Switchcraft Podcast

A few hours after he won Fast Fingers 21 and became the new Fingerboard Worldchampion, I sat down with Ramon Angelow to talk about what this means for him and how it felt. Thank you Blackriver for giving me this opportunity and the space at the venue to interview people there!

I spoke to two friends while the Fingerboard world championship, aka FastFingers 21 was going on. They share the Instagram account Improviso, both had great runs and Francisco ended up in second place while Pedro narrowly missed the final top 6 by getting 8th. We discussed how their runs went, how it is to compete … Continue reading "Fast Fingers Specials – Improviso check-in. Mid-Cont...

This year I got the amazing opportunity to be invited by Blackriver, the organisers of the fingerboard worldchampionship, Fast Fingers 21 to do a couple of interviews there. I’m starting these specials off with one I did at the morning of the event, before the contest started. I got a few people together that me … Continue reading "Fast Fingers Specials – Pre Fast Fingers Favorit...

This episode was recorded almost a year ago and I never got around publishing it. But this time I’m actually back. In this episode I talk to Vito, owner of the 6Skates store in Toronto, Canada.

After taking a spontanious hiatus, I’m back with another interview. This time I talked to Levine, the guy behind the USA Fingerboard League. We talked about what it takes to get a league on the road across different states, how he structures his events, his background etc. We also talked about his brick & mortar … Continue reading "Episode 43 – Interview with Levine Cunningham of U...

This week I spoke to David Jones of Youtube Fame. We talked about how he started his channel, how he started making fingerboard Videos and everything else.

This week I spoke to Cube, the owner at TH!Sfb and TH!S Art-Print-Design a brick-and-mortar Shop in Denver, Colorado. We talked about how he got his start in the scene, how the shop came about and what the Colorado scene is like.

This week I sat down with deckmaker exordinair, Chris, the man behind Beastpants. We talked about his process of making decks, creating graphics, coming up with his beautiful split ply’s, his colaboration with Welcome Skateboards etc.

I decided to put on a bonus episode this week. I spoke with Afrobi and Berta, both part of the lgbtqi+ community and well known names in the fingerboard community. We spoke about how it is for people like us in the fingerboardboard community.

It’s been somewhat of a mission for me to talk to everyone who has a physical fingerboard shop. They are such pillars of the community and I love seeing them getting more and more. So this time I talked to Bijan who opened the pLAyhouse in LA with the help of another member of the … Continue reading "Episode 39 – Interview with Bijan from pLAyhouse"

This week I talked to Paolo who just opened a physical shop in london called Axe Ramps, together with his friend Simone. We talked about everything that lead up to that and about opening a physical shop.

This week I talked to one of the german OGs. Tobias Phieler. He was one of the founding members of the Kassel Ost crew. They were one of the first big fingerboard crews in the German scene.

I continue my trend of speaking with people who’ve been around for ages. This week I talked to Thom McInally. We spoke about his journey into fingerboarding, his connections to Blackriver and Oak, and a little bit about the fingerboard scene in the UK.

This time I interviewed some who’s been a staple of the fingerboarding community for almost 20 years. We talked about Gripskin, prototyping, the forum days and baking bread.

This week I spoke to three people who have been involved in the Australian fingerboarding scene for years and in some cases even from the beginning. We talk about important people and companies in the scene.

This one was a long time in the making. I finally managed to sit down with Burt from Five Luck. Deck maker extraordinaire and my Sponsor. We talked about living in the bush in the middle of nowhere in Canada, Making Decks in a verry low tech way, quality and also the occasional Lynx that … Continue reading "Episode 33 – Interview with Burt from Five Luck"

This week I talked to Angga Panda, the man behind Papanjari, one of the Godfathers of the Indonesian FIngerboard community. We talked about getting TechDecks into Indonesia, the local scene and some of the companies from Indonesia

This time I visited my good friend, the legend himself, Timo Kranz also known as TKY at his shop in Berlin, the ASI Berlin shop. We talked about him, his journey in fingerboarding, how the shop got started, the pandemic, organizing events etc.

This time I talked to a very good friend of mine, and fellow ASI Shop local, Chris Hennemann. Chris has been in the scene for ages and decided to make wheels two years ago and has been on a journey of trial and error ever since. Check the ASI Shop website to see if they … Continue reading "Episode 29 – Interview with Chris Hennemann from Harz4 Wheels"

Benny is in charge of the fingerboard section at Goodvibes in Texas. Goodvibes combines RC Drifting and Fingerboarding in it’s walls and is one of the few Brick & Mortar Fingerboard Stores in the world. Check out our conversation.

Since there recently has been an incident with racism in the fingerboard community I asked James aka SlimBenzene if he’d be willing to talk about that with me.

This week I’ve met up virtually with Mallory Curtis the person behind Unique Decks.

This one has been long overdue. We did an impromptu interview since I had a microphone with me at the shop. Sadly the room at the ASI Berlin Shop we recorded in had a bit of an echo. Please excuse the audio on this and the next episode. But it should be allright to listen … Continue reading "Episode 25 – Interview with Ramon Angelow"

This week I actually did an in person interview. This time I interviewed Wannes of Stoned Obstacles who came by the ASI Shop where we recorded. Sadly the room at the ASI Berlin Shop we recorded in had a bit of an echo. Please excuse the audio on this and the next episode. But it … Continue reading "Episode 24 – Interview with Wannes of Stoned Obstacles"