Interview by Carolina Hernandez

If you’ve ever seen a clip of someone launching themselves out of a giant ramp at an irresponsible speed, it was probably Rib. She skates like she’s late for something, swears like it’s punctuation, and somehow balances crane rigging, nails, and a full-blown skate career. With her first pro boot dropping with Chuffed, we caught up while she was mid–In-N-Out meal, to talk about skating fast, filming herself, breaking wheels, and landing a pro boot without losing her mind.

Fish brain over the famous Channel Street doorway.
Photo: Matt Fookes

So, you’re eating In-N-Out right now. What’s up with that? Was this your first meal when you came to the States?
Actually, it was my first meal and I haven’t stopped now. I’m like, well, this is good.

That shit is pretty addictive. What do you think?
I’m just wondering, um, In-N-Out. I think it’s the sauce. I think it’s the way I get it… animal style. Yeah, that goddamn sauce and the goddamn cheese, and it’s just addictive. I love this shit.

Is it like your comfort food in the States?
We keep trying to go to Raising Cane’s, but there’s this one that we drive past, and when we checked, it was opening in two days. So, I think tomorrow we’re going to go to the opening day, which is really embarrassing.

I’m positive a lot of readers know about you, but give me a little introduction. When did you start skating? Could you tell me a little more about it?
Yeah, so I’m Rib. I am from Australia originally, started skating in Brisbane, and then I’ve been in Melbourne for about two and a half years now. I’m a crane rigger. I am also a nail tech, and I love skating big, big transitions. I don’t mean to say I’m a vert roller skater, because I feel like it’s way too hard explaining what transition is, you know what I mean? When I’m talking to someone who doesn’t understand roller skating, you know, Tony Hawk, right, right? No, really, I’m like, you know how he skates those big ramps, the ones that start going vertical at the top, I skate those, too.

You also find full pipes and little sketchy transitions in the wild, it’s not just the skateparks. Where does that passion for transition come from?
I think I just love skating fast. I don’t have fun if I’m going slow. I’ll drop in and have one trick in mind because it’s like you never know where you’re going to finish your grind. You never know what speed you’re going to finish with, so you just have to figure out the rest, that’s flow obviously. I enjoy just piecing it all together at the moment and it’s fun. I think it just itches my brain in the right way that street doesn’t give me, I guess. I also just haven’t taken the time to start to skate street much and there’s something about the way that you fall, everything’s like corners and rails and they’re all trying to kill you. The transition on the other hand, hugs you when you fall. The only thing with a big transition is like just don’t eject off? Because then if you fall flat like that’s bad. That’s why I wear my protective gear. I’m going to skate for a long time.

Alley-oop 50-50.
Photo: Brendan Frost

You’ve got to protect yourself while doing big tricks. Otherwise, you’re not going to be skating for a long time.
Yeah, like some of these baddies might be going through there like a second knee reconstruction surgery, and I’m going to still have my new pads on and be skating. No hate on it, just more like you go so fast, let alone us slamming like that.

I am on my first knee reconstruction, and I get what you’re saying.
You’re wearing knee pads, right?

I have to. It’s not a fucking option at this point. You come to this point where you’ve fucked up your body and you’ve got to take care of it now, or you’re not going to be walking when you’re 40.
I would like to say, this is touching wood. I’m like holding on to wood right now. I have never had a serious injury while skating.

The main factor for Injuries is the lack of confidence and the lack of connection. But it’s like, you know what the fuck you’re doing and you’re locked in. I think that in your case, you send it, but are also pretty self-aware of what you’re doing.
Yeah, really, it’s the opposite of what skateboarders do when I go to a spot, and then they’re like doing this trick for the first time at the spot.

On social media, people will be watching videos and be like, “That looks easy. That’s so easy for them.” But I’ve seen you skate spots and I’m like, “Dude. This is a battle.” I’ve seen you doing the Bay 66 in London, where you did that acid. That was bad, but it was good.
Crashing out like I need to hold my therapist after that.

