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Nate
@zznate.bsky.social
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Aotearoa NZ 🇳🇿 based (Kapiti coast) yank. Database stuff by day. Custom roller skate builder by night. Open source nerd. The original NoSQLJesus. Mix of leftist nz politics, distributed systems compSci, and shitposts.
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“Sunset” was the brief for these plates. Eastwood sunshine yellow and vermillion orange powders. #nzquadskating #madeinnz
Roller skate base plates with a sick fade from yellow to orange. Plate is made in New Plymouth Aotearoa New Zealand by seaside skates.
December 17, 2024 at 7:14 PM
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Blue to white ombre for team colours off to Melbourne. I think I developed an efficient system for powder coating ombres. (Took some tries though!)
Roller skate plate powder coated in a dark blue to bright white fade The plate from the other image mounted as a complete skate.
December 9, 2024 at 5:16 AM
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Of course I forgot to get my usual pics, but really happy with the way this brown/black turned out! Build details in the alt txt.
A WIFA street suede skate boot sitting on custom brown Avanti magnesium plates with natural rubber toe stops, Brunny hardcore slider blocks, and chuffed + last supper collab wheels
November 20, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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Sign game on point! #hikoi #nzpol #kikorangi
A red and black sign at the protest in Poneke with that says kill the bill but it’s a play on kill bill movie poster.
November 19, 2024 at 12:24 AM
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Shoutout to this absolute legend
Garbage pale kid parody of David Seymour fittingly eye barfing poop.
November 18, 2024 at 11:06 PM
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Powerful. Feel so grateful to be here seeing this and supporting as much as I can
Hikoi on Aotearoa New Zealand parliament Hikoi on Aotearoa New Zealand parliament
November 18, 2024 at 10:35 PM
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I had to see this recently so I’m inflicting it on you as well
October 29, 2024 at 7:56 AM
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So this Alien Weaponry documentary ruled. Just caught for film fest. Big recommend if you get a chance.
Title screen for alien weaponry documentary
August 10, 2024 at 10:56 AM
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No, but headlines like this will never not be funny. Kudos RNZ for calling it like it is.
Screenshot of Radio New Zealand article with the headline “lawyer for felon Donald trump says convictions won’t stop his presidential campaign “
June 2, 2024 at 8:15 PM
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Arguing on family chat as to why this information would ever be relevant to the average Wellington zoo goer.
A picture of a giraffe on a information placard at the Wellington zoo. The text says “The best time to move a Giraffe is when they are under 3 metres tall or 18 months old.”
April 28, 2024 at 12:50 AM
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Shoutout to the excellent view of SFO courtesy of the wind forcing a go around.
A view from an airplane window with SFO directly below way closer than it should be.
February 4, 2024 at 11:29 PM
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Mo’ skates! WIFA suede boot on custom powder coated “candy blue” reactor neo plate. Custom laces. Starting to feel like I don’t suck with the powder coat sprayer!
Brief: ocean themed dance skates
Beautiful blue roller skates mostly head on. The same blue roller skates on their side so we can see the halfway decent powder coat job Nate did
February 2, 2024 at 1:52 AM
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“Drugs”
Screenshot of A young Charlie sheen from Ferris buellers day off leans over to Jennifer Gray on a couch
December 8, 2023 at 2:05 AM
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Shop and puppy selfie
Selfie of Nate holding a puppy so active it’s blurred in indoor light on a newish iPhone. In the background is an entire wall of roller skates in a variety of colours and styles.
December 2, 2023 at 8:23 PM
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For your consideration:
Demotivational poster with the text: “consulting, if you’re not part of the solution there is good money to be made prolonging the problem”
October 30, 2023 at 2:00 AM
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Yeah, those open sessions are terrible. Take one of the learn to skate classes with Julia there. There is also an open session every Sat night I think? And discos 1x a month. It’s on their calendar.
Waterfront is much easier rocking a big outdoor wheel like so:
A Radar Energy 65mm outdoor roller skate wheel in translucent red with white text. There is a small black tag on it with “our fav outdoor wheel for distance” written on it.
October 27, 2023 at 10:14 PM
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Skate wall looking skatey 😊 if you are near the Wellington region (Aotearoa New Zealand) come on by sometime!!
An interior shot of Seaside Skates in Paraparaumu, Aotearoa New Zealand. We see a display wall with about 30 different skates hanging. They are beautiful and make you want to buy all the skates!
October 27, 2023 at 9:55 PM
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Basically:
A two panel Jesus meme with a church sign that says “you can’t enter heaven until Jesus enters you” on top and a hot shirtless white Jesus with “hey babe, want a ride to heaven” on the bottom.
October 25, 2023 at 1:29 AM
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All of lefty Aotearoa New Zealand right now:
A T-shirt in which a ratchet ass looking Kermit the frog is doing a passable kick flip on a popsicle skateboard with the text “the vibe is in shambles”
October 23, 2023 at 8:38 PM
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Wold literally die before moving my hand right now
My hand is squished between two sleeping puppies
October 15, 2023 at 1:51 AM
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Ah misremembered- these were the nz ones (new plate customer wanted me to put on)
October 14, 2023 at 7:12 AM
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Me driving home from P&S and the sun came out for a hot second.
Car selfie in which I’m wearing a green beanie and sunglasses
October 14, 2023 at 5:08 AM
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My newest skates have a moustache
A WIFA street deluxe boot in a custom multi color tawny and black nubuck leather on a silver plate and bright green roll-line helium wheels. The front of the skate has glossy black TuffToe applied in the shape of a moustache.
October 13, 2023 at 12:44 AM
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Y’all!! Come visit my cute shop!!!
Inside or Seaside Skates. There are many colourful roller skates and accessories. Another shot of the inside of Seaside Skates with colourful pads and skate boots on display.
October 13, 2023 at 12:28 AM
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The kiwi mind can’t possibly comprehend
Loading area of grizzly peak attraction at California Great Adventure. Lots of people are waiting on a slowly rotating platform to get on small boats. Other people who just went are getting off. It is a beautiful Southern California day.
September 26, 2023 at 6:21 PM