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How Kiwi Live: professional skateboarder Elissa's board and plant-riddled Christchurch cottage
When not competitively skating around the world she’s sunbathing in her plant jungle with partner Miles and cat Mango.
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Step inside the Christchurch cottage of Elissa Mah, a Downhill Skateboarding World Champion. Elissa describes her unique home style as a "cottagecore skate jungle," filled with plants and skateboards that reflect her passions.
Purchased in 2021, the home was secured with a deposit from a successful crypto investment. Her favourite spaces are the unruly garden oasis and the sunlit dining area. Future plans include renovating to improve the indoor-outdoor flow and create more space for her growing life.
Her home style in three words
The meaning of home
On financing the house
On choosing the house
On flatting as an adult
Original photo from the property listing
Favourite memory in this home
Favourite part of the home
What she’d save in a fire
On ending the day
On entertaining
On long term renovations
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