I was like,“Is she okay?” and then you landed, so pissed at the spot. It’s like people just don’t see that, you know, they just see the result. There’s so much that goes on behind.
No, for real, when I’m battling like that, or I know I’m actually shooting pictures or filming or anything like that, I know exactly how my brain is, and you’ve seen it where I fully crash out. I’ve been in LA for two weeks and I was taking pictures for Fantom on my first week. That’s when I asked and I was like,“Hey, can we actually have no roller skaters?” It was just me, the filmer, the photographer, Darian Brown and Matt Fookes, so lovely to work with by the way, and I feel bad that they had to see me like that, absolutely crashing out. I don’t like roller skaters, seeing that. A lot of them are people I’ve just met, or they have this idea of me on Instagram and stuff. I genuinely like skating like that to get certain content. I always push myself to be at this certain level. I want it to be the best; I want it to be the highest air I’ve ever done. I want it to be the most locked, and I want it to be steezy. So, I’m pushing myself up to the point of tears, but it’s just because I am like a very passionate person. I cannot do anything chill. I played gay soccer, and it’s a no-contact sport, so you don’t hurt people. But I was not good with footwork because I’ve never done it before. I would charge at people and then turn around and put my hands up, and then they would run into me, but I didn’t contact them. Yeah, it was bad.

Photo: Brendan Frost

You’re competitive.
I like to say I’m not competitive. I’m so competitive that I don’t want to get put into a situation because I’ll go feral. It’s bad. Like I will hunt you down. I’m just disgusting when it comes to competition, and I don’t like putting myself in competition, like in terms of skating, because I can’t be chill about it.

You’re already battling these things in your head, right? Not having roller skaters around when you’re doing this type of stuff doesn’t mean you don’t want to share with them. It’s more like, you’re taking time out for yourself.
I want to save them from me.

Exactly. People think roller skating is all fun and it is a joyous thing, but you’re displaying a different side of yourself. It’s like an alter ego, just going out there like sending it. I really love that about you.
There are two wolves inside of me. One is really feral and horrible about landing skate stuff and like having the highest standards for landing tricks, and then the other is community-based, like everyone just has fun. I can’t mix the two; that is my battle, and I hate when people that I have a real, joyous, beautiful time with see me when I’m in my feral state. Sometimes I can’t even watch the clip or see any of the photos straight after because I’m just like it was not good. It was just so emotional, like I need to calm down. I need an exorcism or something.

I remember from a past interview. You mentioned that you got diagnosed with autism, and then you made it public on Instagram. How does this reflect on your skating?
Leading into the fact that I’m passionate about everything, and I just give everything my 100% ties into the fact that I am a neurodivergent woman, especially with autism. I’m just so passionate about everything, I can’t do anything chill, even the fact that my favorite color is green, I just take it and run with it. I love it.


You’re going to be like, the all-green lady.
Exactly, that ties into autism, so I think it was in June or July, about mid this year. I finally got diagnosed with autism and ADHD. It was a dual diagnosis, and I’m going to use that analogy again, there are two wolves inside of me. One has autism, one has ADHD, and they’re quite opposite; that’s what led to me not being diagnosed, and I was always taking it quite literally, which is an autistic trait. I’ve been skating for five years but I hate saying how many years I’ve been skating, and I would prefer if we somehow had a timer of how many hours I’ve put in being on roller skates. You know people get insecure about it, especially if I say I’ve been skating since Covid, but they don’t understand that it was four times a week like hours and hours and I was hitting three skateparks in a day. I have chilled out since then, because I’m like an adult with a job. Then it was like consistency and a genuine love for it that made it blow up. I’ve known about being autistic for, I’m going to say, about three to four years. It actually started with the rise of social media. There’s an awareness for everything; everyone is just getting bombarded with information all the time. There are always positive-negatives to everything. I remember seeing, like a lot more about it, and I was always curious because I always felt there was just something I was missing. I just felt like I always tried so hard to fit in with the friend groups and stuff. There’s just something off, and I always thought I was an alien of some sort, like I don’t know what happened. I’m just a little bit off. You know what I mean? Like I’m trying so hard, and everyone knows about it somehow. I finally looked into it more. My mom even opened up about being curious that I was, but I was always a very high performer in school. So, it wasn’t seen to be a problem even though I was struggling socially. I’ve known for a while, and then I finally got diagnosed. It was quite expensive. So, if you take personality tests, it’s basically a proper personality report of exactly how your brain works. It’s really so fun.


