melling photo set
Empire’s annual Melling Skate Comp took place a couple weekends ago, I shot a roll of black & white film and just got around to scanning it. Congrats to Brynn on first place in the Opens, taking home $400 cash with D Whatford coming in a close second, and Brad for first place in the under...
pox sunset
It’s been a long time since an update. Apologies, here’s an a photo of Fox pushin a long crooks through a ledge in Eastbourne. That should tie the site over for another couple of months.
aj o’b good as
AJ has a Good As in the new issue of Manual Magazine, go pick one up to peep his feature. Here’s another photo from the same session. Photos: Mike Lamb Frontside Noseslide Frontside 180 Nosegrind
tee & crew
First couple of new items for the summer months. Tee with the Neverending snake graphic on the front left chest and large on the back, plus a nice lightweight charcoal grey crewneck with a simple logo print. Available at Empire and our Online shop now.
mini kid
First of all congratulations to Brynn for taking yesterday’s Drop Deep Skate Comp in three sections – 1st place U16′s, Best Trick and Overall Skater of the Day. Kid made bank for one day’s skating! After the comp we headed back to Petone, skated the mini for a bit and got a couple quick photos....
biggest game of
The guys from Auckland’s Amazon Boardstore put on the Wellington section of the Biggest Game of S.K.A.T.E. competition this past weekend. Relapse riders AJ, Dylan, Fox and Brynn all skated, and Welly veteran Chris Wood took out first place. Cheers to the guys at Amazon Boardstore for putting on a sick event and afterparty. Here’s...
heelflip in a hallway
Kane Kid will do anything to avoid cleaning shit up. Including a heelflip over a pile of clothes in his hallway. Shot on Superia 400.
manual mag #43
It’s always a pleasant surprise when I find an issue of Manual Magazine in my letterbox, and today was no exception. The new issue is full of ripping images and articles, plus Brynn has not one but two impressive photos amongst the pages as well. (Our upcoming full-length shall contain the video evidence of said tricks)....
dylan whatford web part
All of this footage is over a year or two old, filmed on numerous different cameras by different people. It was just sitting there not being used so I put it together into this web part. A couple of bangers snuck in there from AJ O’Brien as well. Edit by Mike Lamb. Song is Deer...
lines of raw
A few raw clips of some lines filmed at Melling. Featuring Dylan and AJ. This may be the start of a regular post – got a few throwaway lines lurking in the hard drive.
sticker time
Just got a nice batch of new stickers – hit me up here with your address and I’ll send some out to you.
pukerua bay clip
Here’s a clip that we filmed over a couple of different day’s sessions at Pukerua Bay park. Featuring AJ, Fox, Bennett, Brynn Kid and D Whatford.
online tee sale 40% off!
To make way for new stock all the T-Shirts in our online store have been hucked down to $35. That’s 40% off!
winter breakers
Fresh product has arrived in the form of these quality Relapse Windbreaker Jackets. 100% Nylon, made in California and printed right here in Wellington with a stealth black on black graphic. Nice deep pockets on the outside and inside of the jackets. These are a limited run and will be available exclusively through our Online...
afternoon in pram clip
A quick mess around clip filmed in a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon mission to Paraparaumu, Kapiti Coast. (After quite a big Saturday night so please excuse the not so steady filming in parts). Featuring Dylan Whatford, AJ O’Brien, and a couple humourous maneuvers from Chris Retro of NVMBSKVLL.
hospital hucking
AJ O’Brien with a nice wee frontside 180 for your Friday. Wellington Hospital, Photo: Mike Lamb
kane sd web clip
Kane had a lot of recent and old footage that was filmed in Standard Definition. Since our upcoming video is going to be all HD, we decided to put this together.
dual ledgies
A couple sequences I shot with Dylan in Porirua not so long ago. Tailside Bigspin and Five-O to switch Crooked grind. Kinda interesting watching em side by side like this.
sunday sequence #8
Brynn Durham, Frontside Feeble grind, Photos: Mike Lamb Haven’t posted a sequence in a while – here’s Brynn Kid warmin up with a front feeble down this little beefer in the Hutt.
mt cookin’
Kane Michalick, Five-0, Mt. Cook, Photos: Mike Lamb This ledge is pretty haggard. Kane was man enough to huck this Five-0 twice for dual angles, and then again for video footage.