Switchcraft Podcast
A podcast about fingerboarding, created by Jana Kemmer, a local from the ASI Berlin shop who has been in the scene for over a decade.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 66 minutes
- Episodes
- 49
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2024
Fast Fingers Specials – Ramon Worldchampion! Interview with the new Fingerboard Worldchampion, Ramon Angelow
A few hours after he won Fast Fingers 21 and became the new Fingerboard Worldchampion, I sat down with Ramon Angelow to talk about what this means for him and how it felt.
Thank you Blackriver for…
Fast Fingers Specials – Improviso check-in. Mid-Contest Interview with Francisco Martins and Pedro Oliveira from Improviso
I spoke to two friends while the Fingerboard world championship, aka FastFingers 21 was going on. They share the Instagram account Improviso, both had great runs and Francisco ended up in second plac…
Fast Fingers Specials – Pre Fast Fingers Favorites with Stolly, Alex Christ & Ramon Angelow
This year I got the amazing opportunity to be invited by Blackriver, the organisers of the fingerboard worldchampionship, Fast Fingers 21 to do a couple of interviews there.
I’m starting these spe…
Episode 45 – Interview with Vito from 6Skates
This episode was recorded almost a year ago and I never got around publishing it.
But this time I’m actually back. In this episode I talk to Vito, owner of the 6Skates store in Toronto, Canada.
Episode 43 – Interview with Levine Cunningham of USA Fingerboard League
After taking a spontanious hiatus, I’m back with another interview. This time I talked to Levine, the guy behind the USA Fingerboard League. We talked about what it takes to get a league on the road …
Episode 42 – Interview with David Jones
This week I spoke to David Jones of Youtube Fame. We talked about how he started his channel, how he started making fingerboard Videos and everything else.
Episode 41 – Interview with Cube – Owner at TH!Sfb and TH!S Art-Print-Design
This week I spoke to Cube, the owner at TH!Sfb and TH!S Art-Print-Design a brick-and-mortar Shop in Denver, Colorado. We talked about how he got his start in the scene, how the shop came about and wh…
Episode 40 – Interview with Chris from Beastpants
This week I sat down with deckmaker exordinair, Chris, the man behind Beastpants. We talked about his process of making decks, creating graphics, coming up with his beautiful split ply’s, his colabor…
Pride Month Special – Interview with Afrobi and Berta
I decided to put on a bonus episode this week. I spoke with Afrobi and Berta, both part of the lgbtqi+ community and well known names in the fingerboard community. We spoke about how it is for people…
Episode 39 – Interview with Bijan from pLAyhouse
It’s been somewhat of a mission for me to talk to everyone who has a physical fingerboard shop. They are such pillars of the community and I love seeing them getting more and more. So this time I tal…
Episode 38 – Interview with Paolo from Axe Ramps
This week I talked to Paolo who just opened a physical shop in london called Axe Ramps, together with his friend Simone. We talked about everything that lead up to that and about opening a physical s…
Episode 37 – Interview with Tobias Phieler
This week I talked to one of the german OGs. Tobias Phieler. He was one of the founding members of the Kassel Ost crew. They were one of the first big fingerboard crews in the German scene.
Episode 36 – Interview with Thom McInally
I continue my trend of speaking with people who’ve been around for ages. This week I talked to Thom McInally. We spoke about his journey into fingerboarding, his connections to Blackriver and Oak, an…
Episode 35 – Interview with Manu Oberle
This time I interviewed some who’s been a staple of the fingerboarding community for almost 20 years. We talked about Gripskin, prototyping, the forum days and baking bread.
Episode 34 – Interview with OGs from the Australian scene
This week I spoke to three people who have been involved in the Australian fingerboarding scene for years and in some cases even from the beginning. We talk about important people and companies in th…
Episode 33 – Interview with Burt from Five Luck
This one was a long time in the making. I finally managed to sit down with Burt from Five Luck. Deck maker extraordinaire and my Sponsor. We talked about living in the bush in the middle of nowhere i…
Episode 31 – Interview with Angga Panda from Papanjari
This week I talked to Angga Panda, the man behind Papanjari, one of the Godfathers of the Indonesian FIngerboard community. We talked about getting TechDecks into Indonesia, the local scene and some …
Episode 30 – Interview with Timo “TKY” Kranz, owner of the ASI Berlin shop
This time I visited my good friend, the legend himself, Timo Kranz also known as TKY at his shop in Berlin, the ASI Berlin shop. We talked about him, his journey in fingerboarding, how the shop got s…
Episode 29 – Interview with Chris Hennemann from Harz4 Wheels
This time I talked to a very good friend of mine, and fellow ASI Shop local, Chris Hennemann. Chris has been in the scene for ages and decided to make wheels two years ago and has been on a journey o…