Eniz Fazliov Get On The Fast Train
December 03, 2009 @ 7:39 AM
Get On The Fast Train
Eniz Fazliov Interview from Kingpin issue 71, Nov ‘09
Words and photography by Deeli
It’s hard to pinpoint the exact time when Eniz arrived on the scene. It already seems like he was always there. Perhaps the reason is because he didn’t get famous over night, there was no groundbreaking video part or a major run of comp wins. He’s kept up a steady flow of coverage and picked up a trophy here and there, but more importantly, he’s been out on the street, constantly, for the past few years without stopping for breath. For the same reason he’s not about to disappear from the public consciousness as soon as the lights turn on and the curtain is drawn. He’s not out to impress or one-up anyone, yet he’s set an impressive number of benchmarks by simply going about his daily business of jumping down and sliding across.
Autumn’s just about to begin. How do you feel about that?
Good. In the spring I’m usually just stoked to have made it through the winter, so I’m shredding as hard as I can. Then in the summer I tend to chill out a bit, have some fun and travel a little. And when the autumn comes, I sort of wake up to the fact that I’m going to have to get indoors again soon, so I’m always trying to make the most of the last days outside. That’s when I usually get the most done.
Did you have a good summer?
I guess it’s been good if I think about it. Around this time of the year, when the weather starts getting worse, I always feel like summer’s just flown by and I haven’t done anything. But that’s not true really. This summer was as good as any. I’ve tried to get as many photos as I could, but I’ve had some bad luck with injuries. I hurt my ribs about a month ago in Amsterdam and now I hurt my hip a few days ago.
Frontside Bluntslide
What happened to your hip?
Just messing around, trying to do these ridiculously long fifties with Tuukka on this little curb that goes downhill. We were a bit drunk and it was dark so I didn’t realize that it had only been waxed half way. So when the wax ran out, it just stuck like I’d hit a wall and I landed on my hip, full speed. This lady ran from across the street to check if I was OK and she rolled her ankle on the curb.
What were the highlights of the summer for you?
Berlin was good. It was the first time I’ve really been there and I loved the place.
You’re not the only one, it seems!
Yeah I can see why. There were so many spots that I’d seen in videos, and even more that I’d never even seen. It’s so big I bet you can keep finding more stuff to skate there for a long time still. You don’t necessarily have to go to the Kulturforum. Berlin reminds me of Finland a bit, only better, bigger and with more spots. We went around with Adam Cello, the photographer. He has a car and he knows all the spots, so he would just take us around and show us stuff. And a lot of the spots are almost open, only a couple of tricks have been done on them.
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