I mean, it’s worth the money. How much was it?
$2,600.


Oh my god. It’s either that or getting a new knee because that’s what it costs to get a new knee here.
Yeah, okay. Well, see that’s why I wear knee pads. Right?

A clean, stylish judo air.
Photo: Matt Fookes


What is your dream besides wearing green all the time?
Are you joking? I own a frog.


Yeah, what about your frog dude? It’s so gorgeous, it’s so adorable. What’s the name of the frog?
So, his name is Bowly. He’s an Australian green tree frog, and he’s 15 years old. In three years, he can legally drink in Australia.

He’s going to be a full adult.
I know! He’ll be able to get a tattoo or something. We can get matching tattoos.


I don’t think that’s legal, first.
Yeah. No, first, that was a joke. Second, if he wants to, he can do it because he will be an adult, so it’s okay. He’s my friend’s childhood frog. Basically, he got this frog when he was five years old. It’s been growing up with him. And so, he’s looking after Bowly at the moment. I’ve seen pictures of some of the random people holding Bowly at the parties.

That’s illegal, it’s underage, what the fuck.
Yeah, I know he’s not drinking, he’s allowed to be there, that’s what I’m saying. I didn’t fully explain autism and ADHD, but that doesn’t matter.


I think that what you said was pretty on the spot.
Yeah, $2,600 for a whole report, and it basically just showed how my brain works, my strengths, my weaknesses, which has really helped me, and also really helped me be kinder to myself about everything, you know. This is like a weakness of mine, and just being able to work on that, or even, for example, in the report, my memory is pretty poor and not even bad. It’s honestly just like average to below average. I scored in the 97th percentile for fast thinking. So, there’s this gap between me thinking fast and then absolutely forgetting it by the time, which is very frustrating. I’ve just had to learn to write stuff down straight away, things like that. ADHD is a dopamine deficiency order disorder. So, I feel like I’m always chasing, like when you’re doing something last-minute and you know, you’re a bit stressed out about it? I don’t like it, but my brain does. Do you know what I mean? It’s weird. It’s really annoying if my autism side doesn’t like it. I don’t really enjoy it, but it just happens.


I really liked what you said about being kinder to yourself.
That’s the goal. You’re with yourself forever.

Handplant invert at Garwanza.
Photo: Matt Fookes


I say the same. Like, you should be happy with the person you are every day. I feel like it’s a little harder these days because there are so many things around telling us this is right, that is wrong. This makes you good, that makes you bad, and if you don’t have yourself right now, you’re fucked up, but no, honestly, it’s such a hard path to find the right mental health, the right tools for what you’re battling inside, right?
It’ll always be a journey. It’s not like you hit it and you’re like; I love myself now. You have to keep loving yourself. You’re continuously loving yourself, but I feel like we’re also just exposed to so much now that it feels very overwhelming. We can put down the phones if needed. People just need to ask, why more? That’s my one thing. Some of you bitches need to ask why? One big thing has been observing my own life, because obviously, everyone’s going through their own battle. No one is not going through a battle. You know what I mean? People use such definite words as good or bad, but it’s more about looking at why you feel a certain way about something happening and asking why? An example would be, I see a picture of a hot girl doing something and it’s making me angry. But then it’s like, why? Girl, why? and then it’s like, oh, I’m feeling insecure because I feel this way about my body.


