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Hawkes Bay mountain biker, surfer, award-winning author and all-round good guy Aaron Topp has been nominated as a finalist in the New Zealand Book Awards For Children And Young Adults for his excellent teen fiction novel Hucking Cody.

Topp previously won an Honour Award at the 2007 NZ Post Children’s Book Awards’ Best First Young Adult Fiction Book for Single Fin, based on the surf culture rather than the dirt of Cody’s world. Aaron’s also a contributor here at ChainSlap which is no doubt the highlight of his writing career!

We have two copies of Hucking Cody to give away, and not only that Aaron will sign them for you! If you have a teen who’s into mountain biking, or just reading, they’ll love this book.

All you have to do is post your best hucking photo, or attempted huck, or result of an attempted huck gone wrong, on Instagram or our Facebook page, mention @chainslapmag in your caption, tag in two friends, hashtag #hucktowin and we’ll pick the two best entries with expert judging from Aaron himself. We’ll announce the winners at the end of August.

Photo Random House

Photo Random House

Read the official press release here…