have you ever thought about who would you be today if you followed your
you be today if you followed your
you be today if you followed your childhood dream let me tell you about my
childhood dream let me tell you about my
childhood dream let me tell you about my dream how I pursued it followed it and
dream how I pursued it followed it and
dream how I pursued it followed it and laughed what I love to do most when I
laughed what I love to do most when I
laughed what I love to do most when I was six years old I saw something that
was six years old I saw something that
was six years old I saw something that completely blew my mind
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[Music] yeah Wow
yeah Wow
yeah Wow when I was six years old I saw that I
when I was six years old I saw that I
when I was six years old I saw that I saw the first time I live skateboard a
saw the first time I live skateboard a
saw the first time I live skateboard a kickflipping and I was like amazed I
kickflipping and I was like amazed I
kickflipping and I was like amazed I knew at in that moment this is what I
knew at in that moment this is what I
knew at in that moment this is what I want to be I want to be a skateboarder
want to be I want to be a skateboarder
want to be I want to be a skateboarder yeah so but how could I learn that it
yeah so but how could I learn that it
yeah so but how could I learn that it was 1996 I was 11 years old then I said
was 1996 I was 11 years old then I said
was 1996 I was 11 years old then I said ok now I start but skateboarding was
ok now I start but skateboarding was
ok now I start but skateboarding was totally at the bottom to that times
totally at the bottom to that times
totally at the bottom to that times there were no skateboarders in my little
there were no skateboarders in my little
there were no skateboarders in my little hometown so jahausa 2,500 people nobody
hometown so jahausa 2,500 people nobody
hometown so jahausa 2,500 people nobody there that could skate except 10 inline
there that could skate except 10 inline
there that could skate except 10 inline skaters so that’s how I look totally
skaters so that’s how I look totally
skaters so that’s how I look totally padded up because it was in the book so
padded up because it was in the book so
padded up because it was in the book so my mother took me to the skate store and
my mother took me to the skate store and
my mother took me to the skate store and we get some pets for me that was good
we get some pets for me that was good
we get some pets for me that was good and we tried to figure out how the skate
and we tried to figure out how the skate
and we tried to figure out how the skate works with the help of the books but the
works with the help of the books but the
works with the help of the books but the thing was I was inventing like crazy
thing was I was inventing like crazy
thing was I was inventing like crazy tricks which probably went with any
tricks which probably went with any
tricks which probably went with any tricks so I had another idea and every
tricks so I had another idea and every
tricks so I had another idea and every day when it was raining you cannot skate
day when it was raining you cannot skate
day when it was raining you cannot skate because rain and water totally destroys
because rain and water totally destroys
because rain and water totally destroys your board your bearings and I was small
your board your bearings and I was small
your board your bearings and I was small I had not a lot of money so once gave
I had not a lot of money so once gave
I had not a lot of money so once gave out had to last like one year so when it
out had to last like one year so when it
out had to last like one year so when it was raining I was sitting in front of
was raining I was sitting in front of
was raining I was sitting in front of the television for like hours and there
the television for like hours and there
the television for like hours and there was a program called a Nickelodeon maybe
was a program called a Nickelodeon maybe
was a program called a Nickelodeon maybe remember it and it was Nickelodeon Sky
remember it and it was Nickelodeon Sky
remember it and it was Nickelodeon Sky TV and was always in the in the in the
TV and was always in the in the in the
TV and was always in the in the in the break between the the things sometime it
break between the the things sometime it
break between the the things sometime it came like three times a day and I would
came like three times a day and I would
came like three times a day and I would wait in front of the television until it
wait in front of the television until it
wait in front of the television until it came and I recorded it and edit it
came and I recorded it and edit it
came and I recorded it and edit it together to my own skate edits from
together to my own skate edits from
together to my own skate edits from which I could learn yeah that’s
which I could learn yeah that’s
which I could learn yeah that’s basically how I learned to skateboard
basically how I learned to skateboard
basically how I learned to skateboard and so I was getting better and actually
and so I was getting better and actually
and so I was getting better and actually that is a photo of me keep flipping down
that is a photo of me keep flipping down
that is a photo of me keep flipping down the stairs where exactly I saw the
the stairs where exactly I saw the
