Episode 48 - Johannes and Burny from Pocket Skatemag

Episode 48 with Johannes Schön and Florian "Burny" Hopfensperger, skateboarders from Germany, creators of Pocket Skatemag. Together we discussed them growing up in different parts of Germany, meeting for the first time on a skate trip to Croatia back in 2010, working in the skateboarding industry, Johannes in marketing for German distributor Mosaic and Burny as a skate photographer for various publications, launching Pocket Skatemag in 2017, how they run this whole operation between the two of them along with all the other people involved (particularly young prodigy Bennet Rahm), their favorite « followed » pieces so far, their thoughts about the future of skateboarding media, their upcoming projects…    Intro (00:13)  Getting started (01:13)  First video and magazine (05:13)  Meeting for the first time in Croatia in 2010 (08:33)  Work experience before launching Pocket (10:59)  First Transworld photographer issue for Burny (15:30)  Johannes worked for Mosaic, a German distributor for a few years (17:10)  Starting Pocket Skatemag (24:41)  Coming up with the name (28:55)  Influences in skateboarding media (31:58)  Business plan in mind at the beginning? (35:33)  Dividing tasks between both of them (38:13)  What is the other’s best skill or quality? (43:29)  How are you so damn productive? (44:47)  Johannes animations for Instagram (54:05)  Favorite « Followed » pieces so far (01:00:12)  « Followed » bucket list (01:03:00)  Thoughts on the future of skateboarding media (01:03:54)  Inspiring current initiatives in skateboarding media (01:08:45)  Upcoming projects (01:12:23)  Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding (01:14:30)  Friends questions (01:17:49)  Conclusion (01:52:29) For more information and resources: https://linktr.ee/beyondboards