I caught up with the humble Mads Christensen after his victory at BaySixty6. The 27-year-old Danish champion was happy to talk about his win and other competitions that’s he’s been skating his way around.
How do you feel about winning the contest?
‘’I didn’t expect it because everybody was killing it out there. And I was feeling like I was getting the last straw out of the semi-finals. I was one of the fifteenth qualified for the semi-finals. So, in that way I feel really lucky.I didn’t expect it, I just tried my best.’’
You competed in a bunch of other skateboarding competitions before London AM, right?
‘’Yeah, I’ve competed in Basel, the European Skateboarding Championship and the Redbull Manny Mania contest in New York.’’
Are you excited to compete at the Berlin final in July with all the other European skaters?
‘’Yeah, really excited. I actually just right now was thinking, I did not expect to go there before today. But now I’m definitely going!’’
So, are you also going to be at the Copenhagen Open in July?
‘’Yeah, I actually live in Copenhagen so yeah, for sure!’’
Christensen won the £3,000 prize for coming first place and competed in the final leg of the series in Berlin the following month. Runner up, Ross McGouran and Joao Santos who came third joined him.
Joao Santos (left), winner Mads Christensen (centre), Ross McGouran (right).