the stairs where exactly I saw the skateboarder when I was six years old
skateboarder when I was six years old
skateboarder when I was six years old because there was my school and school
because there was my school and school
because there was my school and school is also very important topic for me
is also very important topic for me
is also very important topic for me today because when I was in this primary
today because when I was in this primary
today because when I was in this primary school you see behind me
school you see behind me
school you see behind me that’s my primary school actually I was
that’s my primary school actually I was
that’s my primary school actually I was having my first like music I had my few
having my first like music I had my few
having my first like music I had my few music teacher and he gave me two wood
music teacher and he gave me two wood
music teacher and he gave me two wood blocks because he wanted to give me some
blocks because he wanted to give me some
blocks because he wanted to give me some mark and he said please clap with the
mark and he said please clap with the
mark and he said please clap with the wood blocks to the beat and I tried to
wood blocks to the beat and I tried to
wood blocks to the beat and I tried to clap to the beat but actually I didn’t
clap to the beat but actually I didn’t
clap to the beat but actually I didn’t know what a bit was
know what a bit was
know what a bit was so I did something and he was coming to
so I did something and he was coming to
so I did something and he was coming to me and took away this wood blocks and
me and took away this wood blocks and
me and took away this wood blocks and threw them in the corner and said you
threw them in the corner and said you
threw them in the corner and said you will never be able to play any music
will never be able to play any music
will never be able to play any music instrument you have no talent and I was
instrument you have no talent and I was
instrument you have no talent and I was like yeah funny now but back at that
like yeah funny now but back at that
like yeah funny now but back at that time I was pretty traumatized and I was
time I was pretty traumatized and I was
time I was pretty traumatized and I was like oh I will never try again never
like oh I will never try again never
like oh I will never try again never never in my whole life in school we are
never in my whole life in school we are
never in my whole life in school we are very often worn down we are one try
very often worn down we are one try
very often worn down we are one try society one try wrong answer again so
society one try wrong answer again so
society one try wrong answer again so the good thing was when I went with my
the good thing was when I went with my
the good thing was when I went with my skateboard and after one year of trying
skateboard and after one year of trying
skateboard and after one year of trying all alone I went to a bigger city called
all alone I went to a bigger city called
all alone I went to a bigger city called Tom Scott and I had my first skate
Tom Scott and I had my first skate
Tom Scott and I had my first skate experiences there and I met other
experiences there and I met other
experiences there and I met other skateboarders and it was very very shy
skateboarders and it was very very shy
skateboarders and it was very very shy because I was always like beaten down
because I was always like beaten down
because I was always like beaten down like in school like you remember but the
like in school like you remember but the
like in school like you remember but the skateboarders were totally reacting
skateboarders were totally reacting
skateboarders were totally reacting differently to what I did I failed again
differently to what I did I failed again
differently to what I did I failed again and again I were and I was not really
and again I were and I was not really
and again I were and I was not really good to that times but no matter what I
good to that times but no matter what I
good to that times but no matter what I did like trying was winning and to
did like trying was winning and to
did like trying was winning and to illustrate that I will now show you a
illustrate that I will now show you a
illustrate that I will now show you a trick which I tried in the last week’s
yeah thank you thank you there was an
yeah thank you thank you there was an old slide nollie flip off it took like
old slide nollie flip off it took like
old slide nollie flip off it took like 30 seconds in here but it took me like
30 seconds in here but it took me like
30 seconds in here but it took me like three days in reality but you see like
three days in reality but you see like
three days in reality but you see like the process it’s fun is we enjoying it
the process it’s fun is we enjoying it
the process it’s fun is we enjoying it we we embrace failure we love to fall
we we embrace failure we love to fall
we we embrace failure we love to fall down and we love to support each other
down and we love to support each other
down and we love to support each other in their individuality to be a better
in their individuality to be a better
in their individuality to be a better self of themselves so to speak I escaped
self of themselves so to speak I escaped
self of themselves so to speak I escaped but now like for 21 years and I failed
but now like for 21 years and I failed
but now like for 21 years and I failed down I don’t know how many times 1
