Here is a profile of the german rider Friedrich Flueh, check out the profile by Leo van Gemmern.
Where are you from?
Scharbeutz, Germany
How old are you?
20
How long have you been skimming?
7 years
Where do you skim normally?
Scharbeutz
Who do you skim with?
My skim crew “BeachBreakers”
What is your favorite skim spot?
Chambers and Cypress Creek, not just because of the perfect conditions. They are perfect places for hanging around, doing skimboarding, meeting cool people and getting tan.
Where do you want to travel to skim?
Maybe finding some spots in South Africa
What board(s) do you ride?
DB Standard Proto
Do you compete?
yes
If so, what competitions have you competed in?
Polish Skimboarding Open, a comp in Parksville in Canada, the boot indoor skim jam and some comps in the Netherlands and Belgium.
And what are some of your contest highlights?
Riding against and with the best skimboarders of the USA and Canada
Do you have any sponsors? What companies?
DB Skimboards, Supremesurf and Fädd
What other board sports do you partake in?
Surfing
What skimboarding goals do you have?
Just to enjoy skimboarding as much as possible and never get tired of it.
Where do you see the skimboarding going in the future?
Maybe some more artificial inland skim parks
What riders influenced your skimboarding?
Skimboarders who are pushing the sport to the highest.
Friedrich Flüh – Flatland Skimboarding 2011 from Fiete on Vimeo.
What riders are pushing the sport right now?
Riders who are organizing competitions to promote and push the sport.
If you were stranded on a desert island that already has a plentiful resource of
skimboards what three things would you bring?
My girlfriend, a bag full with good food and VitamineWater
What is the best advice you can to a skim grom trying to get recognized?
Found a skim gang and travel as much as possible
Do you wave skim? Flatland? Both?
Flatland
one month in the great north west! from Fiete on Vimeo.
What is your favorite skimboarding trick?
I don’t have a favorite skimboarding trick, I like to do tricks when they are with a high pop, save and clean. You need to have a good felling while you are doing a trick and when you have that feeling every trick can be your favorite one!
Last words? Shout outs?
Keep calm in life because stress is bad for your health.