That’s a pretty cool way to put it out.
Yeah, I just use it to better myself.


Sometimes it’s a good mirror, as you said. Sometimes we think, I want to be happy, what am I taking from this shit? You know, is this good or is this bad?
Exactly, like it’s always about bettering myself and my relationship with myself. It makes me a better friend. It makes me more present, and I’m a better human.


Okay, so I wanted to ask, what is up with all your jobs? You have the most random jobs, like you mentioned, you work in crane rigging? And like lots of really cool jobs to have at your age.
I’m going to tie this into the fact that it’s like ADHD, it’s just like collecting hobbies you were just passionate about. You do it for a bit, and then you kind of drop it, but I feel like, somehow, with the ADHD, my autism also kicks in, where it’s like I am obsessed with it now, and I need to know everything, now for multiple things, which is really cool. Crane rigging gave me a lot of confidence. People can’t believe that I’ve had this portfolio of things that I’ve learned and have achieved, but quite literally, if a human can do it, why can’t you learn?

All of these hobbies and jobs you have are so different from each other. Crane rigging is like an office job, but then it’s full of men, and then you’re an alien again, right?
Luckily, it fell perfectly into my skill set with communication. You have to have an eye for detail, be organized, and you can’t be late. I didn’t realize a lot of people didn’t have that skill. I love my job so much. I love having to figure stuff out. I’m a problem solver, it’s so fun because I don’t know where I’m going every day, I don’t know what I’m picking up. I just have to get there and then figure it out, and I think that’s when you use a bit of math. You have to try and figure it out. It’s crazy because if I do something wrong, this could kill me and people around me, cause damage, destroy a building or a multi-million-dollar machine.
So, the stakes are high.

But then, you have this other job that is with the nail tech, more artsy, more creative. It feels like a totally different side of you.
I think as much as they seem totally different, like blue vs. pink, it’s very hands-on with tools. It’s honestly quite similar in that regard, where I’m quite good with hands-on stuff, I love learning and actually doing stuff. The one place you’ll never see me is in corporate or like white collar. I mean, everyone’s different. Thank god because I don’t want to be doing that, and I think that’s beautiful because we all have different strengths. As much as it looks like I can do everything, it doesn’t mean I want to. I don’t know how, but I’ve somehow hit a lot of different things.

Do you feel that has to do with you being a Virgo? Being organized and stuff.
I do, definitely. I’m also a Virgo raised by a Virgo and I’m Asian, so I guess I’m quite disciplined. I’m always doing something. I don’t think anyone would want to trade. They couldn’t trade lives with me because they couldn’t keep up with the schedule I have, it’s ridiculous. I think a lot of people are just like, “How do you do it?” But it’s like you just do it, like you just have to start and do it. If I have a spare moment, I’ll start researching. I’ll look into it in a moment. I want to know. It’s the passion again. I was just weirdly gifted with being creative and I also just love learning.

I think it’s putting the intention into what you’re interested in. You remind me a lot of how I felt when I was younger. So, by the time this magazine is out, you’re going to have your pro boot.
YES! Voilà!

First of all, congratulations! I think you’re one of the few people I really picture putting out a pro product in the industry.
Ay, thank you, girl.

I’m really stoked for you. How has this process been of putting the pro product out?
I’ve probably known for two years. Samantha Trayhurn, from Chuffed Skates, told me she wanted to make a pro product with me, but obviously, we had people in mind, and I’m thankful that I had those years because I got better.

Better, faster, stronger.
Catch up, catch up, catch up. Better, richer, faster, nicer. More therapies. To be honest, I’m joking. It’s perfect. I’m glad I had the years to develop not only as a person, because I’m 23, so you can imagine whatever the fuck I was doing when I was 21, skating, yes, but just in a different place in life. Like I’ve moved more into my skin and met more people and had more experiences. Learned the goddamn lessons. I’ve known for two years, but we properly started design processing at the end of last year with the release of Lanna’s boot.