down I don’t know how many times 1
down I don’t know how many times 1 million times I have no idea but I
million times I have no idea but I
million times I have no idea but I always stood up again and I learned so
always stood up again and I learned so
always stood up again and I learned so much about me and my individuality and I
much about me and my individuality and I
much about me and my individuality and I learned to be tough I let her learn to
learned to be tough I let her learn to
learned to be tough I let her learn to stand up again and again and again and
stand up again and again and again and
stand up again and again and again and again because I know like I need it for
again because I know like I need it for
again because I know like I need it for just to jump to make a little jumper or
just to jump to make a little jumper or
just to jump to make a little jumper or with some bench
with some bench
with some bench I need like one year but I knew that if
I need like one year but I knew that if
I need like one year but I knew that if I would stay on skateboarding and stay
I would stay on skateboarding and stay
I would stay on skateboarding and stay on my goals I would go there I would I
on my goals I would go there I would I
on my goals I would go there I would I would I would be successful in what I do
would I would be successful in what I do
would I would be successful in what I do and so we escape order we can imagine
and so we escape order we can imagine
and so we escape order we can imagine something and we always say what if so
something and we always say what if so
something and we always say what if so like what if I grind on this pole thing
like what if I grind on this pole thing
like what if I grind on this pole thing and skate down the volcano no problem in
and skate down the volcano no problem in
and skate down the volcano no problem in Indonesia or what if we jump over this
Indonesia or what if we jump over this
Indonesia or what if we jump over this gap on the beach and and use it as some
gap on the beach and and use it as some
gap on the beach and and use it as some form of creative expression for ourself
form of creative expression for ourself
form of creative expression for ourself what if we slide on this on this curb on
what if we slide on this on this curb on
what if we slide on this on this curb on the Spanish here and also in front of
the Spanish here and also in front of
the Spanish here and also in front of the volcano in Indonesia or we if we
the volcano in Indonesia or we if we
the volcano in Indonesia or we if we jump down the stairs and again we keep
jump down the stairs and again we keep
jump down the stairs and again we keep flip the board and do a 360 kickflip
flip the board and do a 360 kickflip
flip the board and do a 360 kickflip catch the boat and roll away in the
catch the boat and roll away in the
catch the boat and roll away in the sunset Wow as I wanted to do oh if we
sunset Wow as I wanted to do oh if we
sunset Wow as I wanted to do oh if we skate with monkeys so that that’s
skate with monkeys so that that’s
skate with monkeys so that that’s actually awesome pictures from my work
actually awesome pictures from my work
actually awesome pictures from my work where we really just did that and said
where we really just did that and said
where we really just did that and said what if and I just rolled down I
what if and I just rolled down I
what if and I just rolled down I remember that what if we skate with
remember that what if we skate with
remember that what if we skate with monkeys and everybody was like laughing
monkeys and everybody was like laughing
monkeys and everybody was like laughing it was was like a joke yeah we skated
it was was like a joke yeah we skated
it was was like a joke yeah we skated with monkeys but in the end we went
with monkeys but in the end we went
with monkeys but in the end we went there and we skated with monkeys so let
there and we skated with monkeys so let
there and we skated with monkeys so let me show you how it how then this dream I
me show you how it how then this dream I
me show you how it how then this dream I had of becoming a skateboarder looked
had of becoming a skateboarder looked
had of becoming a skateboarder looked [Music]
thank you thank you so that this was
thank you thank you so that this was more like my work as a cinematographer I
more like my work as a cinematographer I
more like my work as a cinematographer I was also a skateboarder on the trip but
was also a skateboarder on the trip but
was also a skateboarder on the trip but mostly I was behind the camera to bring
mostly I was behind the camera to bring
mostly I was behind the camera to bring out my vision I had when going to
out my vision I had when going to
out my vision I had when going to Indonesia and skate in Bali and spots
Indonesia and skate in Bali and spots
Indonesia and skate in Bali and spots where nobody has ever skated before and
where nobody has ever skated before and
where nobody has ever skated before and so actually I am a filmmaker I’m a
so actually I am a filmmaker I’m a
so actually I am a filmmaker I’m a visual artist and the interesting thing
visual artist and the interesting thing
visual artist and the interesting thing is like how to transfer the things I
is like how to transfer the things I
is like how to transfer the things I learned from skateboarding to my art and
