Lodge Guest, Mads Benthien

Name: Mads Benthien

Current: Job / school: California Sports Aps/Streetmachine

Where are you from? Sønderborg, Denmark

Where do you currently live? Nørrebro, Denmark

Family status: Working on it

Age: 27

Sponsors: My self

Years of skateboarding: 14

Board size:8.25

Wheel size:51

Trucks: 149 – Thunder

I change set up every: 3^rd month

Current Board trend: MOTHER!(quasi)

Please state your type of terrain on your board in %

 

Street: 35%

(Skatepark) Flow Street:35%

Miniramp: 10%

Long board:.……?

Segboarding? 100%

Vert: 1%

Bowl: 1%

Freestyle:18%

 

Your daily DAY by the hours,  (or tell us about your longest day the last weeks)

06.00 Sleep

07.00 Waking up. and time for brushing them teeth

08.00 Coffee, water and vitamins

09.00 Work and more coffee

10.00 Work

11.00 Work

12.00 Work

13.00 Lunch time – Eats whats in the fridge or some cereal – love cereal<3

14.00 Work

15.00 Break – coffee and cigarettes

16.00 Work

17.00 Work

18.00 Goes to Føtex to scout some nice food to cook

19.00 Cooks the food in like30min and eats it in 5

20.00 Maybe session, a good run or some girl drama!

21.00 same shit

22.00 shower and selfie time – scrolling on instagram and stuff

23.00 selfie time

24.00 trying to sleep

01.00 tripping

02.00 sleeping

03.00 pissing

04.00 sleeping

05.00 zzzzzzzzzzzz

How are you doing at the moment? Fine, nothing crazy other than work. Trying to skate and run  twice a week. Started single courses at cphbusiness.

How is your body at the moment , (injuries, knees, and so so ) ? My thumbs and wrists suck, but the rest is brilliant. Working on the sixpack haha.

Please comment your feelings about Skateboarding in  the 

80s hmm Slappy curbs and freestyle? Im not a skateboarding geek like Jonas Daater so I have to guess.

90s baggy pants and hip hop. Giant shoes and narrow decks.

2000 Corey duffel and pink PIG wheels. Rock ‘n’ Roll! Huge rails and gaps.

2010+ Olympics here we come! The technical skills people have is mind blowing.

When I chill, I chill with, Roberts Osis, Rasmus Snerling, Mads Sand, Andreas Dockal, Sami El-Hindi, Peter Forné, Esben Clausen, Søren Østerballe

I’m have been on a mission lately in (with) Roberts Osis And Snerling (Sønderborg Skatehal) wouldn’t call it a mission but a danish cosy session.

Dream session would be, Odense Skatehal or Sønderborg Skatehal back in the days.

Lately I have been working on, Shaping up for paradise hotel 2017 with Jonas Daater.

When I was little I would like to, Become an astronaut. That didn’t work out…. haha

When i’m home I like to, Listen to music, make everything nice and clean. Drink coffee and play old games like command and conquer. Talk shit. Read a bit.

I normally call my homies for, Advice, beer’s or session.

Your homies are,  Roberts Osis, Rasmus Snerling, Andreas Dockal, Rolf Erik Titlestad, Mads Sand & Rasmus Sand, Sami El-hindi. Peter Forné, Esben Clausen, Søren Østerballe, Everyone that has been, or is a part of the Cali Crew<33

I enjoy going to, The movies, Restaurants, the toilet

Favorite drink is, Vodka with different stuff in it.

Favorite food is, Everything there is, as long as it’s fresh and well done.

Favorite drug, No drugs:(

Favorite music, Some of them: Songs:Ohia, Shearwater, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Death Hawks, Red Lama, Jeff B, Local Natives, Calexico, Future Islands, Tame Imala, Midlake, Alt-J, Radiohead, Deerhunter, The National & 50cent

Favorite film, Pulp Fiction

Favorite skateboarders, The Huf team is doing some dope shizzle(RIP Dylan). But Rodney Mullen and Daewon Song are my heroes.

Favorite skate film, Girl yeah right, Flip Sorry, Code red 9

Favorite skatepark, Sønderborg Skatehal

Favorite spot, all of Nørrebro, Kvickly Sønderborg

Favorite woman / men  (blond, fat, thin, big, small) 

Woman: Russian, Dark hair, Brown eyes, Short… but not dwarf short.

When I cook, I cook, Chicken and salad

To go to restaurant is, Durumbar

To go to trick is, Nollie 360flip/ Nollie fs pop shuvit’s

To go to trick when you are farked is, Manual (flat)

To go to trick when you are winning is, Nollie and switch double flips (flat)

TOP 3 Cities, København, Sønderborg, Berlin

When I travel, I always bring, Thongs, loads of them.

Best travel advice I can give is, Thongs – you don’t sweat as much when you sit down.

Best travel memory you want to share? Greenland, waterfall made from the inland ice. Amazing nature and animals up there.

When I do not skateboard I, try to find a nice rhythm in life and enjoi all the small things.

My fitness program is, Skating, Running, standard floor workout

When I get old I want to, Be happy and fit enough to still be able to skate a bit.

I would NEVER, lie to my Mother.

Where do you stand & please comment with skateboarding in the olympics? 

I don’t mind skateboarding getting bigger. It’s not gonna change anything for me. And I think it’s great to watch skateboarders compete in a higher level. Not being stoned, drunk or just fooling around. Everything doesn’t need to bee so serious I get that point of view. And there will still be room for that, this i’m sure of. The olympics will not change skating as much as people think. It’s time to share Skateboarding with people. No need to keep it underground and cool. Some people need to stop bitching about stuff. What’s cool and what’s not cool. And just go skate. Yolo

I would like to see more of, Roberts Osis and Mads Sand – Their latest DC klip was bangin! Remember that?

 

That one time where I was in jail because, I was looking too good, wearing a thong.

I should do more of, Skating and good stuff for others. Wear less thongs

My future looks like, 2pacs! Still working on it(had the nose ring). Im gonna move from customer service at California Sports to Streetmachine. Looking forward to that.

I dream of, A family and a great home.

The book I currently read is,  Sales books,  Sales Psychology and basic sales.  I rarely read books for fun.

The best travel I have been on, When I was in the Navy. Greenland, Faeroe islands, Iceland

The worst travel(s) I have been on was, Berlin in january, cold as fuck.

On Netflix I watch, I do not own a netflix account.

If I could change the world I would, Just try to make it better. Share my comedy show about G-Strings.

Everybody should own a, Christiania Bike and a garden.

The hobby I have, no one knows about is, Collecting knives and talking about playing G-strings.

I will never get rid of, My basketball card collection and knives, My beloved b&w speakers preowned by my father.

I would love to be in a movie with, 50cent or Justin Timberlake

Any regrets in life so far  ? Hard to say. I would have loved to travel this summer. Didn’t

I currently follow (social media, instagram twitter, Facebook)

@vesterbros_gader @robertsosis @osis_foto @emporium_dist @shredderslodge @red_lama_band @hufworldwide @copenhagen_bw @blacktattooing  + friends and family and so on.

Life advise so far ? Have fun and don’t think too much.

Anything else,  

Thanks, to all my closest friends, colleagues and family for being awesome and supportive.