Mattias Wyatt

There’s another way to navigate Bangkok – a niche one, for sure – and you'll need your balancing skills! But if you're feeling brave enough to drop a board and roll, come on in. Skaters have been mapping Bangkok on four wheels longer than most people realise – finding flat ground and ledges no one else clocks, back-alley concrete that just works for landing. It’s a different kind of city guide. Arguably a more fun one. Thai skateboarding has been serious for a long time. The scene started taking real shape in the late 80s and early 90s, imported through VHS tapes and whatever magazines made it across the border, reinterpreted through a local lens and built into something that genuinely belonged here. By the 2000s, homegrown brands such as  Preduce were cementing the culture with proper roots – shooting local videos, championing Thai skateboarders, collaborating internationally and defining what Thai skating actually stood for, not just selling boards. DIY spots started appearing. A community formed. Not too loudly, but consistently. That consistency is still the defining quality. Bangkok's skate scene is tight-knit without being cliquey, proud without being territorial – the kind of place where locals wave you into a session before you've even figured out where to drop in, where the spots feel earned rather than curated. We caught up with Mattias Wyatt of Solo Skate Travel, who's spent years moving through scenes like this one, documenting spots and the people who hold them d