Guenter Mokulys
Guenter Mokulys (born October 30, 1963 in Bonn , Germany ) is a German skateboarder . He is 11 times world freestyle skateboarding champion. He also took part in over 100 competitions around the world, making him one of the most successful skateboarders ever.
biography
Mokulys grew up in Dortmund . He currently lives in Berlin . Mokulys started skateboarding at the age of 18. This was followed by daily training of up to nine hours and a move to Münster . His training ground there was one of the first outdoor skate parks in Germany.
In 1984 and 1985 he was part of a training camp with coaches and skateboarders such as Rodney Mullen , Tony Hawk , Mike McGill , Lance Mountain and Per Welinder in Täby, Sweden . Motivated by this experience, Mokulys decided to spend even more time on the skateboard.
After three years of training, Mokulys won the amateur world championship in freestyle skateboarding at the "Transworld Skateboarding Championship" in Canada in 1986 and the Münster Monster Mastership in Münster.
In 1987 he came under contract as a professional skateboarder in Titus Dittmann's Titus Skates Team. Around 50 other competitions and shows across Europe followed by 1992.
Mokulys decided to write the first German-language textbooks about skateboarding. Initially ridiculed, his six books, written between 1987 and 1994, became successes.
In 1991 Mokulys won the professional world championship in Münster, Germany. From 1994 onwards, skateboarding in the USA and Europe had slipped to a low point: there were almost no more competitions, so Mokulys stopped skateboarding. In 2002 in Cologne he came back to skateboarding. After a year of training, Mokulys won the 2003 World Championship in Würzburg . Another 50 competitions worldwide followed.
In 2004 and 2007 he wrote books about skateboarding again and founded his own Sir Marshall publishing house for it.
This was followed by global show appearances since 2009: With a friend and skateboard street artist, Eddie Hawk, Mokulys founded the Skateboardmasters, which celebrated success on stage, in variety shows and on TV, for example Die Große Chance in 2013 , Got to Dance in 2014 and 2016 Tell the truth .
At the age of 53, Mokulys is still one of the world's best freestyle skateboarders and has competed in competitions and shows around the world, and has earned respect and recognition from his fellow competitors, especially for his routine, mostly flawless runs.
In freestyle skateboarding, at the age of 51, he also holds the record as the oldest champion of a world championship at The World Freestyle Round-Up 2015 in Vancouver .
He last won the Big Rio Freestyle Contest in January 2017 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .
He also runs an online skateboard shop, under which he also sells his own brand, Marshall Skateboarding.
Guenter Mokulys is considered one of the most successful skateboarders in Europe.
Nicknames of his are The Dances with the Skateboard and The German Smile .
World championships won
| year | World Championship | place | photo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Transworld Championship | Vancouver , Canada | 1 |
| 1991 | World Championship | Munster , Germany | 2 |
| 2003 | World Championship | Wurzburg , Germany | 3 |
| 2004 | World Championship | Pasadena , United States | 4th |
| 2005 | World Championship | São Paulo , Brazil | 5 |
| 2006 | World Championship | Birmingham , UK | 6th |
| 2008 | World Championship | São Paulo , Brazil | 7th |
| 2009 | World Championship | Tokyo , Japan | 8th |
| 2010 | World Championship | Philadelphia , United States | 9 |
| 2013 | World round-up | Vancouver , Canada | 10 |
| 2015 | World round-up | Vancouver , Canada | 11 |
Developed tricks
- 1984: Whirl trick
- 1985: 1.1 / 2 finger flip to 50/50
- 1985: One Armed Handstand Roll Flip to 50/50
- 1986: The San Francisco Flip
- 1987: Impossible to Truck
- 1987: Bonebreaker
- 1987: Flip-Flap
- 1988: Handstand Flip to Nohand-Casper
- 1988: Tucknee Spacewalk
- 1989: Railflip 1.1 / 4 to Pogo
- 1989: Incredible-Backside
- 1990: Ollie Frontside 180 ° finger flip
- 2014: Tucknee Backwards
- 2017: Tucknee-Backwards to Tucknee-Spacewalk
Compilation of his skateboards
- 1983: Cryptonics 7.3 "Freestyle Deck, Tracker Trucks, 54mm Freestyle Wheels
- 1984: Rodney Mullen 7.2 "Freestyle Deck, tracker trucks, 56mm Powell Freestyle Wheels
- 1986: Per Welinder 7.2 "Freestyle Deck, tracker trucks, 56mm Powell Freestyle Wheels
- 1987: Guenter Mokulys 7.6 "Freestyle Deck, Tracker Trucks, 56mm Powell Freestyle Wheels
- 2002: Rodney Mullen 7.5 "Street Deck, 5.0" Tensor Trucks, 54mm Street Wheels
- 2004: Guenter Mokulys 7.5 "Street Deck, 5.0" Tensor trucks, 54mm Freestyle Wheels
- 2006: Guenter Mokulys / Decomposed 7.5 "Street Deck, 5.0" Tensor trucks, 54mm Freestyle Wheels
- 2015: Marshall-Sk8 7.5 "Street Deck, 7.5" Tensor trucks, 53mm Freestyle Wheels
Books
- Guenter Mokulys: Freestyle Skateboard Book . Monster Verlag, Münster 1987, ISBN 3-927328-00-6 .
- Guenter Mokulys: Streetstyle Skateboard Book Part 1 . Monster Verlag, Münster 1988, ISBN 3-927328-01-4 .
- Guenter Mokulys: Streetstyle Skateboard Book Part 2 . Monster Verlag, Münster 1989, ISBN 3-927328-03-0 .
- Guenter Mokulys, Thilo Nawrocki: Miniramp Skateboard Book . 1990, ISBN 3-927328-04-9 .
- Guenter Mokulys, Thilo Nawrocki: Halfpipe Skateboard Book . 1991, ISBN 3-927328-05-7 .
- Guenter Mokulys: Flatland Skateboard Book . Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-00-012548-5 .
- Guenter Mokulys: Street skating & Game of SKATE. Sir Marshall Verlag, Berlin 2008, ISBN 3-00-015615-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtDlTg7i7zo
- ↑ Guenter Mokulys: Skateboardmasters TV Show. January 21, 2013, accessed March 7, 2014 .
- ↑ Tell the truth SWR quiz show. Guenter Mokulys. Retrieved March 7, 2017 .
- ^ Guenter Mokulys - The Freestyle Knowledge Base. Retrieved March 7, 2017 .
- ^ Guenter Mokulys | The World Freestyle Round-Up. Retrieved March 7, 2017 (American English).
- ↑ Big Rio Freestyle Contest
- ↑ Skateboards, children's skateboards, longboards, cruiserboards ,. Retrieved March 7, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mokulys, Guenter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German skateboarder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn , Germany |