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A new video from Stuttgart by the “Grotesque” clique just came out. This one has a good balance of OG Stuttgart heads and new comers and an overall good feeling to it.

Featuring: Simon Gärtner, Marvin Sauer, Michael Tan, Erik Müller, Jesse Heighty, Sandro Trovato, Helen Storz, Phil Anderson, Torsten Frank, Tobias Kasemir, Roman Zolotarchuk, Rosa Altmann, Leo Mattasiat, Georg Staudenmaier & Daniel Trautwein.

Filmed and Edited by Bannsen & Yannick.

Today Favorite Skateboards Co. proudly present their very first full length video “Daggers”, which will be available as a whole for the next 11 days. It was a very huge project for such a fairly young company and I know each and every one of the guys put a lot of effort into it. Fortunately, the hard work paid off and the video delivers both skateboarding on a very high level and a clean cut by Nico Kasterke. It is quite foreseeable that we will hear and see a lot more of Valentin Ott, Daniel Ledermann, Mario Ungerer, Michel Funke and the whole Favorite fellowship in the very near future.

Photos by Leo Preisinger

Valentin_Ott_-_HardflipVallentin Ott – Hardflip

Favorite Skateboard Comany presents DAGGERS_Daniel Ledermann_Kickflip to fakieDaniel Ledermann – Kickflip to Fakie

Favorite Skateboard Comany presents DAGGERS_Mario Ungerer_Sw Bs SmithgrindMario Ungerer – Sw Bs Smith Grind 

Favorite Skateboard Comany presents DAGGERS_Daniel Trautwein_Sw No ComplyDaniel Trautwein – Sw 180 No Comply

 

 

Tomorrow the first full length of the Favorite Skateboard Company premieres in Munich. Honestly, I really cannot remember if there has ever been a German full length that got me into such a mood of excitement. Reason enough for me to invite my old friend and editor of the video, Nico Kasterke, to our office in Berlin and have a little chat about the process of making “Daggers”.

IMG_6577-2How important was it to produce a full-length that is going to be released as a whole and is not split into single online parts?

Well, that is really important for me that the video will be presented as a whole. I grew up with full-length videos. You know, today single online parts became the usual because it is much easier to produce them. But to my mind, a full length generates a much stronger impact. Therefore, we tried to find a possibility to properly show the whole thing but still without thrusting DVD’s into everybody’s hands. For that reason, we found a smart solution having a website that is designed only for the video, which is much better than just having a Youtube link and that is it. Having an own artwork and stuff gives the thing a whole different character already.

How did the collaboration with Favorite and yourself as the editor of the video came about?

I know Thomas (founder of Favorite) for quite some time now. One day he called me and asked if I would know someone who could do the edit of the Favorite video. He knew that editing a project like this would actually not be possible for me temporally. But right in the first second as he asked me this question I knew for myself that I wanted to do it so bad that I said to him that I would be willing to do this.

IMG_6567You already had experiences with both editing and filming a full length. What was different this time?

That is right! Actually the whole process was very similar to the Chinchilla Video I did years ago. Back then I was not living in Berlin and I could only go out filming with the crew when I was in town. For the Daggers video it was even harder because I am having a full time job now and most of the team riders live far away. So I knew right from the beginning that there would be only a few sessions where I might be able to realize some of my ideas while filming.

So one could say it is more a video that was edited by you but the footage came from various hands?

Yes, although my filming amount increased a lot towards the end of the project, which I have not noticed at first. But as I was working on the trailer I figured out that still a lot shots are my own.

IMG_6566How long have you been working on the video?

The first tour was Paris in May 2014, which is not too long ago actually. Thus, we were working on it for quite accurate two years.

If one watches the trailer it seems to be quite obvious that a special focus is drawn on Daniel Ledermann. Does he have the last part, too?

Probably! (Laughs) In any case Daniel put in a lot of effort and delivered some of the heaviest skateboarding that has ever been seen from a German. It is just unreal that he did the Bigspin that double set in Athens only because I wanted to have it for the trailer and three tries later it was done.

IMG_6573If you think about all the trips you went on with the team, what experiences come to your mind at first?

Oh man, it is definitely the team vibe for sure! It is so great to see how everybody supports everyone! That was really amazing! Besides that, what also comes to my mind is that one night in Thessaloniki. We were drinking and suddenly everybody wanted to get a gang tattoo and via some curios connections we got the address of a guy who was living more outside the center of the city. As we arrived we first of all ordered twelve gyros pitas and then one after the other got inked a dagger in the backroom of the odd apartment before we went on to party the night away, everyone having plastic wraps around various body locations. On the next day we had to get our flight back home and Mario was still so drunk that he tried to get through the security zone with a couple of canned beers and two knifes in his backpack, which of course got him the fullest devotion of the security agents. Now you got an idea why the video is called “Daggers”. (Laughs)

 

Interview by Paul Roehrs 

Es gibt nichts Gutes, außer man tut es.