It takes a lot of work to make a product like this.
Yeah, it is. I pretty much knew exactly what I wanted. Obviously, I want green! Everyone has to wear green. This is my dream, actually, world domination. I always knew I wanted green and was trying to figure out ways to improve the skates, but also to be realistic because there are always limitations to any type of production. So, we designed a beautiful boot. The process has been so cool, but I was hit with such a roadblock in my mentality, I didn’t feel like a pro. I was getting really stressed out with work, and I had this over my head that I was going to be a pro skater when I wasn’t even skating. I wasn’t even enjoying skating when I had the time because of the pressure. I felt like I was not skating like a pro because I think I was at my peak when I was in Europe last year. I was crazy back then.

Photo: Luke Coulson


You’re still crazy. It’s just a different mindset, the way you approach things. All of this process to get to the point you’re at now was necessary, and sometimes it’s like you give it a little bit of time just to be prepared, in the right place. With all the possibilities you have in your hand right now, in the future, you’re going to be looking back at this LA trip and be like, “Oh shit yeah, I was doing all that crazy shit back then,” right?
Exactly, yeah, that’s the hardest part. I just feel like I’m never happy with where I’m at, but that’s the downside to striving for perfection: you’ll never get there. Perfection doesn’t exist.


It’s good because it makes you eager to do more. That’s the thing with being pro: you inspire a lot of people with your style, with the way you portray your skating, how creative and fearless you are. Only a few people can pull that off.
Thank you, I appreciate that. I remember when I had this big talk with Sam about it when I was like, I don’t know if I can be a pro, I don’t feel like a pro. I’m not skating like a pro. And she said, “I’m not making you pro because of how you skate, obviously that’s a factor. We’ve always loved how you skate, but there’s so much more to it.” And then I remembered what you were saying about inspiring and getting people on skates, just putting out a product for people to use and seeing them wear it. You guys altered my brain, and I was like, I’m back. I literally needed it. I’ve been trying to get out of my therapist for too long, and she just doesn’t fully grasp what the fuck’s happening because everything’s always happening. Being sponsored is this thing that you strive for when skating, like everyone starts just because they’re having fun, and then when they find out they can get all this expensive gear for free, they wonder If they’re good enough and stuff. But, at the end of the day, what people don’t realize is that it’s a business exchange. I’ve left companies because I’ve realized that I’d rather pay the money for the product to not have to owe them content. And it’s content in terms of like, I have to go out, I have to film in it. I have to land these particular tricks. I have to post it. And yeah, it does turn into another job because it’s using up your time as well. And that’s why I’m like, trying to figure out how to say it in terms of influencing people from skating to get sponsored. Like, if you want to be sponsored, you should love that brand and product, it shouldn’t just be to get free stuff.

If you get appreciated, that’s amazing. If you don’t, well, you’re going to keep skating. Right? Because you really like it.
Right. You’ve got to do it because it gives you joy.


Especially being a skater who puts a lot of work into their craft. It is not easy for you to be creating content every other day.
I don’t even post skating anymore at the moment.

That’s the thing. When you post it, it’s amazing, right?
Yeah. I’m being mysterious.

The Now or Never video is out. That video was so amazing. Literally, the vibe is like it’s from a movie. Did you like it?
Girl! Yes. When I watched it for the first time, it was so cool! Even just being a bit homesick and just hearing the sounds of Australia, I was like, wow. Because all I hear is sirens and cars every five minutes. It shows how beautiful Australia is. We just had so much fun, we can’t stop talking about it. I’m not the best at traveling with people. I’m a person who lives by myself. I’m so particular with all of my stuff. It somehow just worked. Everything worked.

