Red Bull Australia

Is this the hardest-working man in skateboarding?

An average day for 26-year-old Corbin Harris could include interviewing the world’s best skateboarders for his show on Fuel TV, a photo shoot for a video or one of the magazines lined up to interview him, coffee with mates, contract negotiations, promoting his new book – Corbin Harris’ Ultimate Guide to Skateboarding – and a red-carpet do. 

It’s not exactly the live-to-skate, skate-to-live life you’d expect from one of Australia’s best, but then Corbin’s no average skateboarder.

With rugby and surfing his first loves, skateboarding found Corbin at age 14 when Vert-X skate park opened close to where he lived in Sydney’s Sutherland Shire. While his mates pursued girls and footy, Corbin started skating on his own, learning from some of the older guys at the park.

Before long, he was attracting the attention of sponsors, going on tours and proving himself to be an important fixture in the skateboarding scene.

Being sponsored by Red Bull is the latest in a long line of Corbin’s achievements.

“For me, Red Bull has always been about the hat. If you’re rocking the hat then it’s because you’re one of the best at what you do,” he says.

As well as maintaining his skills as one of Australia’s best bowl riders, Corbin is passionate about growing his sport and making it more accessible.

“I’m always trying to push the score,” he says. “To make skateboarding known to a wider audience.”

Corbin was an advisor to the Australian Sports Commission, representing skateboarding, and has campaigned for the Cronulla skate park. “I’m just trying to make skateboarding as big as it can be,” he says.