Slam Skateboarding

Ben Field

AGE: 19

LIVES: Bensville, NSW

RIDES FOR: Vans [flow], Ace Trucks, Crap247 and Boardworld

“THERE'S ALL THIS CRAP POURING INTO THE WORLD, ALL THIS BRAIN‘ROT TIKTOK SHIT.”

So, let's start with the obvious – your name is Ben and you're from a place called Bensville, right?

[Laughs]. That's right. I was born there, and I've spent my whole life in Bensville. It's between Gosford and Woy Woy on the Central Coast. It's a pretty small town; there isn't too much going on. There's a little café and a wharf. There's a skatepark pretty close as well.

That park was a bit of a disaster.

Yeah, the council built it themselves, and most of the ramps are bumpy and lumpy. They just recently resurfaced it, though, and it's actually heaps of fun. I try to go all the time just because it's local and it's something to do. It's technically in South Kincumber, though. It's not in Bensville.

Is there much else to skate around there?

The only place to skate is over behind the

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