga, Jesse Abolins and Bennet Field - from what I've heard the video is either going to be called Goneburger or VideoWack! I’ve also been flicking the odd mini DV tape over to Kevin Parrott for his Savoir Faire DVD, so hopefully a couple of tricks might end up in that.
What do you miss most about home, if anything?
Friends and Family in Reading and around the UK. Freya the cat. Honeycomb Yorkie bars. Listening to Up With The Partridge on Radio Norwich. Quality comedy - although saying that the Kiwis are catching up," the Flight of the Concordes" are from right here in Wellington and those guys are hilarious.
Have you got any plans to come back to the UK soon?
Yeah I’m coming back at the end of November until just after Christmas. I’m looking forward to donning some gloves and having some crisp cold dark December sessions with old friends. Roll on December!
A Massive thanks to David Read at Manual Magazine for the photos. Check out www.readphoto.co.nz and www.manualmagazine.com to see more of the New Zealand scene.
