Skateboarding
Meet the Skate Ninja, Michael 'Fitschi' Tan
He's taken the German scene by storm and has the footwork to make a mark internationally.
3 min
Checkout: Michael Fitschi Tan
Stuttgart scene ruler 'Fitschi' busts out for this come- up spot!
Michael "Fitschi" Tan lives in Stuttgart, Germany, by way of Malaysia. He's worked his way toward the local spotlight there, benefitting greatly from a fruitful relationship with German filmer Felix Löchel. The banger of a clip you should already be watching will prove just that.
“I love working with Felix and particularly love his editing skills,” said Tan. “But from time to time we would have some disputes. I am very self-critical with my skating and wanted to have some changes made. This is where we had some misunderstandings. I wanted some tricks taken out, he took out the wrong tricks, so I called him again and we beefed some more. I should say that this is all done in friendship: I think we are both just trying to be perfectionists.”
Sometimes, to stand out in skateboarding, that’s exactly what it takes.
Fitschi
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Fitschi – 360 flip
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Fitschi – backside flip
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Fitschi – melonchollie
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