{"id":321203,"date":"2023-09-05T11:43:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T11:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nocomplynetwork.com\/?p=321203"},"modified":"2023-11-04T07:31:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T07:31:46","slug":"gabriel-viking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nocomplynetwork.com\/gabriel-viking\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabriel Viking"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gabriel Viking is a skater from Sweden who\u2019s sponsored by Sci-Fi Fantasy. He\u2019s got a creative bag of tricks and a unique, loose style. His <\/strong>free flowing approach to his skating is unique. He makes basic moves and the super technical ones<\/strong> that he\u2019s got on lock, look sick, smooth and rad to watch. He\u2019s got an eye for a different approach and has one of our favourite Frontside 360s. <\/strong><\/p>\n

After making a few remixes of his clips, we had to hit him up to join The No Comply Network and we we’re hyped he was down.<\/b><\/p>\n

So we gave him a call to chat about how he started skating in Stockholm, the stories behind his sick tricks, clips and edits, the new skate video projects he’s filming for, his experiences of being a student at Bryggeriet, the story of how Jerry put him on Sci-Fi Fantasy, his thoughts on creativity in skateboarding, his travels around Europe and further afield, his favourites and more.<\/b><\/p>\n

Read Gabriel’s interview below to find out how it all went down for yourself.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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Gabriel, Shot by Hampus Lundin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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So, where did you grow up Gabriel?<\/h1>\n

I grew up a little bit out of Stockholm in Upplands V\u00e4sby. I had to take a commuter train from there to get to the city.<\/p>\n

I grew up there with my mom, older brothers and dad. My mom and dad separated and my brothers are on my mom\u2019s side.<\/p>\n

I was there with them and then my dad moved into the city when I got older and my mom as well.<\/p>\n

My dad has lived in Stockholm since he was 7 and he\u2019s fully Norwegian, he\u2019s from north Norway. He moved from Stockholm to Oslo when I was around 14 or 15ish and I tagged along with him and lived in Oslo for about a year.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s interesting you\u2019ve got this Norwegian connection<\/h1>\n

Yeah, it’s super nice.<\/p>\n

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At what point did skating come into the picture for you?<\/h1>\n

I got hyped on skating when I was going to f\u00f6rskola which is a place you go before you start real school, like after Kindergarten, you go there for a year, where you do basic maths and learn the time and stuff and then you start 1st grade.<\/p>\n

When I got to that school, where my big brother went as well, he skated a lot at that time as well, this was around about 2006 probably<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a really short guy but I was super short at that time too. On the way to school I would sit in the middle of the board and he would push me to school and home from school too. I would sometimes see him and his friends who skated and I always thought they looked so cool. I really liked the baggy clothes that they were wearing as well.<\/p>\n

That got me hyped on it but I didn\u2019t really start skating then. I think it was in 2009 on my 9th birthday some kids, where I lived at the time, had started skating and they had started to go to the one indoor park that we have in Stockholm and they were hyping it up so much.<\/p>\n

They were like \u2018We went to this skatepark and it’s the coolest place ever and we got our boards and everything and I was like ah, I want to go there too, it sounds so sick!\u2019.<\/p>\n

Then I wished for a skateboard and I got one when I turned 9 and I tagged along with them and then I went there everyday and I just never stopped.<\/p>\n

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What’s the name of that skate park with the mini ramp and a long steep jersey barrier in it? That was tight.<\/h1>\n

Yeah. That\u2019s one of the best ones that\u2019s called Humleg\u00e5rden. That place is sick.<\/p>\n

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I met a few skaters and I can remember us watching Mika Eden skating there. He was shredding at the time on this mini ramp.<\/h1>\n

Yeah Mika Eden, he is a Swedish legend. I think he\u2019s still going but he lives super far off and he only eats bananas.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s super sick.<\/p>\n

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I was hyped, he was killing it. He had so many tricks down.<\/h1>\n

That place is so nice for hanging out too. At the moment I have a friend from Florida staying with me but previously I had five guys staying with me from there and they were always so hyped because almost all of the skate parks that we have in Stockholm and around Sweden are all placed in very nice parks where people hang out, next to the grass and little forested areas.<\/p>\n

So it’s always so nice for people to visit because even if you don\u2019t feel like skating, it’s such a nice hang out spot too, like every park is so nice for sitting and relaxing.<\/p>\n

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Ah yeah, I definitely got that vibe. I saw street spots all over the place too. I remember there was a drained out fountain ledge spot with a marble ledge and marble floor. That was tight.<\/h1>\n

Yeah that\u2019s a legendary spot too. It\u2019s called Obsan.<\/p>\n

Everybody loves it but I always have the hardest time there. I feel like I\u2019m too short to get up on the curb haha<\/p>\n

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