In this podcast episode we talk to the founder of the Swiss longboard brand Rocket Longboards. On the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the company, Daniel tells us about the beginnings and the development of the brand. Rocket Longboards are deck manufacturers and have specialized especially in the segment of downhill skateboarding. Paul and Felix talk to Daniel about how boards in this segment have changed in recent years. Listen in and learn more about how the Swiss longboard manufacturer produces their solid longboards and what has changed in the new collection.

In this special episode we talk about the Hamburg Longboard Open 2021, which is a Longboard Dancing and Freestyle contest organized by AWHOU! and Skateboard eV Hamburg. Linda and Paul interviewed some people at the aftershow skatesession, like judges, participants and winners as well as the organizers of the event. In the conversations you can feel the happy atmosphere and how glad everyone is that the contest could take place again after a long break.

Interview partners:

Simon Arsenidis , Olivia Berger, Deborah Keser, Sergej Schwarzkopf, Bram Alferink, Christopher Graham, Philipp Baumann, Anastasia Kuzina, Tobias Seifert, Marshall Brettschneider, Christopher Weggler

Picture by Jeff Spörri

Now it's time to talk about Long Distance Skateboarding. This episode is gonna be split in two parts. In the first part Linda and Paul talk with our local LDP expert and experienced skater Yannick about the basics of Long Distance Pushing and Pumping (LDP).

In this podcast episode we're excited to have Shiran Habekost as an interview partner. Shiran is not only a skater, who knows the skateboard scene since the 1980s and has founded some skate stores and skateboard brands in Hamburg. As he is part of quite a few national and international skateboarding clubs and associations for many years, he became an expert in structures of skateboarding.

In this Studio Longboard podcast we talk about skate- and longboard communities and all the different styles of skateboarding. We do interviews with professional riders, manufacturers and other interesting people from the scene.

If you have any suggestions for interview partners or topics, please send us an email at [email protected]

The episodes of the podcast will be published on the 5th of each month. We have released 4 episodes so far and the next one will be released on December 5th. This episode will be by far the longest . Our interview partner Jeff from Pantheon Longboards has a lot to tell and report. We look forward to many interesting conversations in 2021. Unfortunately we are not always able to invite guests directly into the studio, so the sound quality is not always the best. But we hope that you can understand everything and have fun listening.

We thank our previous guests: Valeriya Gogunskaya, Deborah Keser, Abuga Aroni, Jeff Vyan and Brandon Desjarlais for their openness and the great conversations.

Studio Longboard Podcast Team: Linda, Paul, Ray, Felix & Sergej

Interview with downhill254 / Abuga Aroni

In this Studio Longboard podcast we talk about skate- and longboard communities and the different styles of skateboarding. We do interviews with professional riders, manufacturers and other interesting people in skateboarding and longboarding scenes.

Abuga Aroni is a downhill longboarder from Nairobi, Kenya. He is running the blog "downhill254" and became recently a member of Landyachtz flow team. Linda Bull and Paul from Draft Train Media are discussing in this episode with Abuga about the longboarding scene in Kenya, about how he came to Longboarding and his sponsorship with Landyachtz.

podcast recording at Studio Longboard

Here is one of the blogs from his website about how to slide on a longboard:

HOW TO LONGBOARD SLIDE: A BEGINNERS GUIDE

In this episode Paul is mentioning the Venom-Podcast. Here is the link to the podcast: Venom Podcast