I book the trip, drive the van, get the house, and pay for everything. When I go on a trip, I have to do everything. I’m less organized when I’m at home than when I am on a trip. I’ve fucked up so many times, now I know what to do and what not to do. I usually wing it, but I learn from all my mistakes. No, honestly, in some parts I’m really organized, in other parts I’m not. Are you organized?įuck no! I think it’s crazy that it’s still working. Lomar, who’s doing the Oski documentary, is doing all the video stuff. He works for Bryggeriet and is one of the reasons Malmö’s skate scene is so big. He’s doing it with J Mag, the Swedish Mark Gonzales, that’s so sick. We were always laughing about it a little bit in the beginning. Lurpiv! So long, maybe a year or two, but he has been talking about it for a long time. He just released his new project, the trucks! How long has that been in the making? You’ll head to Malmö later to film with Oski, what is he collecting footage for? …but you also get paid to play around with your friends. Skateboarding is certainly not the best paid industry… I usually spend the Polar money, and everything else goes straight into tax. If they work on another project, I give it to them and make extra money that way. Do you film for anything besides Polar? The other day you filmed and photographed something for Vans. I get a steady pay, but I live a little more expensive than I should. You’re basically freelance, that comes with challenges too, right? I moved into the office and he told me if I film for Polar, I can stay there for free, which was nice. He was like, “I can teach you and maybe in the future we can do something,” and then it just naturally happened.
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What was that conversation like when he basically told you that you could film full time for a living? I guess Pontus liked me, so he took me under his wing. Pontus told him to bring me one day, so he introduced me to him. I went to class with Oski, and Pontus asked him who he was skating with, so he told him I was filming. In my class, no one gave a shit about that, they just went to get an easy grade.
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I was more interested in learning how to make real movies and do short films. I was filming my friends before a little bit, I had just gotten a VX before I started school. I wouldn’t be where I am today if it wasn’t for the school. It’s not necessarily the school, mostly the teachers and the community it’s built from. Do you think going to a school like Bryggeriets has anything to do with it? Does it actually help with your development as a skater? It’s just my friends I went to school with.
You have one of the best crews though! Oski, Ville, Heitor, all of those guys are some of the most sought-after skaters these days! All those guys turned into something really special. I was browsing skate clips the other day and I was like, “Ah, it’s so boring.” Do you think people think the same about your clips? Lots of how-to videos on YouTube about how to fix cameras or some random game show. I don’t necessarily get inspired by watching skate videos, I’ll watch other stuff instead. It’s a lot of shit, you gotta separate yourself. With new clips, I usually just watch it if my friends are in it. I guess it’s kinda like you and the people you film with. Like this one: Chris Senn! I only watch old skate clips. I’ve got a playlist I watch all the time. I don’t really watch skate clips, I mean, I guess I do sometimes. I had to book my flights to London! Do you start the day watching skate clips or do you not even watch that many?
Good morning, Tao! So this is where you start your days, in the kitchen at the laptop?