Photo: Megan Humphreys

We had you and Mud Smith, who are both autistic. And it works.
I think on trips, I need a safe person at all times. Even having Swampy here in LA while I was doing all of my work stuff, he was coming with us every day just so I could decompress because I was losing my mind, and he’s like, “No, I get it.” He sort of gets it. So, I just can’t believe how well a group of people traveled together for a week. No disputes, nothing. Everything was chill. Everything ran on time. We had to face so many people visiting. It was also raining, but we made the most of it. It was so fun, and I’m so excited to get older and have a video that I can just show the homies, like, this is what I did in August 2025, whatever the fuck I’m doing when I’m old. Show my robot wife or something. You know what I mean? I don’t know what’s going to happen later. And it just feels good. It’s not like the usual skateboard formula of like, hammer, hammer, hammer. It’s like a movie. It’s like you were there, traveling with us, seeing Australia, experiencing nature and the battles of it being wet and stuff like that, which I really enjoyed.

How was LA? I’m curious.
LA actually culture shocked me to my core. But it’s been really fun. My first time meeting Matt Fookes, who was my photographer the whole time. He picked me up from the airport at 7 a.m. I tried sleeping pills for the first time.

Dude, I hate it. I hate planes. But I force myself just to be in there.
Well, what are you going to do, jump out?

Yeah, I’m like, it’s not in my hands anymore.
Exactly, so 16 hours is chill. But all my friends have been like, you just pass out the whole time. And I’m like, sweet. Normally, I’m a champion sleeper, but I just struggle sleeping on a plane because it’s always fucking uncomfortable. So, I tried sleeping pills and took my first one an hour into the flight. I was trying to fall asleep. And then, three hours later, I was like, that’s not hitting. So, I took another one.

Riblet commits to a long acid, threading the empty space between the buildings for the shot.
Photo: Matt Fookes

Oh my god.
Passed out. I was dead. But we landed. And so, I’ve gotten up, groggy. I had to get off the plane, but I stood up immediately feeling nauseous. I just see the flight attendant, and I’m like, are the bathrooms still open? I threw up all the really good airplane food. So, I had an empty stomach, which really pissed me off. But I was just so nauseous the whole time. And I’m freaking out about customs because I don’t know what to expect. I’ve never been here. Trying to be really chill and just say the right things, but I’m also sick as a dog. I don’t know why I’m always fucking something up on my international travels.

It happens, it’s the rock star life.
Yeah, Matt probably thought I was a rock star. And I’m like, “Sorry, but I don’t even drink.” Anyway, I threw up on the plane, and I grabbed a vomit bag because I’m like, this is probably going to happen again, but I need to get through customs. I needed to get into this country at least. I survived the flight and got through customs so easily. I just have that, professional riz, I guess. The professional charisma. Like, small talk. I’ve learned it. I know this.

So, your secret weapon.
A little bit. I’m waiting for Matt to pick me up. I’ve never met this man before. I get into the car. He knows that, he knows this, driving in LA is crazy, but he’s not using a blinker, and he is just nearly missing turns the whole time. I’m nauseous. I’m dying. And then I’m meeting him for the first time. Talking to him, I got my vomit bag. I have nothing in me either. So, it’s just, like, gagging and a little bit of bile, but I’m just gagging the whole time and trying to keep a conversation going with him as well. Can you imagine? I’m like, “Oh, I’m fine.” I have nothing in my stomach, but I’m talking through it as well. Like, I just can’t shut up because this is my first interaction with someone. It was so bad. He just dropped me at the skate apartment, and I just finally fell asleep. I died for the first day. It was just a crazy way to start here. But my favorite day was in Little Tokyo, which is really funny because it’s not even like it. I love Japan, and I haven’t even been there yet.

Photo: Luke Coulson


I know it’s on your list of places to go.
It’s been the only country on my list my whole life, and I still haven’t gone. To sum up, I’ve always watched YouTube. I’ve always been connected with America in an online kind of way. So, I had this fantasy of it in my head. But now that I’ve grown up and I understand the difference in political views, and it’s like, I feel all the problems have been amplified in America, which has been such a cultural shock to me.


