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Episode 61 - Madars Apse


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Episode 61 with Madars Apse, professional skateboarder from Venstpils, Latvia.


Together we discussed him growing up in Venstpils and picking up his first board in the

early 2000’s, doing a lot of contests in his early years of skating which landed him some of his first sponsors, living in Barcelona and studying business as his career was taking off, filming with Javier Mendizabal for the “Cuatro sueños pequeños” film by Thomas Campbell, doing a skateboarding travel show called “It’s a mad world” for a few years which eventually turned into “Skate Tales” for Redbull, the most recent season including episodes with Wes Kremer and Takahiro Morita among other exciting guests, riding for Element for nearly 20 years, his current shoe sponsor situation, his upcoming projects…   


  • (00:13) – Intro 
  • (01:25) – Getting started 
  • (06:29) – Doing competitions at an early age 
  • (12:08) – Getting on Element  
  • (14:35) – Studying business  
  • (18:57) – “Cuatro sueños pequeños” film by Thomas Campbell 
  • (22:09) – Starting to travel a lot 
  • (25:17) – Getting on Redbull 
  • (29:39) – “It’s a mad world”  
  • (32:49) – Transitioning into “Skate Tales”  
  • (34:59) – Figuring out the layout of a season
  • (37:18) – Are you already working on season 4? 
  • (38:02) – Episode in Russia which never came out
  • (39:19) – Future “Skate Tales” dream guests? 
  • (42:13) – Riding for Element and DC for a long time 
  • (46:58) – Current situation with DC Shoes 
  • (51:20) – Redbull helping out building and rebuilding spots in Latvia  
  • (56:40) – Favorite crew to travel with
  • (58:35) – What’s left to do on your bucket list for skating? 
  • (59:43) – Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding 
  • (01:00:54) – Friends questions  
  • (01:35:58) – Conclusion

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