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Some people see a gap. Trevor Ward sees a “why not?” and gets to work. After years skating professionally, he knew the talent was there. The opportunities? Not always so much. “I wanted to give these kids everything I didn’t have, to go to another level.” So Trevor did what any determined GoldCoaster might do… found a warehouse in Burleigh and got building. Enter LVL UP. A place for young skaters to chase big tricks, bigger goals and whatever comes next. Turns out, you don’t need to follow someone else’s blueprint when you can build your own. And if that’s not GoldCoaster thinking, we don’t know what is. Watch Trevor’s full story through the link in our bio or head straight to goldcoaster.com.au to find out more. CREDITS  Firme Agency Director / Creative Director: Rob Garwood @robhufnagel Director of Photography: Nathan Prostamo @nathanprostamo 1st AC / Sound Recordist: Brad Colman @bradley_colman Grip / Gaffer: Matt Cox @mattcoxmc Producer: Jacinta Crane @jacintacrane Editor: Georgia Mackay @gmac.edits Colour: Rafaim @rafaim_ Sound: Rob Rivers @robriv3rs Brand Gold Coast Creative team: Simon Wise & Madeleine Lefebvre @siwise @0kmadds Special thank you to @lvlupaus #GoldCoast #GoldCoaster #Skateculture #Skateboarding #lvlupaus taken in Burleigh Heads, Queensland by @goldcoaster.au
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In a world of board vs books, Trevor Ward always believed you shouldn't have to choose one. The former pro skater's now behind LVL UP, helping the next generation of groms chase it on the board without ditching the schoolwork, all from a Burleigh warehouse. Why do it anywhere else? Shot by @ellatubmanfilms #goldcoaster #goldcoast #LVLUP #skateboarding #skateculture by @goldcoaster.au
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Every pioneering thing Soheil built started with a hard no. The first Versace hotel began as a 30-minute meeting that ran all day. Q1 began as a question: we have approval for two 40-storey towers, so why not stack them?⁠ ⁠ "When someone in business says no to you, you should not see it as a negative thing. You must see it as a light that is shed on a new way, a better way. When something goes badly, something else opens. It is a crisis and a victory."⁠ ⁠ Every no was a door he hadn't found yet. That's Goldcoaster thinking - creative, relentless, always asking how it could be better.⁠ ⁠ Find out more about Soheil's story at the link in our bio or head straight to goldcoaster.com.au 💭 CREDITS Firme Agency Director / Creative Director: Rob Garwood @robhufnagel Director of Photography: Nathan Prostamo @nathanprostamo 1st AC / Sound Recordist: Brad Colman @bradley_colman Grip / Gaffer: Matt Cox @mattcoxmc Producer: Jacinta Crane @jacintacrane Editor: Georgia Mackay @gmac.edits Colour: Rafaim @rafaim_ Sound: Rob Rivers @robriv3rs Brand Gold Coast Creative team: Simon Wise & Madeleine Lefebvre @siwise @0kmadds by @goldcoaster.au
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Soheil Abedian arrived in 1980 with an architecture degree, no English and a ruling that his qualifications didn't count in Queensland. Told he could design buildings as long as he never called himself an architect, he did the only thing that made sense: he built his own house. It looked like nothing else on the coast, and the city's biggest developers couldn't ignore it. From there he went on to shape skylines, including the world's first Versace hotel and the Q1 tower.⁠ ⁠ Today Abedian spends most of his week mentoring young Gold Coasters and backing architecture students through university, dishing out pieces of gold like this. ⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #goldcoaster #architecture #qldarchitecture taken in Bond University by @goldcoaster.au
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Go teaches us that you never truly feel ready, you just have to start somewhere… Rather than start modestly, Go took a risk and reached out to what he considered to be the top gallery on the Gold Coast: 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace. Terri Lew, who represents artists from Australia and around the world, was open to this artist who had just recently looked up, “How to be an artist?” Go laughs when he thinks of Terri. “She is so awesome, because she doesn’t sugarcoat anything. She told me, ‘Bring your work in. I’ll take a look. But don’t get your hopes up.’ She took me on. And I thought, yes, I made it.” Find out more about Go’s story at the link in our bio or head straight to goldcoaster.com.au 🖼️ CREDITS Firme Agency Director / Creative Director: Rob Garwood @robhufnagel Director of Photography: Nathan Prostamo @nathanprostamo 1st AC / Sound Recordist: Brad Colman @bradley_colman Grip / Gaffer: Matt Cox @mattcoxmc Producer: Jacinta Crane @jacintacrane Editor: Georgia Mackay @gmac.edits Colour: Rafaim @rafaim_ Sound: Rob Rivers @robriv3rs Brand Gold Coast Creative team: Simon Wise & Madeleine Lefebvre @siwise @0kmadds #goldcoaster #artist #localartist #goldcoastartist taken in 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace by @goldcoaster.au
