Episode 33 - Kirill Korobkov
Episode 33 with Kirill Korobkov, skateboarder, team and brand manager and all-around fixer from Moscow, Russia. Together we discussed him growing up and picking up a skateboard in Cheboksary, the development of the Russian skate scene in the 90’s, his first gigs in the skateboarding industry as a writer, meeting and traveling with Patrik Wallner and the Visual Traveling crew and becoming their main fixer particularly in Russia and its surrounding countries, becoming the Vans team manager for Russia as well as the team and brand manager of Russian board brand Absurd Skateboards, the 2021 Grand Skate Tour in Nizhny Novgorod, and of course the war in Ukraine. Intro (00:13) Growing up and finding skateboarding (01:14) Moving to Moscow (18:40) First travels outside of Russia (26:05) Meeting with Patrik Wallner and getting involved with Visual Traveling (30:30) First trip: 10.000km (39:18) Favorite Visual Traveling trip (44:51) Skills/qualities required to be a good fixer (48:38) Absurd Skateboards team and brand manager (54:47) Vans Russia team manager (01:00:09) The war in Ukraine (01:05:25) Grand Skate Tour in Nizhny Novgorod in December 2021 (01:11:13) Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding (01:16:48) Friends questions (01:18:38) Conclusion (01:40:49) For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards