GOLDEN RIDE MAGAZINE – SURF YOGA FLOW

surfing and yoga are two of our favourite things in summer. that's why anita fuchs, editor-in-chief and photographer of golden ride magazine, and me got up early morning at sunrise and captured a surf yoga flow for all the lucky ones beneath you who are gonna go on a surf trip soon. 

we play with dynamic movements, balance and flexibility to build up power and stamina. so you'll be the one who catches the wave – and not the wave is gonna catch you.

additionally to all the inspiring stories of this summer issue that wanna make you go far far away to I am especially happy about the feature about sophie friedel – the-always-smiling-and-always-carrying-peace-in-her-heart-girl – who presents some great slide trick tips for longboarders. 

a very special thanks goes to Christine Stiessel who contributed ideas to the surf yoga flow and refined it. thank you for creating such a profound base that I will build on my continually journey after an enriching year at yogawege teacher training.

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THINGS WORTH READING

cooler on promoting sexism and anorexia.

cooler magazine was reproached to promote sexism and anorexia with an image that I posted as well. pictures like this are one of many reasons why I started smile at your sister. the world is not just perfectly retouched and well floodlighted. fortunately it's pure and artistic.

sophie friedel on demilitarizing the x-games.

my dear friend sophie friedel from schnick schnack questions what does the us-navy sponsorship deal say about the x-games and the relationship between war, peace and skateboarding. 

 

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FLOWERS TO KABUL

many of you probably already have heard about the suicide attack in kabul which claimed the lives of a number of young afghans on saturday morning. six children beneath them were students, volunteers and youth leaders at skateistan.

sophie friedel, skateistan ambassador, longboarder and peaceful soul is in kabul at the moment. we are sending lots of energy to you on this way.

read more about the attack and the skateistan emergency fund.

photo by berit von enoch

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GIRLS, BOARDS AND A BEAR.

it's just some days ago the first women's longboard camp came to an end but thinking back and going through the pictures I took it feels like its stories and impressions could fill my whole summer.

amidst a small and sleepy village in slovenia a bunch of lively girls gathered from all over europe to defeat the bear. the bear is a hill. a huge one and quite steep as well. facing the bear's guts for the first time gave me the creeps.

i hardly can't believe how much everybody learned and improved. besides the amazing job our instructors fee, sophie, christine, anni and glori did by responding to everybody's needs i think the bubbling energy between us girls brought ourselves to do things some of us maybe never thought of doing in our lives.

of course there were not just girls. it were the boys who protected the track with 2000! hay bails before. and they were doing great as road marshals. they gave us some important hints for sliding and drove us up the hill and not to forget the campfire they made every night.

at the beginning of the camp all participants got a longboard we set up together at a workshop. distracted by its wonderful shape and sixxa's great pirate ship graphic we screwed around and learned a lot about bushings, kingpins and bearings, yo.

in this idyllic creek that builds the boarder to croatia we found our cooling after skating. and yes, in some of us it awoke the animal.

this is one of the last pictures I took. it's nice to see how close we all got after some days sharing our passion. only crew love is true love.

 

this week teached me a lot. a healthy fear is important but sometimes it's time to switch off your brain and just listen to your heart. whether it's about going downhill as fast as you can or just do another turn while dancing on your board. with every try you grow.

with every try you grow from Daniela Bily on Vimeo.

sonja, i loved to listen to your songs.

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LADIES LONGBOARD WORKSHOP WITH FEE & SOPHIE

we know it´s been a long time frau fee (1st picture) and miss sophie (2nd one) did their longboard workshop in vienna. but anybody who´s a lover of analog photography needs to be patient. it was just overwhelming how many girls came by. some of them even travelled from different cities to enjoy a bubbling session at the donauinsel.

 

accordingly to their level the bunch of girls was separated into two groups. while the advanced girls learned how to slide the girls in the beginners group trained smooth foot brakes and early grabs. yes, early grabs. sophie, thank you for that!

after the workshop we rolled to the prater to turn our spins in about 100 m height.

to see more pictures of the workshop please visit the longboard girls crew austria page. once again it has been an inspireing day with all of you. thank you fee and sophie for sharing your passion and thank you for the pictures, nicole. and not to forget to say thank you to the ladies from sixxa and les ettes for their support.

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LADIES LONGBOARD WORKSHOP

frau fee und miss sophie will hit the town for doing a longboard session with you. they will show some fun things like foot brake, curve technic and board feeling. so just bring your longboard, your pads and bubbling girl delight!

and if you like bubbling girl delight you will like the longboard girls crew austria.

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