Skateboarder, artist, unpredictable traveller, pioneer. There are many words to describe Chet Childress. Having discovered skateboarding in 1984, Chet’s led a three-decade strong career from living on the run, in constant search of the stoke. Desillusion Magazine editor Robin Pailler spent five days with Chet in his childhood town of Wilmington, North Carolina, to gain an insight into the mind of one of skateboarding’s greatest living legends.
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Hailing from the sunny shores of North Island, New Zealand, Christian picked up a skateboard when he was a young badger, and never let it leave his side. Winning New Zealand’s first ever SOTY in 2010 only added fuel to his fire, and influenced him to hop the pond over to Australia, where there was no slowing down
The SLS Nike SB World Tour is the primary focus for Street League Skateboarding. Every bit of qualifying (Damn Am Select Series, Tampa Am, Tampa Pro, SLS Nike SB Pro Open) all feed into the World Tour. Throughout the Season, SLS Pros earn Champ Points at each World Tour stop, skating to be one of the final eight in the SLS Nike SB Super Crown World Championship.