Love Life

Ick bin ein Berliner

My prior worry of the last weeks was the decision where to go for my coming life as a freshman. After some very nice days in Cologne with some good friends I intended to say this was going to be my city. There are some very good friends living, the Robotron family is all around, the Skatemedia concentrates here…but the skatespots & -scene are…I don’t like too much. In one way it would definetly be good and refreshing for your Scene once it’s prohibited to skate the Dom, Cologne.

Then I thought, Hanover might be good idea, settled just between Cologne & Berlin, close to my Hometown, not too busy, the opportunity to found a new superb flat share with Eule & Co. Until I eventually came back to our capital the very first time since 12 months.
Damn, it still attracts me magically. The skate opportunities are just as diverse as the riders, walking thru X-Berg & F-Hain is so interesting I’d almost call it an adventure every now and then.
A lively, dynamic (youth) culture in an shabby atmosphere, I Like!
Berlin’s unis are usually the latest to reply applications, but by now I got one admittance for the Humboldt-University. I’m waiting for another one, but at least I can be sure I can go to Berlin for my studies.
And so I will.
Come and visit!

summing up

So what happened in the last two And a half weeks?
I was skating a lot, I guess. Yeah, after just a few more days in Cologne I drove to Hannover to pick up Eule, his roommate Lorenz and a paying passenger for a trip to Berlin.
First time seeing my longest time friend Fabian again, really. Not only him, but some more friends as well. That was dope, as well as the crazy drinking times we had. Went out twice, had a lot of fun in the streets and spend not more than 5 Euros.

After that madness I had to spend some time at home, before going to the woods of my dad for 2 days to plant some trees and chop some wood at our private forests near Diepholz.

Next date was the Osnabrück Skateboardcontest on Sat., 18th. Good wheather, good beers, good people and a 5th place made it a pretty perfect day for me, even though the after party was big kiddy bullshit.
In the federal state of Niedersachsen u are not allowed to smoke in clubs anymore. That leads to a separization, smokers outdoors, others indoors, and makes it a strange thing to me.
Since than not too much is happening, I’m just trying to organize myself for moving again, getting some Skate-Footy and playing some crazy golf every now and then.

ROBOTRON Summer Tour

Ok, this was a too short but very nice Tour with my Team mates Kalle Wiehn, Fatos Veseli, Joachim “Snake” Opitz (missing: Patrick “Skippy” Vetter) plus Team media (Eric Mirbach & Tim Rokahr). Starting at the Bright Skateboard exhibition in Frankfurt we drove to Basel. After one day skating and two nights in a fancy YMCA Hostal we continued rushing south with final destination Bergamo, just 50km east of Milan. I decided that Milan was to expensive to stay, that’s why bergamo. Just 3 nights later Eric left for the next job in Barcelona and us 5 drove back north. For a last stop-over we chose idyllic Lausanne where we slept in the car and park before getting to Frankfurt for the return of our wonderful tour bus. This a group picture of before with our patrons Martin & Martin. U find more pics on my flickr account, check link on the right…

Concluding the hole thing it was very funny and quite relaxed, even though I had to get used of the responsibility of being team manager. A good group, sunshine and very yummi skate spots and food made us have a very good time.

After a bizarre night at a 50th birthday and a party of old hippies with lots of free beers I had a wonderful, sunny day chillin at the Dom of Cologne enjoying the nation Game of Skate Competition (Winner: Patrick Bös), a 10 stair session plus swimming in the rhine later