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Richard is a local artist who believes you can’t really know where the Gold Coast is going without honouring where it’s been. You’ll find him immortalising old bait shops, takeaways and massage parlours out of Mint Art House in Burleigh, because every good city needs someone documenting what made it special in the first place. #goldcoaster #goldcoastartist #screenprinter taken in Mint Art House by @goldcoaster.au
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2 months ago
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Actually Good Matcha makes pretty awesome drinks, but they also make sure they're connecting with their awesome community of local business... and potentially, your dad. Caity chats to us about all things collabs and their latest weekly special, burnt fig and double vanilla matcha. Thanks for having us 🤝 Shout out to the local businesses Caity has partnered with: @seanscottboutique @lazaruslab @aartyboi.ink @hismile @albaciogelatonaturale @maneintimates @bleachsunday_ @sabbi_thestore @row.mine And an honourable mention to the location: @apressurfbar taken in Apres Surf by @goldcoaster.au
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Go Suga came back to the Gold Coast at nineteen with no finished schooling, no plan, and a sense he’d failed at the place once already. His father told him to look into something to do with art. He went to TAFE, missed the enrolment cutoff, and didn’t know what a portfolio was. The teachers walked him through it anyway, after hours. He’s gone on to become one of Australia’s leading pop artists, with solo shows on New York and Berlin behind him. #goldcoaster #goldcoastartist #popart taken in 19 Karen Contemporary Artspace by @goldcoaster.au
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2 months ago
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It didn’t have to be anything fancy. They didn’t want it to be pretentious or trendy like everything around them in Brisbane, where they had hoped to open a restaurant. The drive to the Gold Coast, for a New Year’s Eve party at the turn of 2016, gave Tony and Claudia Pattinson time to complain a bit about how their dream to open a modest but cool place kept being thwarted by what was happening everywhere: red tape and boring everywhere-big-city vibes. “We don’t need anything flash,” Tony was saying, in the car. “We just need something small and affordable. They went through a roundabout at Griffith Street in Coolangatta and there it was: a grubby, non-descript storefront with a for lease sign. “Like that,” he said. A special thank you to @anthonypattinson @cloudypatts @francjrs Find out more about Claudia and Tony’s story at the link in our bio or head straight to goldcoaster.com.au ❤️ CREDITS Firme Agency Director / Creative Director: Rob Garwood @robhufnagel Director of Photography: Nathan Prostamo @nathanprostamo 1st AC / Sound Recordist: Brad Colman @bradley_colman Grip / Gaffer: Matt Cox @mattcoxmc Producer: Jacinta Crane @jacintacrane Editor: Georgia Mackay @gmac.edits Colour: Rafaim @rafaim_ Sound: Rob Rivers @robriv3rs Brand Gold Coast Creative team: Simon Wise & Madeleine Lefebvre @siwise @0kmadds #goldcoaster #goldcoastfood #goldcoastbusiness taken in Nobby Beach, Queensland by @goldcoaster.au
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2 months ago
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A Gold Coast morning wouldn’t be complete without someone wearing lycra and thongs ringing their bell at you at 6am. taken in Sundale Bridge Southport by @goldcoaster.au
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2 months ago
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Tony and Claudia had a dream that could only become a reality on the Gold Coast. Some say it’s a coincidence, we say it’s meant to be. Stay tuned for the full Franc Jrs story 🍕 #goldcoaster #goldcoastbusiness #goldcoastfood #pizzagram taken in Nobby Beach by @goldcoaster.au
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Swim. Run. Surf. Walk it off. Repeat tomorrow. GoldCoasters don’t do well sitting down… Imagery @musehousecreative #goldcoast #goldcoaster #morningroutines taken in Currumbin, Queensland, Australia by @goldcoaster.au
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