Mika Edin

Full name
Mika John Edin

 

Date of birth
850828

 

Height
173,5 cm / 5 feet 8 inches

 

Weight
73-78 kg / 161-172 lbs

 

Place of birth
Sollefteå

 

Sponsors
Bellows, adidas skateboarding, WESC, Junkyard.se, Spitfire, Thunder

 

Board width
7,875 inches

 

Shoe size
41 Euro / 8 US

 

T-shirt size
Large

 

Pant size
32

 

First time on board
When I was about 5 years old.

 

Have you had all of the children’s diseases?
I don’t know but I’ve had the chickenpox for sure.

 

Do you eat a proper breakfast?
No. Pizza.

 

Skating tranny/non-tranny in percent
50/50

 

Trick that just won’t work
Kickflip frontside tailslide

 

Trick that always works
360 flip

 

Floss?
Yes! A couple of times every week.

 

Best athletic merit
I won the small ball-throw in the school championships as a child.

 

Best vertical achievement
5-0 grind

 

Unwearable shoe colour
Don’t think there is one.

 

Best slam
Repressed that one.

 

Ever skated in sweatpants? Last time?
Well, a couple of years ago…

 

Most embarrassing skateboard memory.
Sticking on gravel, alone.

 

Do you use any shoe repair-product?
Do new laces count?

 

Ever ridden a longboard on Södermalm?
NO.

 

Worst trick Head of Ideology brings out in S.K.A.T.E.?
Inward heelflip.

 

Did you vote in the last elections?
Yes.

 

Favourite animal at Skansen?
Suricate.

 

Subway or bicycle?
Bicycle, but I don’t own one right now.

 

Bearnaise or garlic sauce?
Tzatziki.

 

Motto
Don’t do anything you don’t feel like.