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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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Professional skateboarder Elissa Mah offers a look inside her Christchurch cottage, a home she lovingly calls a "cottagecore skate jungle". The Spreydon property reflects her passions, filled with houseplants and memorabilia from her skateboarding career.
The Downhill Skateboarding World Champion purchased the renovated house using a deposit funded by a successful crypto investment. Her favourite spaces are the large garden and the sunlit dining area. Long-term plans include a major renovation to improve indoor-outdoor flow and add more space.
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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