Team Riders :: Hein Kotzè
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| How and when did you start skating? | |||||||||||||
| Before the turn of the millenium things were quite different to what they are today... I started skating in a valley filled with hungry beasts that couldn't run down stairs or crawl over ramps, except the ones in blue uniform. So I had to adapt, and doing cool tricks whilst running for your life seemed pretty sweet as well | |||||||||||||
| Who were you skating with at first? | |||||||||||||
| At this one village on the other side of candy mountain I met up with a few of the natives (Kelvin Kapp and Dries du Preez). Our paths soon went different ways, and this lead me to a strange being called Werner Lamprecht, skating away his days in a valley of reeds. I ended up sticking with him because his blinding white hair scares away most of the monsters | |||||||||||||
| What terrain were you riding at first? | |||||||||||||
| Too many to mention, but mostly the going was tough/rough and sketchy. Wherever it was safe (mostly safe) we'd enter the cave of a mysterious beast and proceed in waxing his ledges, or jumping off his restaurant's loading bay | |||||||||||||
| Who were some early influences on your skating? | |||||||||||||
| Janitors, security guards, angry residents, teachers...the list goes on | |||||||||||||
| Do you enjoy skating in contests? | |||||||||||||
| It's all fun and games when running from a one-eyed ostrich through the valley of doom, so beating him in a game of chase is fun yeah. (haven't done it a lot though) | |||||||||||||
| How could contests be improved? | |||||||||||||
| Giving my skateboard a rocket-booster... ssssshhhhhhhhfffffffff!!!!!!!!!!! | |||||||||||||
| What do you think of skate videos? | |||||||||||||
| Brilliant! | |||||||||||||
| Which are your favorites? | |||||||||||||
| The ones you don't have to rewind after watching | |||||||||||||
| Do you enjoy shooting video parts? | |||||||||||||
| Where I come from we only shoot one-eyed ostriches | |||||||||||||
| Do you skate small stuff like curbs and parking bumps? | |||||||||||||
| Sometimes, when the time is right... Like those times you actually want Cream Soda instead of Coke, and you end up enjoying it more than ever | |||||||||||||
| Do you skate vert ramps? | |||||||||||||
| Where I come from you stay on the ground (the one-eyed ostrich can fly) | |||||||||||||
| Do you ever session backyard pools much? | |||||||||||||
| Don't have the luxury | |||||||||||||
| What do you think of public concrete skateparks? | |||||||||||||
| Better than the jungle and one-eyed ostriches I'm stuck with... | |||||||||||||
| Should skateparks copy real street spots? | |||||||||||||
| No... The one-eyed ostrich would eat everyone | |||||||||||||
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photo credits : Werner Lamprecht |
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| How did you get on Slip? | |||||||||||||
| I once met this wise old man sitting in a tree house. He wanted to try out a new medicine, he gave me some and I became super strong... We called it super-SLIP-elixar... But don't tell my mom! | |||||||||||||
| What do you like about Slip? | |||||||||||||
| The way it makes me feel | |||||||||||||
| Who do you skate with now? | |||||||||||||
| My journeys have taken me to many places and faces... Too many to remember (might be the elixar's side-effect) Anyone not eaten by the one-eyed ostrich I guess | |||||||||||||
| Who are your favorite skaters of all time? | |||||||||||||
| The ones that didn't get eaten by the one-eyed ostrich... I think we should get a name for him now | |||||||||||||
| What has been your personal skateboarding highlights? | |||||||||||||
| super-SLIP-elixar | |||||||||||||
| Is there anything in skateboarding you haven't done that you'd like to accomplish? | |||||||||||||
| Land a tre-flip | |||||||||||||
| What music, art, books have you been enjoying lately? | |||||||||||||
| When coming from the jungle the ambient noises at night are enough art and music for a lifetime | |||||||||||||
| What are your future goals? | |||||||||||||
| Thinking of a name for the one-eyed ostrich | |||||||||||||
| Stats | |||||||||||||
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photo credits : Werner Lamprecht |