Skate, Create, Educate and Regenerate (SkateCER). Seeing the city and public space differently through skateboarding and other urban and creative sports.

2025 Advisory Group

2024 – 2025

Senior Industry and Academic Advisory Group (Australia)

Professor Alex Broom, Director, Centre for Healthy Societies, the flagship centre for School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) at The University’ of Sydney. Bio

Adjunct Associate Professor HY Willam Chan, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney. Youngest-ever city councillor for Sydney’s governing team, advocate for future generations and urbanisation. Bio

Dr Xavier Ho, Lecturer in Interactive Design, Monash Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University. Researcher and Queer Games Designer, XYX Labs and Fellow at HISS, SSSHARC. Bio

Sue McGill, Participation Growth Director, Australian Sports Commission and skateboarder. Bio

Dr Victoria Rawlings, DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney. Sport and education expert. Member SSSHARC and NSW LGBTIQ+ Advisory Council. Bio

Group photo of Dr Rawlings at the SkateCER-led Playing Our Way, Thriving Together workshop with group session leaders Dilsah De Rham, Nicky Hammond, Dr Xavier Ho, Dr Indigo WIlling and Dr Aisha Malik at SSSHARC, Nov 2024

Student, Post-Graduate and Post-Doctoral Academic Advisory Group Members (Australia) 2025

Aaron Christiansen, skateboarder, skate design consultant and landscape architect hons. candidate, UNSW

Dr Ben Duester, skateboarder, skateboarder, co-founder of the SSHRED (Skateboarding, Sustainability, Health Research and Environmental Design) network, cultural sociologist and postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Musicology at the University of Göttingen

Alicia Mardones, roller skater and MA candidate, School of Architecture, Design and Planning, USYD

Skating and Urban Sport Community Development and Leadership Advisory Group (Australia)

Nicky Hayes, Founder, Spinifex Skateboards First Nations company


Sarah Huston, skateboarder and founder of Yeah Girl Media

Anastasija Kukić, graduate of architecture and sponsored roller skater, Chaya Skates

Timothy Lachlan, WCMX and Adaptive Skateboarding Australia, Sporting Wheelies Ambassador, occupational therapist, WCMX rider

Miljana Miljevic, Co-Founder, We Skate QLD and Respect is Rad / Consent is Rad

Evie Ryder, Co-Founder, We Skate QLD and Respect is Rad / Consent is Rad

Daniel Vincent, Skateboarder, artist, skate industry and Co-founder Brisbane Skateboarding Association

Sam Whyte, Founder, Foenix Cruisers Women’s Skate Group, Sydney

International Advisory Group Members 2025

Farran Golding, Editor-at-large for Quartersnacks, associate editor at Closer Skateboarding, Founder and editorial director of Skate Bylines, freelance journalist. Website

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