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Five minutes with...
Daan
Van Der
Linden
The versatile Dutch skater
is no longer the new rookie
on the block; we caught up
with him for a chat on a visit
to one of Campus’ Bristol
skateparks.
Images by Max Hurn
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What do you think of the Campus
setup?
Oh, it’s cool, cool park. I mean the space
that they had, they made the best out of
it, I think.
You grew up in Veldhoven in the
Netherlands, what was the skate scene
like?
Oh, small. I mean, it was probably bigger
than I had realised at the time - probably
because I was that young - but yeah, it
was small. Everyone knew each other,
and that’s what kind of kept it alive - just
‘cause everyone needed each other there
for skateboarding.
How young did you get started?
Four, four-and-a-half. Something like
that, ‘cause I had an older brother that’s
two years older than me and, you know
around the age you start taking an interest
in things - we would play tennis, we would
play soccer and like we would do all these
sports every week and stuff.
My dad is a tennis teacher, professional
guy or whatever. And he used to be a
soccer professional so I guess he put us
onto sport, and then skateboarding was
just what we’d do in our neighbourhood.
At that time, no one was on their cell
phones or computers. The neighbours was
super close where I grew up from. It was
our time for hanging out after school. u
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