Dieser Satz ist mir während meiner Zeit bei der PLACE besonders im Gedächtnis geblieben. Irgendwie ist er auch nur eine andere Art zu sagen „haters 
gonna hate“ – und was könnte treffender für die PLACE sein? 
Ihr habt es immer wieder geschafft zu überraschen, deshalb hoffe ich auf viele weitere Ausgaben, in der Skateboard Culture ihren Platz findet.

Alles Gute zur 50. Ausgabe – auf die nächsten 50!

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Basti Witt

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Gang / Polendenkmal

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Wom / Polendenkmal

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Paul Röhrs

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Daniel Trautwein

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Thomas filming

Dieser Beitrag von Nico Kasterke findet sich in unserer Jubiläumsausgabe, die du hier bestellen kannst.

Der Stuttgarter ARROW & BEAST Shop hat sich auch in diesem Jahr erneut auf Tour egeben. Das Reiseziel lautete Lissabon und das Line Up verspricht viel gutes Skateboarding mit bester Stimmung. Mit dabei sind unter anderem Lem Villemin, Benny Fairfax, Sandro Trovato und ein besonderer Special Guest.

Wir schauen auf den Kalender uns haben keinen Zweifel daran, dass eigentlich langsam der Frühling da sein müsste. Doch wir schauen aus dem Fenster und es fühlt sich beinahe so an, als könne man sich “Fröhliche Weihnachten” wünschen und Glühwein trinken. Doch das Glühweinglas ist halbvoll, so schauen wir optimistisch nach vorne und überbrücken den verschneiten März mit ein paar Hallenclips.

Los geht´s in Stuttgart mit Fabian Gehring, Nick Henning, Daniel Trautwein, Michael “Fitschi” Tan, Tobias Trautmann und Konstantin Fuchs.

Ein paar Skater aus Frankfurt / Main haben in diesem Jahr bereits einen ersten Ausflug nach Amsterdam unternommen, Streetfooty inklusvie.

Die Rotzer Royal Crew hat einen kleinen Clip zum 5 Jahre Skatehalle Chemnitz Geburtstag gezaubert.

Unmissverständlich findet Jahr für Jahr ein bisschen mehr Generationswechsel statt. Schuld sind unter anderem die Jungs von Favorite Skateboards, die zwar niemandem die Butter vom Brot nehmen, allerdings ihre eigenen Stullen ziemlich gut streichen. Featuring Daniel Ledermann, Mario Ungerer, Daniel Trautwein, Thomas Eckert, Patrick Freitag, Michel Funke und Max Pflüger

In unserer aktuellen Place Ausgabe #36 haben wir euch den Tourbericht von der Arrow & Beast Tour als Printartikel präsentiert. Nun ist der Bewegtbildbeitrag zu dieser grandiosen Reise fertig. Mit im Gepäck waren übrigens Maxi schaible, Daniel Trautwein, Phil Anderson, Sandro Trovato, Stefan Brenner, Benny Fairfax, Lem Villemin und noch weitere Gäste, die das #maennerwohnheim zum Kochen gebracht haben.Fotgrafisch festgehalten hat die Tour unser Mann Daniel Wagner, der euch hier noch ein paar Extrabilder hingelegt hat. Der Clip kommt übrigens von niemand geringerem als Kamil Krzesniak. Good Job, by the way.

Daniel Trautwein cruised mit dem neuen Favorite Booze Cruiser durch die Stadt. Stuttgart that is.

Von Berlins fliessigstem Filmer zur Zeit, Dirk Lamprecht, kommt ein neuer Berlin Lefover Clip.

Das Real Team nimmt sich etwas Zeit für wahres Streetskating. Wer hier nach Bangern sucht, kann lange warten. Dafür gibt es einfach schönes Durch-die-City-düsen mit dem ganzen Team. Pure Fun.

Jack Curtain und sein Schuhgeber Fallen haben mit dem FTC Shop eine Kollabo am Start. Und einen Clip mit ein paar frischen Moves gibt es gleich dazu.

Wes Kramer, Mike Mo und Daryl Angel representen die neuen Royal Trucks.

Und zu guter letzt kommt noch eine, fast schon, Dokumentation über Beagle, der von seinen Anfängen im Filming erzählt.