Tags: jonas bodtker, manhattan, new york city, norway, olav norheim, one minute one spot, one minute one spot valo, valo
We were in NYC for almost two weeks this summer. We had seen this spot with the grindbox that the local skaters had built and decided to check it out, and make Olav’s edit for a "One Minute One Spot" right here. That's how Norwegians explore a country on rollerblades.
Intro and edit by Jonas Bodtker
Photos by Line Sondergaard
Name: Olav Norheim
Age: 22
Hometown: Trondheim, Norway
Sponsors: Valo
Favorite skate event: Scandinavian Real Street and Trondheim Skate Gathering
Current set-up: Valo AB Golds, Create Originals, Eulogy Wheels
Best rolling edit you have seen in 2010 so far: Create Original Team at Rye Airfield Skatepark
Good advice you’ve been given: Nothing comes by itself.
Bad habit: When I'm out drinking, I can't remember much when I wake up.
Worst injury so far: Pretty bad infection in my leg last year and broken shinbone in 2008.
One thing you would spent one million dollar/ euro for: Whiskey
One thing that makes you really angry: Fake-all-eyes-on-me people
Reasons to smile: No fake-all-eyes-on-me people around.
Your favorite skater from back in the day: Aaron Feinberg
Skater of the year so far: Mark Wodja
One thing that makes you really angry: Fake-all-eyes-on-me people
Reasons to smile: No fake-all-eyes-on-me people around
you'd better learn to love those kind of people if you want to go anywhere with Valo
Jonas should be doing more representing the norway scene. brust
what a technical dude!