SHREDDER OF THE WEEK: Melan Love
This kid is WILD! His friends would describe him as an energizer battery, a bit crazy, but also generous and caring. He runs on vegan energy and listens to hardcore music (check out his favourite song below). And if you’re seeing a kid slamming to the concrete and bouncing back up time after time, it’s probably him. Melan Love is shredder of the week!
Name: Melan Love
City: Brisbane, QLD
Age: 8
Started skating at: 8
Stance: Goofy
Favourite skatepark:
Paddington
How would your friends describe you?
A energizer battery, a bit crazy, generous and caring.
What’s your favourite thing about skating?
Feeling free
Who are your favourite skateboarders?
What do you do when you're not skateboarding?
Hang out with my friends, jump on the trampoline, think about skateboarding.
What has been the hardest trick to learn?
To ollie properly
What is your favourite skateboarding spot?
My backyard mini and Brisbane Christian College
What was the first trick you learned?
Dropping in
What tricks are you practicing at the moment?
Rainbow rail and constant 50/50 on the halfpipe.
What do you dream about achieving with skateboarding?
I just want to travel the world skating with my friends! [best plan ever, Melan]
What’s the worst slam you’ve ever done?
I’m friends with the concrete, so nothing too bad [True. If you’ve ever seen Melan skating you don’t know how he gets out in one piece.]
What’s your best skateboarding memory?
Going on a day trip last holidays with Pavement (Skateboard Coaching) to some skateparks down the coast. It was with heaps of my friends, we went to 3 parks and were gone all day. Can’t wait to do it again.
Your favourite song?
‘Control yourself’ by my dad’s band Deceiver
Burger or pizza?
Burger but a vegan one - vegan power.
Do you have a weird or hidden talent?
I can vomit just from thinking about a smell or looking at something that might smell bad [haha, best talent ever!].
Anything else we should know about you?
I just want to have fun and entertain.
“I just want to have fun and entertain”
— Melan, 8
We loved getting to know Melan a bit better. Hope you did too? Promise us to be a legend and give him some high fives next time you see him having fun and kissing the concrete at Paddington skatepark.
