Yenda’s Chris Vaughan laughs when asked to pick a word to describe his skateboarding style.
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“A lot of people say it’s aggressive,” Vaughan chuckles. “A lot of people don’t skate as fast as I do. I skate at 100 miles per hour.”
Now based in Sydney, Vaughan will show off his no-holds-barred technique at Sunday’s Griffith Skate Slam at Griffith Skatepark.
Vaughan will perform a demonstration and also judge the skateboarding competition, which will run in conjunction with scooter and BMX events.
The 23-year-old is still recovering from a badly broken left hand that required 20 screws to fix, but he doesn’t plan on holding back on Sunday.
“I’m just going to go have fun and see what happens,” he said.
“I won’t overthink it too much. That’s my philosophy about life in general.”
Vaughan remembers helping collect signatures when he was younger to help get the Griffith Skatepark built and is proud to be part of Sunday’s event, which is being run by Totem Skateboarding.
A professional skateboarder for the past two years, Vaughan loves nothing more than getting on a board and pushing his limits.
“It’s like an outlet for me,” Vaughan said.
“Artists have art. They paint and have their style, and I have my style of skateboarding.”
Registration for the competition starts at 10am.