Episode 5 - Patrik Wallner
Episode 5 with Patrik Wallner, tireless and enthusiastic globe-trotter, filmmaker and photographer based in Hong-Kong. Together we talked about him growing up between Germany and the US, skating and filming with Billy Rohan in NYC back in the day, traveling across all of Europe and Asia with the Visual Traveling crew for the last 15 years, skating in North Korea with Kenny Reed, living in HK in turbulent covid times, his current and future endeavors with his company Postcard, his love for trees, trains and Georgian gastronomy... Intro (00:13) Presentation (01:16) When did you start skating? (04:36) Filming with Billy Rohan (12:35) When did visual traveling become a thing? (14:33) How do the ideas for the trips come about? (19:31) Focus on Africa right now and in the near future? (22:18) Working with Redbull (25:43) Visual traveling crew and Michael Mackrodt (33:00) Fanning out on Javier Mendizabal (37:36) How is skateboarding perceived in North Korea? (39:14) Music rights (46:32) What do you prefer to do between filming, shooting photos, editing…? (50:01) Visual traveling trip in HK with Walker and Nestor (55:02) Been in HK for 4 years but in Asia for longer? (56:27) Do you still pay attention to what’s going on in the skateboarding world? (01:00:16) Questions from Nestor and Walker (01:04:16) Countries to go visit on your bucketlist? (01:14:33) What do you think of the evolution of skateboarding with the Olympics around the corner? (01:16:31) Thanks (01:20:34) Conclusion (01:20:59)