“I don’t feel like that’s any kind of feat for me” – James Wade pokes fun at Josh Rock in SkyCity Tower drawing challenge

James Wade, Stephen Bunting and Josh Rock swapped the dartboard for a drawing pad during their trip to Auckland, with the PDC giving all three just 30 seconds to recreate the city's famous SkyCity Tower.

Each player was given 30 seconds to draw the SkyCity Tower and anything else they wanted to include around the landmark, with the three attempts cut together by the PDC.

Wade did not lack confidence when the task was explained, quickly insisting he was capable of recreating the Auckland landmark.

“I can draw a tower. I can draw a tower. I can draw that,” ‘The Machine’ insisted before getting started.

“I’m really concentrating here,” Wade remarked as the 30 seconds ticked away, before taking exception to the reaction his efforts were receiving: “You’re not supporting me with your attitude towards me.”

Rock was rather less impressed with his own effort, joking that it looked like the Eiffel Tower, while Bunting added a figure to his drawing which he identified as Rock jumping from the tower.

When the finished drawings were compared, Wade was told his effort was “miles better than Josh’s”. He was not especially impressed by the benchmark.

“Yeah, but Josh sounds like…” Wade began, before stopping himself. “I’m not going to say what Josh sounds like, but I don’t feel like that’s any kind of feat for me, to be fair.”

The challenge was filmed around the 2026 New Zealand Darts Masters, where Wade ultimately went furthest of the trio. 'The Machine' whitewashed Kayden Milne 6-0 and then beat Rock 6-4 in the quarter-finals before eventual champion Jonny Clayton ended his run with a 7-2 semi-final victory.

Rock had reached the last eight by beating Australian veteran Simon Whitlock 6-4, while Bunting's tournament ended in the opening round as Raymond Smith produced a 99.81 average and converted 85.71% of his doubles in a 6-2 upset.