learned from skateboarding to my art and
learned from skateboarding to my art and so I was at the packs of it say in Italy
so I was at the packs of it say in Italy
so I was at the packs of it say in Italy which is like beautiful as you can see
which is like beautiful as you can see
which is like beautiful as you can see and I wanted to do a shot there and I
and I wanted to do a shot there and I
and I wanted to do a shot there and I had a dream on new technology whoo-hoo
had a dream on new technology whoo-hoo
had a dream on new technology whoo-hoo and I already had it planned out but the
and I already had it planned out but the
and I already had it planned out but the problem was that it cut the top of the
problem was that it cut the top of the
problem was that it cut the top of the mountain and I was like no okay I’ll
mountain and I was like no okay I’ll
mountain and I was like no okay I’ll make it and then I went with my wife she
make it and then I went with my wife she
make it and then I went with my wife she was with me there and we went around the
was with me there and we went around the
was with me there and we went around the whole leg and I was like how can I do it
whole leg and I was like how can I do it
whole leg and I was like how can I do it but through all the experience I had and
but through all the experience I had and
but through all the experience I had and through my vision and through me also
through my vision and through me also
through my vision and through me also through my skateboarding I came up with
through my skateboarding I came up with
through my skateboarding I came up with a solution
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so the solution a lot of people ask me
so the solution a lot of people ask me about that and I didn’t tell them so
about that and I didn’t tell them so
about that and I didn’t tell them so today I will tell you so it was of
today I will tell you so it was of
today I will tell you so it was of course a reflection of the sea and what
course a reflection of the sea and what
course a reflection of the sea and what I actually did was I filmed the
I actually did was I filmed the
I actually did was I filmed the reflection of the sea and I just flew
reflection of the sea and I just flew
reflection of the sea and I just flew with the drone like straight over the
with the drone like straight over the
with the drone like straight over the lake in the morning I came there for
lake in the morning I came there for
lake in the morning I came there for like three or four days every day five
like three or four days every day five
like three or four days every day five o’clock in the morning alarm ring baby
o’clock in the morning alarm ring baby
o’clock in the morning alarm ring baby bit and then go there waiting for the
bit and then go there waiting for the
bit and then go there waiting for the perfect son
perfect son
perfect son and then I kicked flipped it basically
and then I kicked flipped it basically
and then I kicked flipped it basically so it’s it’s the same thing you saw in
so it’s it’s the same thing you saw in
so it’s it’s the same thing you saw in the beginning it’s a kick flip off the
the beginning it’s a kick flip off the
the beginning it’s a kick flip off the framing I just turned the framing around
framing I just turned the framing around
framing I just turned the framing around film the reflection turn it around kick
film the reflection turn it around kick
film the reflection turn it around kick flip the reflection and you have the
flip the reflection and you have the
flip the reflection and you have the normal framing and you don’t care about
normal framing and you don’t care about
normal framing and you don’t care about not seeing the top of the mountain
not seeing the top of the mountain
not seeing the top of the mountain because you’ve seen it in the reflection
because you’ve seen it in the reflection
because you’ve seen it in the reflection like that so um this is a rock in the
like that so um this is a rock in the
like that so um this is a rock in the Sexson Switzerland and I had the idea
Sexson Switzerland and I had the idea
Sexson Switzerland and I had the idea for a new film that some breakdancers
for a new film that some breakdancers
for a new film that some breakdancers could make a headstand on top of that
could make a headstand on top of that
could make a headstand on top of that and the problem was that we never
and the problem was that we never
and the problem was that we never climbed before
but as you know the principle which
but as you know the principle which right so which right went up there also
right so which right went up there also
right so which right went up there also we stood up so many times in the morning
we stood up so many times in the morning
we stood up so many times in the morning again and again until with professional
again and again until with professional
again and again until with professional help we could get up there have a look
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[Music] so the great thing is we had a vision
so the great thing is we had a vision
so the great thing is we had a vision and the vision was like let’s make the
and the vision was like let’s make the
and the vision was like let’s make the best breakdance video ever and we
best breakdance video ever and we
best breakdance video ever and we believed in it and we had we had a dream
believed in it and we had we had a dream
