Whats Up? I saw you hurt your shoulder after the Everything Is Normal premiere in Japan! How did it happen?

I’m recovering at the moment. I came back from the Japan trip and was very hyped to go biking. I use to do jumps at a dirtpark. Someone changed a ramp there and I basically ended up flying like 6 meters in the air and landing on my shoulder. Maybe I deserve it, but I kind of want to go back.

You are kind of unlucky at the moment right? I remember Sirus telling me you did that treflip in Japan with a broken rib? Backstory please.

I feel like every year I get one injury. The day I broke my rib I was in Buenos Aires. The weather was super bad, but I wanted to squeeze in a kickflip over a trashcan for the phone. One try my truck got stuck on the ledge I had to ollie up and I basically crashed straight into the trashcan. Maybe a month later I went on the Japan trip and I really didn’t want to miss it. It wasn’t that bad, but I definitely wasn’t healed. Regarding the treflip it’s funny how you can forget about pain.

Trick and Spot felt like a whole happening. You are helping the kid up the ramp, team mates playing the fold-out piano.

Yeah we got that piano in Nagoya. By the way, Roman also got me into Piano. We were playing everywhere and practicing. When it comes to the spot, I wasn’t even thinking about skating it. I was trying ollie first and somehow started to treflip and got pretty close. I was trying it way longer than expected, maybe one hour or so. I remember feeling the pain and being like “I don’t even want to do this anymore. My ribs hurt”. Roman was playing the piano at the run-up and it saved my mood. My body felt like shit, but it helps when you are surrounded by good people with a good mood. I ended up getting it. That’s how it works sometimes.

So that was on your first Japan trip right? Tell us a bit about how the first big trip with the squad was for you? Who did u know before the first trip already?

Yeah that was my first big one. I was so hyped to go there. Before we did a small one to Marseille with Paul, Roman, Sirus and Ben. This was really mellow and a good one to start. Japan was a way bigger thing for me. For me traveling to different places in the world is the main thing I want to do. I also met Shin and Kiki before, but it was the first time I really could spend time with the team. I was with Roman and I always feel good around him. It just was a happy place.

You have a quick cameo in SLYGACI – hugging Roman after his ender. Do you know him for a long time already?

Haha yes true! Actually we don’t know each other for too long. Maybe five or six years, but sometimes I think I know him since I’ve been a kid. It’s funny, but kind of every time I got a new sponsor he was there already. I just realized that. He was the connection everywhere. I’m so hyped to share all the teams with him, because I get so more time to see him.

So that was your first time in Japan in general. You went there a second time for the world premiere of Everything Is Normal – can u describe the vibe of the premiere/sessions and the Japanese scene?

The skate scene is insane. The world premiere was huge, like 400 people fitting in that cinema where it took place. The film is too sick, because it’s so natural and showcasing a group of friends skating and having a good time. It’s almost bittersweet, because it really gives me a feeling I would like to have every day, haha! Also, it was funny to get there’s a different habit of Japanese people being at premieres compared to other countries. You definitely could feel the stoke, but there was no yelling. The best time I had was at a DIY we had to drive to for 2 hours. They had the craziest setup ever. DJ, barbecue, lots of kids. The little kids were so skilled! I was a bit like “I’m supposed to do a demo here, but I really enjoy watching these kids skating”. When we played the video there, the eight or nine-year-old kids freaked out. Yelling and screaming all the time. It was so funny!

I remember Shin’s dad saying in the video that he was obsessed with soccer as a kid. So now there’s two former soccer-obsessed kids on the team.

Haha, yes! What I also loved is that Shin’s dad said that he never really tried to teach him anything. More like just hanging out and having a good time with his son. I think that’s a great style of parenting. Just spend time and enjoy the moments with your kid.

Recently there’s a lot going on in your life. You also guest edited the latest SOLO Issue. How was it to work on a skateboard magazine?