Was the skating good? Do you like what you skated?
I really loved Channel Street, which is a DIY spot. But I will tell you, on the first day of skating, I did an air, and I kept doing this air because I wanted it to be as high as possible. The last one I did; both of my feet clipped the coping. I went from the top of the coping, straight down onto my chest. My hands were in front. Onto my chest, and I hit my head. The first day I got this new helmet, I already hit my head and everyone was just shouting out loud as fuck. I hit my head on my beautiful new helmet but it looks really good that way. The photographer and the filmer could not believe what was happening. And I was like,”No, it’s okay.” Nothing actually hurt for long. But, I love Shannon Street. I love DIYs.


That was funded by the locals, and they take a lot of care of it.
Shout out to them.


I knew you were going to love it.
Yeah, Channel Street’s so good. And there were some other cool spots. There’s this one touristy one. It’s on top of a barrier. They’ve made the most beautiful ramp. So, there’s this one where I’m doing an acid grind across the barrier. And Matt was like, “See that?” Like, he was like, “See that skyline? There’s a little square there. Are you going to grind the whole thing? Because I need you in that square.” I was like, “Watch this.” And he got it perfectly as well. Like, that was teamwork. He clutched that. It’s such a good picture. That was so fun. I wanted to get a touristy picture because I think it’s so funny that I’m here. I can’t believe America’s real.

Photo: Megan Humphreys


Who invented this?
I think that’s my statement. Like, I’ve been watching America my whole life, and I can’t believe I’m actually in it. I’ve never planned a trip here. I’ve never even thought I would. Very privileged that it just happened. There’s this other spot I like, but there’s a light pole, like, lamp posts, basically lining an alley. Somehow, someone made a ramp that went into a bank. I was, like, airing, but I’m having to go uphill because I need to go up the ramp. So, I’m going uphill, charging as fast as I can. I landed this six times. It wasn’t hard. I just wanted to get a nice extension on the leg. Because the one thing about Matt and me working together is, he always says, “Let’s get one more,” because he wants it to be perfect. And I’m always like, “Let me do that again until it feels good.” I want it to be perfect, too. So, us working together was so funny because I would do it until I got injured. It was fun, though.

I hope you got the shot.
Yeah, but they’re all good. He’s like, “The second one actually ends up being really good.” And I was like, “Oh, for fuck’s sake.” So funny. Anyway, the last one where I hurt myself was because I was charging at this ramp, I hit a rock, flew into a pole, and I just had a really sore groin kind of muscle on the right side. Somehow it stretched me out. I was doing the splits again and I just instantly cried. I packed it up for the day. I was like, “we got the shot.” It was cool. The skating’s been good. It was good working with the team. They were so
fun. I’ve really enjoyed Little Tokyo. I’m really enjoying secondhand shopping. Girl, you don’t even know how much money I’ve spent on clothes.

I can only imagine.
I’ve been saving for this trip. I’ve been selling so many of my clothes on Depop. I’ve been watching thrift haul American videos for like 10 years. Like I was made to shop here and Salma Solimon will back me up.

Sweatstance at Channel Street.
Photo: Matt Fookes

Thrifting in Australia is not the best. It’s so overpriced, and it’s not even good.
Exactly. I’m glad you get it. We go into a store here, and then by the time I go out, it’s dark. We’ve done this twice now. It’s not good. I can’t. Anyway, I’ll give you a haul one day. Like, it’s coming. There’ll be a big haul. But yeah, I haven’t even seen any influencers in the wild. I thought I’d see more influencers.

Anyway, you still have time.
Yeah, it’s so funny. I still have.

It can be you.
I’m an influencer in the wild. That’s what I’m saying. I’m the one. Plot twist.


RIBLET X FANTOM
FROGS-BANE MESH-JERSEY

Jersey Front
Jersey Back

We collaborated with Riblet on a mesh jersey that has frog art from her interview on the front and custom Fantom logo on the back.