When the stoke finds you

Yes, yes. I absolutely agree that the „spreading the stoke“ thing becomes old.

Yet, have we looked at the exponential growth of stoke theory yet? This one goes back to a friend in Vancouver named Mischa, thank you for sharing this with me. Like no other he had explained to me quite a long while ago what it was all about. I am not sure I can get this down 100% as it was brought to me but certainly it was along this line:

„The exponential growth of stoke happens when you are able to gather individuals that are able to get stoked on some else’s stoke. This will provide a never ending/ exponential growth of stoke.“

It takes no more than someone being happy for someone else having the best time. Sounds easy, right?

At the Pumpkingchallenge, a little bugger kicked my ass & in return I get to show him the fun of longboarding now.

Much love to parents who give a sh* about growing old & coming out to shred and have fun with the juniors!

This little guy is also called Mischa. His mom shreds, his dad also shreds & his younger brother will soon be there too.

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Pumpkingchallenge keeps khur cool

Dani aka Gummi Rietmann called me up early in the year for some video where they needed some female skate support. What he forgot to mention was that it was in a pumptrack. Some vert skating would have surely been helpful. So I was given 2 hours to figure things out…

The beginning of a wonderful love story!

Dani is doing it again. He brings to us the bestest of winter season funs in the banked slaloms and now he takes over the summer season with the Pumpkingchallenge. This is a series of little events in the freshly shaped pump tracks of the rad crew around Velosolutions. Goal was to bring together the people of shred, everybody was invited: the skateboarders, the longboarders, the bikers, the snowboarders, the young, the old, the expert & the beginner. And: THEY ALL  CAME! Simply to have a great time together. Easy as.

I really sucked at pump- tracking (fast). But I couldn’t care less. It brought me to new people, to new things I can do on my skateboard and to people who are interested in learning how to longboard. It worked and I would love to give a huge hug to Dani & Corinne, to the Konstanz crew for helping me with the first moves, to the Madrid crew for helping & shredding & all the friends of the skateboard Sunday fun for sharing the stoke.

I am a true fan and believer of the MGM.

For all who missed it, we’ll talk Dani into doing it bigger & better next year. You’ll get your chance, young Jedi.

 

Gummi Love „Pump-King Challange“

Sometimes it is the best thing to check out the other side of the fence. Ok, usually it works that way. It may just be a little bit uncomfortable, put in in unknown situations, give you the feeling that you really suck at some things… but also, and this is whee it becomes so much fun, the feeling to learn something new is worth all the pain! No, I didin’t lear how to save the world. I only got to play in a pump track. But it is so much fun!!!

This year, Gummi Love is organizing a pump track series, the Pump-King Challenge! There are four stops in Switzerland & suggest you find yourself some strong legs and join in!

Here the video of the first event in the BikePark Pfäffikon.

Virus Voyage – TV time

„Adrenalin – Junkie mit Hirn“ (adrenaline junkie with brain) is easily the nicest title I came across for interviews I gave. The TV crew of Virus Voyage accompanied me to this year’s Wolzen Bolzen free ride. Not a place where I can really shine with my riding as I still consider racing my pony… but the view was great, the event simply lovely, there was a chair lift, sun & a really long and very windy mountain road.

The footage and photos the Virus Team gathered makes me really happy!

A very big THANKS to:

Andi Rohrer, Anic Lautenschlager, Ivo Amarilli, Noëlle Guidon & Tobias Bühler from Virus Voyage as well to the Wolzen Bolzen Crew & the Burning Wheels Tour! And of course a kiss for my personal camera operator Patrick Switzer.

Take a look at the portrait here:

 

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Photos ©noëlleguidon

Aeschbacher SRF

Aeschbacher – Farbig wie das Leben

There is Swiss TV talk shows. Who would have thought!?

I had the pleasure to be invited to our talk show master Kurt Aeschbacher, it was a hot summer day and the studio was at +42° Celsius … steamy. Once more I got to give the safety and legality talk and it was all about convincing the guy that I am not mentally handicapped, even tough I downhill skateboard.

Another great experience with the SRF putting me in front of a camera! Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity.

Watch here.

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