sacha lopez complete interview

So, you've just watched Sacha's one week in Barcelona section and now you want to know more about this guy? Let me introduce Sacha Miguel Lopez (18) from Stuttgart (Germany), riding for Grindhouse & Remz. Before the Grindhouse Tour, I didn't get to spend much time with him, but after being around him literally for 24 hours a day for an entire week, I can easily say that he's one of the coolest persons you can meet. Sasha's the guy you can have an awesome session with no matter how shitty the spot and at the same time he's the guy you want to make sure comes to every party youre going to. He's a hardcore drinking companion, sick skater, humble guy and more. If you ever meet this guy make sure you have your skates with you and don't leave before the afterparty. Ladies and Gentlemen: Sacha Lopez

Hey Sacha - I guess people who read this saw your profile a few minutes ago - any comments? And whats up with that huge cast?

Hey Dani - Yeah we, the german Grindhouse Team Riders, went to Barcelona for 1 week to film and represent Grindhouse. During the TrytoRoll Contest I fucked up my hand. Right after the slam Maik told me, "hey don´t get hurt! We are going on tour in a few days!" - haha, too late dude! :D So, I had to skate with this big cast...'Daniel Prell style.'

One week in barcelona sounds awesome, are there any highlights worth telling?

Just think about it, one week in Barcelona with five crazy Grindhouse dudes; the whole tour was a highlight! But, my favorite moment was when we went to Razzmatazz to party hard! Everybody came back to our hostel alone 'cause we all got lost in Raxxmatazz, it's a seriously big club.

I heard you are a soccer freak, which club do you support?

That's right, I've been a River Plate fan since the day I was born; my whole family is. I was born in Argentina and we are very into soccer and River Plate means alot to us.

I always thought youre mexican, damn! When did you move to Germany and when did you start skating?

You're an ass****! My family and I moved to Germany 11 years ago. My father bought me some cheap fitness-skates when I was 8 years old and we went skating a lot. I started to go to the skatepark in Fellbach where I saw some dudes doing cool stunts. I was instantly inspired and wanted to do the same! When I was 10 years old, I got a pair of Salomon Sti Pro's, but I really started skating at 13 when Rene, Alex, Ruben, Dirk and Flo started to push me and told me to do tricks.

Besides world domination, what are your plans for the future?

My plans? Fuck the future, live today! No, ehm, this year I'm planning to skate and film a lot (for Abs 3) that´s for sure! Besides that I want to travel and have as much fun as possible. Next year, I want to move to Munich to study translation in Spanish, German and English.

ABS, that means anti blocking system if im not wrong? So You're worikng on filming for your car?

Haha, no! ABS stands for Anti Boring Skating, it's an old crew from Esslingen (near Stuttgart), created back in the day by Felix Humbug and Manuel Mo. We are using the name in remembrance how all of this started. Wolfgang Appelt is our main person who films, he made the other two ABS videos. In ABS 1 & 2 you can watch Stuttgarts Rollerbladers killing the best German spots. Abs 3 is a big project we have been filming it for a year and a half. It will be the shit! Featuring the best German skaters and a surprise section. We are always discussing that we need to make this video as good as possible; so please be patient.

Thank you Sacha for this insight! Any last words...shout-outs?

A big thank you goes to Grindhouse Skateshop! Thanks Thorsten for making this years tour possible and for all your support! Thanks to my other Sponsor: Remz, for the skates and support. I also want to thank my family who have always been my biggest support system, especially my Mum!

Peace to all my homies: Pole, Felix, Wolfi, Arne, Sexy Arne, Rashid, Ronaldo, Bauer, Roland, Alex, Highspeed Manu, Manu M., Hulio, Axl, Halunke, my big bro Marco, King Lee and Klöber. All the German Rollerbladers I skated with and all Rollerbladers out there who are reading this. A special thank you goes out to the guys who motivated me to start blading: Alex Der Russe, Rene aka Rainer, Ruben, Bladerdirk and Flo!

Thank you Ina for always being there for me.

And last but not least: Thank you Daniel for taking the time to make this possible and for being one of the Rollerbladers I look up to.