believed in it and we had we had a dream and like breakdance and skateboards
and like breakdance and skateboards
and like breakdance and skateboards pretty similar failing is also a big
pretty similar failing is also a big
pretty similar failing is also a big part of breakdance and so our
part of breakdance and so our
part of breakdance and so our communication over the way we approach
communication over the way we approach
communication over the way we approach the things were perfectly fitting
the things were perfectly fitting
the things were perfectly fitting together and so we did that let’s come
together and so we did that let’s come
together and so we did that let’s come back to the kids so for me like a lot of
back to the kids so for me like a lot of
back to the kids so for me like a lot of teachers and adults say well you
teachers and adults say well you
teachers and adults say well you skateboard and why don’t you do anything
skateboard and why don’t you do anything
skateboard and why don’t you do anything like real with your life because
like real with your life because
like real with your life because skateboarding is not like a job but
skateboarding is not like a job but
skateboarding is not like a job but actually I learned so much from
actually I learned so much from
actually I learned so much from skateboarding as I as I said before we
skateboarding as I as I said before we
skateboarding as I as I said before we went with our skateboards all around the
went with our skateboards all around the
went with our skateboards all around the globe
globe
globe and now just let’s see what reactions we
and now just let’s see what reactions we
and now just let’s see what reactions we got from six years old in countries all
got from six years old in countries all
got from six years old in countries all over the world and how they are reacted
over the world and how they are reacted
over the world and how they are reacted to our skateboarding
to our skateboarding
to our skateboarding [Music]
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so I realized that it was not just like
so I realized that it was not just like an individual thing of me alone being
an individual thing of me alone being
an individual thing of me alone being like psyched by skateboarding when I saw
like psyched by skateboarding when I saw
like psyched by skateboarding when I saw it like for the first time everywhere in
it like for the first time everywhere in
it like for the first time everywhere in the world we saw like the same thing
the world we saw like the same thing
the world we saw like the same thing happening again and again and the way
happening again and again and the way
happening again and again and the way kids reacted and how their brains like
kids reacted and how their brains like
kids reacted and how their brains like exploded in how they thought wow I can’t
exploded in how they thought wow I can’t
exploded in how they thought wow I can’t be that skateboarder one day and how we
be that skateboarder one day and how we
be that skateboarder one day and how we put them on the skateboard and just say
put them on the skateboard and just say
put them on the skateboard and just say try and you see how how they’ve felt
try and you see how how they’ve felt
try and you see how how they’ve felt again and again but they enjoyed failing
again and again but they enjoyed failing
again and again but they enjoyed failing and that’s like the point I want to make
and that’s like the point I want to make
and that’s like the point I want to make today we have to embrace failing we have
today we have to embrace failing we have
today we have to embrace failing we have to embrace trying because it’s it’s a
to embrace trying because it’s it’s a
to embrace trying because it’s it’s a big big part of it and what shapes us to
big big part of it and what shapes us to
big big part of it and what shapes us to what we are today and so maybe on will
what we are today and so maybe on will
what we are today and so maybe on will not become a skateboarder if you want to
not become a skateboarder if you want to
not become a skateboarder if you want to try no problem comes me but at first we
try no problem comes me but at first we
try no problem comes me but at first we can not judge people when they fail but
can not judge people when they fail but
can not judge people when they fail but support them and if somebody gives the
support them and if somebody gives the
support them and if somebody gives the wrong answer just ask you man why do you
wrong answer just ask you man why do you
wrong answer just ask you man why do you give this answer what how do you get to
give this answer what how do you get to
give this answer what how do you get to that idea and just be society which
that idea and just be society which
that idea and just be society which values trying failing and embracing our
values trying failing and embracing our
values trying failing and embracing our possibilities we have as a society when
possibilities we have as a society when
possibilities we have as a society when we help other individuals to get better
we help other individuals to get better
we help other individuals to get better through failing and yeah embrace the
through failing and yeah embrace the
through failing and yeah embrace the future thank you
future thank you
future thank you [Applause]
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