Malmö

Nickname
“Sparris” due to my last name (meaning asparagus in Swedish)

Kiter/Surfer/Wakeboarder since…
2002 (the first time I surfed was longer ago)

Your sponsors
ION, kiteteam.se

3 Songs, you always carry on your player
The last year I’ve always been carrying Hometown glory by Adele, Twist by Xavier Rudd and I always have some Three doors down songs on my player

3 tings you definitely need on a trip
surf gear, credit card and no more

3 riders, who inspire you
All the local guys ripping in the waves at spots like Cape Verde etc, Cindy Mosey since she’s always both been leading or pushing the progression of kitesurfing girls and at the same time been a role model for everyone, and also Christian Dittrich who taught me so much during my first years as a kiter

3 greatest movies you watched
: Hard to only choose 3…, but The usual suspects is a classic by now, I also really like Into the wild and Step into liquid

Did you have any bad Injuries in your career and how did it happen?
Yeah 2, one was in my shoulder after a non-successful downloop s-bend to blind – couldn’t kite for almost a year, the other was in my knee

Explain how you got into being sponsored?
I was first sponsored when I started competing in Scandinavia in 2002 by the Swedish North distributor. After I entered the PKRA in the end of 2003 I got international sponsors.

Wakeboarding/ Surfing/ Kiting is…
everything!

Your Favourite place to travel to
Everywhere the waves are good, e.g. Morocco, South America, Cape Verde

When I’m 50 years old I…/ after my career I ….
will smile(!) and live close to some surf and kite spot, doing some work in my company

What is important for you in life besides Kitesurfing?
To always be challenged, whether it is on the water or doing something totally different

Beer or cocktail?
Cocktail!! That’s more fun

I didn’t become a banker because…
I predicted the financial crisis ;-)

Other guys say I am…
a little crazy, but target oriented

I think I am…
just stubborn

My homespot is…
plenty of spots in Skåne (around Malmö), from flat water spots in Habo Ljung to the wave spots on the south coast as well as north of Helsingborg

I’d never ride at…
don’t know, guess I would ride anywhere.

Last movie you watched?
Taken

Last place you have been to?
Morocco

Last song you listened to?
A song by Magnus Tingsek, a Swedish singer

Last club you entered?
Last Thursday I was in a small club in Malmö listening to a friend and her band – La Petite

Last drink you had?
sambucca of course

Last fight you got into?
haha, I haven’t been in a real fight since I was 13 or 14

Last words…
The only ones who never fail are the ones who never try.. get out there and have fun!