Episode 44 - Steffen Austerheim

Episode 44 with Steffen Austerheim, skateboarder from Stavanger, Norway, former student turned skateboarding teacher at Bryggeriets Gymnasium in Malmö, Sweden. Together we discussed him growing up and picking up his first skateboard in Stavanger, getting sponsored and doing competitions at a young age, finding out about Bryggeriets Gymnasium in Malmö and convincing his parents to send him over there, moving back to Stavanger after graduating to work and study for a few years, coming back to Bryggeriets in 2020 to work alongside his mentor John Dahlquist as a skateboarding teacher, the many challenges of teaching skateboarding, overcoming anxiety, his recent decision to go sober…    Intro (00:13)  Getting started (01:25)  First sponsors (05:02) Going to Bryggeriets (07:28)  After graduating from high-school (15:44)  Coming back to work at Bryggeriets in 2020 (23:27)  Running skate classes alongside John Dahlquist (31:42)  Regular day-to-day schedule (41:55)   Class side-projects like CHPO in 2022 (48:07)  Current students we should keep our eyes on in the future (54:49)  Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding (59:25) Friends questions (01:01:32)  Conclusion (01:57:22)   For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards