How It Started
My drive to skate started because I was amazed by skate tricks. In 2009 at 13yo, I jumped into big boards because they looked bigger and cooler (13yo reasoning). At that time “longboard freestyle” was starting to get some popular interest. I remember watching Adam Colton post what were the first longboarding tutorials ever doing bigspins and slide tricks.
My trigger into longboarding was watching Axel Serrat and Aleix Gallimó skating the streets of Barcelona, sliding and doing tricks. Aleix’s flip line ending in a manual flip-out on flat completely blew my mind.
10y after, in 2016, Aleix was about to quit Original Skateboards, but he took a filming day with me — I didn’t know him personally yet. That same day I met my idol, and he was the one filming my first video part for my first deck sponsor, Original Skateboards.
In 2012, Mike Virgin released a Original Skateboards video that broke my mental barriers in longboarding — 360 shovit slides, no-comply reverts into no-comply, slide-speedcheck combos into slide-shovit, and the first 360 flip ever done on a longboard.
"Friends and community are some of the most valuable things I get from this sport."
Progression & Community
After my early skating kid background, I jumped into big boards, started going faster and learning how to slide. In 2009-2010 it was very common among longboarders to mix between skate freestyle tricks and freeride slide tricks.
I remember landing my first flip trick and how it raised my self-esteem and motivation. After school, we were practicing freestyle during the week and in the weekends moved to a small mountain near the city to skate down the hills.
After watching Mike Virgin’s video for Original Skateboards, I started trying 360 slide tricks and double speedchecks. Around 2015 I started riding the Apex — a lot of people in Spain had that board at the time — and 360 flips and fakie 540 spins started showing up in the scene. I specialized in manual combos; I remember one afternoon with Viktor Ausikevich where I landed the fingerflip manual, flip manual, varial flip-out line. That line was another turning point for my longboarding career.
Friends and community are some of the most valuable things I get from this sport. Between 2010 and 2016 in Barcelona, we used to organize meetups two or three times a year with around 100 people, riding down through the entire city from top to bottom, ending in the sea spots.
We used to skate daily after class, and on weekends we’d head to Montjuïc, a small mountain inside the city, to freeride.
Viktor Ausikevich was my riding and motivation partner. He has filmed almost all of my videos when I started collaborating with sponsors. It is so motivating to have one friend that admires and loves what you do and you can share it with him. After that, he improved a lot and we had a more equal rider-to-rider relationship filming each other.
Planning a trip, sleeping together, having breakfast in the morning, scouting spots, getting ready to compete, the nerves, the joys, the disappointments — you live so many emotions when you leave your city for events. Phauna longboard contest (Spain), Dance with me (Spain) and SYCLD (Eindhoven) are the events that had most impact on my career.
In 2015 I joined Kaina Skateshop, a local Barcelona store with a big reputation. I came in as a longboard freestyle rider — at that point they only had freeride riders, and they wanted to have freestyle riders since the discipline was growing. 2016, 2017 and 2018 were the most important years of my career for filming videos and skating different events. It’s thanks to Kaina Skateshop that I could travel outside the country and to other events around Spain.
"The rise of YouTube and Facebook lines up almost exactly with the growth of longboarding."
The Bigger Picture
The rise of YouTube and Facebook lines up almost exactly with the growth of longboarding. The discipline went international and professionalized: judged competitions appeared, scored on three pillars — freestyle (tricks), dancing (step combinations), and style — organized by platforms like SYCLD, bringing together riders from different continents.
Very distinct regional schools of style emerged: the Korean, the Brazilian, the French, the Chinese. Korea in particular went through a viral explosion around 2016, with longboarding turning into a commercial and fashion phenomenon there — influencers with half a million followers.
The current epicenter of the highest technical level is China, specifically the Sichuan region, where young riders are landing tricks that go beyond what many professional flatland skaters do. It’s a clear sign of how the new generations have taken the discipline to another level.
Alongside that, surfskate has boomed recently as an entry point. It’s more accessible than traditional skateboarding, which people find intimidating because of its extreme tricks, and it’s useful for surfers who want to train out of the water.
Where I Am Now
I started as a kid looking for adventure and a way to express skill. Now I’m an adult with responsibilities with less time to skate but still in love with this sport and the community. I’m excited to keep pushing my limits and watch the scene grow with new talents who keep surprising and breaking my mental barriers.
In 2026 I joined the El Banquito crew with Paco Curt and Freddy Gimenez. We host free longboarding beginner courses every month to spread longboarding knowledge.
We also gather every Sunday at the Barcelona beach to skate, film and have fun together. We all have weekday jobs and responsibilities, so it’s a great moment to do a sport we love and be together.
Our community is constantly changing and we love having new people coming from abroad to visit and skate with us. If you come to Barcelona, send a message in the group chat!
Video Parts
A few video parts from over the years, for anyone who wants to watch rather than just read about it.
Quickfire
I’m a full-time indie videogame programmer. I’m building the first Kendama simulation videogame for mobile devices — check out “Spike It - Kendama” on mobile app stores.
If you’re just starting, find longboarding or skate WhatsApp groups, join them to skate and ask for advice. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes or not be cool, just go for it.
If you are committed to improve in longboard freestyle my best advice is to MASTER THE MANUALS. If you master the manuals you will be able to pop the board easily and your agility in the board in general will be much higher.
