Mark Kent is a skateboarder (once a skater always a skater) and loves snowboarding. At Whistler in Canada his experience riding first tracks from the top of the mountain remains in the forefront of his memories along with proudly watching his daughters ski for the first time.

An unlucky bail at Elwood Bowl in Victoria in 2004 busted his leg, but it was the staph infection that resulted that led to a partial knee replacement and the end of a promising return to a much loved sport. However, it became the beginning of a passionate romance with documenting old school talents using video.

As a videographer for MOSS (Melbourne Old School Skate Sessions) he shows up here and there with a variety of cameras to capture the lifestyle, tricks and culture that is skateboarding.

Mark is also a keen motorcyclist who has ridden off-road many times in Vietnam and Cambodia. The Cambodian ride contributed to the development of a global housing project with Cambodian Motorcycle Tours.

On one of the Vietnam rides, Mark and some mates delivered school supplies by trail bike to a remote school in Far North Vietnam. The one constant has been travelling with mate Linh. Mark says he is blessed to have a friend like Linh. You’d have to ask him why …

Back in the first world Mark is a Principal of a Melbourne Primary School. 

Remote village with no name high in the mountains of northern Vietnam near the Chinese border.