Satoshi and Jun at Shin-Yokohama

I had a super fun session with these talented and very nice freestyle skateboarders while recently in Japan. It's so great to have skateboarding friends all over the world!

Article about my skateboarding schools that inspire girls

I was featured in a local newspaper about my skateboarding schools that inspire girls to take up skateboarding. The article is also about the goal to get skateboarding into the olympics in 2020, and my hopes that I can be part of it, with freestyle skateboarding as a demo sport.

World Round-Up 2014 roadtrip, part 1

While planning my trip to Canada for this years World Round-Up in Canada I got asked by Günter Mokulys, 9 or 10 times freestyle World Champion, to join him and Swedish freestyler Felix Jonsson (who is also a World Champion) for a roadtrip. Meeting up in San Fransisco and then rent a car and drive to Vancouver and then drive down to southern California and Las Vegas.

I had to think about this opportunity for a day or two. I already was missing out of tons of demos, as they seemed to all happen in May, same week as the World Round-Up. The roadtrip would mean I would probably miss out of more. On the other hand I had not been in Calfornia since 2011, and I used to go once every year since 2000.

So I decided to join Günter and Felix. I have travelled alone many times so I was excited and thought it would be fun to go on a roadtrip with fellow freestylers. So we started to make a plan, and with Germans it's easy to plan in details. 

Me and Felix flew in to San Fransisco, an 18 hour flight (transfer in Frankfurt, Germany) and met up with Günter. We rented a car and briefly passed by the Golden Gate bridge. I was in San Fransisco in 2000 for a contest, but did not have time to go see the Golden Gate, so it was about time. 

The movie nerd in me imagined things happening on and around the bridge... Planes flying under the bridge, things rising out of the water etc. But to my disappointment nothing happened.

Next was a 22 hour drive to Vancouver, even though Google maps said less than 15. But eating and filling up gas takes time, and Günter took his time preparing coffee at each stop. Not sure what he puts in his coffee, but it must be a very special mix as it takes so long, and then the usual when all are in the car and ready to go, someones goes: "Wait, I need to go to the bathroom!".

I have a license since a few years ago, but our "tour leader" Günter decided I am too much of a beginner driver. Felix was behind the wheel a few hours, but most of the time Günter was driving.

Looking back an 18 hour flight and then a 22 hour drive, getting to Vancouver at 11 pm 

and the 4 days event starting the next day may seem to be a bit crazy to say the least.

It was nice to see parts of California I never have seen before, and Oregon was also very nice. Suddenly I saw a sign Mount Shasta, and realized I know a skater/musician there. Barno, who has skated since the 1970's and participated in building the famous Burnside skatepark. He was in Sweden for seminars a few years ago and I ran into him. It was too late at night and I did not have his address, but contacted him later and we decided to meet on the way back from Vancouver.

Next stop Vancouver! Stay tuned for part 2! (May take some time, I am no regular blogger...)

Rainy show in Kalmar

Freestyle Show (that I am part of with Andreas Lindqvist) was at the 1 year anniversary of the bridge Hansabron in Kalmar. It was a rainy and cold day. A few days before the weather forecast showed sunny weather and blue sky, but it ended up with dark and heavy rainclouds. Fortunately the organizers had put up a tent on an area that was a bit arched, so it would not be flooded.

Well, it worked partly, a bit flooded but a small area was dry so we did the show and had lots of fun! The second show, the area was less flooded so we had a bigger space.

Canon Show 2013

Did a super fun show for Canon in 2013 with BMX:er Andreas Lindqvist. They had invited journalists to try their new lines of cameras.

It was a very different show, more of a jam session than a regular show. The surface was hard to skate on, but I was surprised I could still handle it very well.

We made it into a magazine as well.

180 Fingerflip.

One Wheelie. One of my first demos with the Seismic Focus Wheels. Love those wheels!

Andreas Lindqvist doing a handstand.

He has a Guinness World Record with this trick.

The magazine Kamera & Bild.

Jam and show with amazing Swedish BMX:ers

This august I was at Kalmar Stadsfestival for a show with BMX:er Andreas Lindqvist. We have been doing shows together for, well, forever I think. This time some of his BMX friends showed up, and they all were amazing on flatland and had a jam session before our show. Here is a video from the jam session, and also the show. It was a very small and super slippery surface so I did not skate my best, but I had fun. Thank you for letting me be part of your amazing jam session, and thank you for having me in the show, it was a blast!

Show at Sköndalshallen

I'm a bit slow with updating about demos and shows. But as usual I'm touring schools in Sweden with the BMX Skolshow together with the amazing BMX:er Andreas Lindqvist. The purpose
of the show is to inspire kids to use helmets when biking, skateboarding and snowboarding etc.

The kids are literally hanging on the lock at Sköndalshallen to get in...