For me it was tough! I’m skating a lot. I mean, I do art stuff too, but only when I want to or when I feel it. Normally I am not even planning my day. It was a process. Sometimes I was there like “Fuck! I need more ideas!”. I really have to thank the SOLO guys for supporting me and giving me structure and giving me guidance. Maybe that’s because of school, because there I only did stuff when they asked me for it haha! But now after I’ve done it, I want to do another one. Like a little zine or something. Now I have time. When I’m injured, I mostly do more art and stuff like that.

What was your approach for this issue? What was your theme, how you wanted it to be?

The main idea was to create something my daughter could play with. Like a summer you get with some activities and cool stuff to explore. On the other side, I wanted it to turn out like a memory book for myself. Something personal to look back on in a couple of years. All my friends in there, the poster of my family at the end, I love that. I think if I’m going to read the mag in the future I will be like “yeah, that was a really great time”.

You also interviewed Sean Sheffey for this issue. Just tell me why you chose him. (Fun story because a staff member told me that Pontus told him you’d skate like a modern Sean Sheffey)

There was this guy who was in the same class as my older sister and he got into skating. Internet was kind of a new thing and there weren’t many videos online. Also, we didn’t even have it at home. So I’d go over to his place and he showed me all the videos. I remember watching a lot of Sean Sheffey videos there and I liked him a lot. Back in the days, I wouldn’t even bother to keep his name in mind. But when I got on Polar, Pontus welcomed me with a text and said that I’d remind him of Sean Sheffey. I said “Who?”, he sent me a bunch of links and I got the point that it was the guy I used to get hyped on as a kid! So it’s really cool that I found out many years later. I was always telling friends “There is this guy who jumped over his son! But I don’t know who it is anymore”.

You even re-shot his photo over his son with your daughter.

It was so funny to shoot this. I wanted to do it in a place that I like to be with my daughter, and I think the mountains are perfect for that. Open space, walk around. I chose my big homie Nico to come with us. My daughter loved it. Before, she slept in the car and just woke up when we were at the mountains saying “Woah, what’s going on here?”. I told her we’d be there to take a picture and that there’s something in the trunk for her. We opened it and she was like “For me?!” and then I told her I’d jump over her. She liked the idea and I even ate shit on the first try. She laughed so hard! [laughs] But in the end it went quick. I loved doing that.

Another piece in there is the Skate Dad feature and with Roman and Nick there are two more Polar riders part of it. What’s that about?

I just wanted to share stories with them honestly. Also, since we are skating and have to travel, there are so many times you are not with your kids. People normally think and ask me “Is she missing you?”, but it’s the opposite. I’m the one missing her a lot. I wanted to ask them about stuff like that and how they feel. Like if they take stuff from their kids on trips. For example, Roman has this little toy of his child and took it to Tokyo to take a photo there to say “Your toy has been here!” and tell some stories of the trip.

Nick brought his kids to Tokyo, right?

Yeah. They did bracelets for all of us. So cute! We got into the event and Nick said to his daughter “That’s Ebou!”. She came up to me not even being shy saying “Oh you are Ebou? Here, that’s for you!”.

There is a video called „EBOU ALLSTARS“ from that trip coming out soon and it feels like you picked a kind of dream team like kids do in sports when they are young. You have been a dedicated Futsal player back in the days. Could you tell me a bit about that part of your life?

I started playing when I was five. My dad brought me into it. Thinking about this brings up a lot of childhood memories. We’d train at school and as a child it was my dream to become a professional. I think this is how you think as a kid. The funny thing is not that you don’t know what it means.

How did the shift from indoor soccer to skateboarding happen?

At the point it got very serious for me as I played for the Catalunian national team. I even got asked to play for Barcelona. It was weird to see friends getting picked by other teams and realizing you wouldn’t see them anymore. Also, I got into skating again around the age of 15 and my coach wanted to tell me I couldn’t do it because I got hurt. It came to the point where they asked me to choose and just because of them asking I chose skateboarding.

Talking about all that between childhood and being a parent/role model – what’s your main advice for the younger generation?

I would say “Do what moves you, all the time”. Don’t do what bothers you, there is going to be a time for everything. Keep in mind, that you don’t always have what you want, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have it in the future. I think that’s the description of being patient.