Nek minnit he returned.
Levi Hawken, who has been in Dunedin for three years, became a YouTube sensation when he starred in the "nek minnit" video that went viral with more than one million views.
The event organiser began the annual Halloween skate jam at Thomas Burns skate park in Dunedin three years ago.
Today's three-hour jam starts at 5pm.
"I encourage parents and kids to come along," he said. "Get the family down and see some mean skating."
Free pizza would be provided for people to sink their fangs into, he said.
Many of New Zealand's best skaters, including Mike Bancroft, of Auckland, would be attending the event.
• Halloween family fun activities attracted several hundred people, mostly primary school-age children, to the Dunedin Gasworks Museum yesterday, organisers said.
Ann Barsby, a member of the museum's board, said that, thanks to the success of the activities, the event was likely to become an annual fixture.
- Shawn McAvinue & John Gibb
