Eugen Enin is single-handedly proving that familiarity definitely doesn’t breed contempt. He burst into our collective consciousness back in 2010 and has been more prolific with each passing year. The number of sections, product promotions, crew projects with Borklyn Zoo and Instagram videos he has produced in the last eight years has been nothing short of staggering. One thing is for certain: Powerslide are definitely getting their money’s worth with this guy. In the past two years alone he has released full-length sections in three VODs – State Of The Art, Zoo Revolution and Elite Series. This month marks the release of his fourth section, a collaboration with Vincent Lindgren and Daniel Enin, entitled E.3. Filmed exclusively on the streets of Tokyo, Japan, many of the spots are previously unknown to most of the blading community unless you follow a certain Instagram account or, by the looks of their immaculate condition, Eugen Enin is the first person to ever skate some of them. Needless to say, the setting for this latest venture is almost as beautiful and bewildering as the tricks performed within them.

The reason Enin’s popularity has endured such a relentless onslaught of content is because he always finds new and interesting ways to surprise his audience. Even his throwaway Instagram clips have tricks that no-one has ever seen done before. E.3 is yet more evidence that Enin is on a constant quest to outdo himself and push the boundaries of his physical capabilities. There are tricks in his latest section that he has never done before and we are willing to bet that some of them have never been done by anyone before. If NBDs, exceptionally technical blading and foreign landscapes are your type of thing, we strongly suggest you support this new project. While you wait for it to download, scroll through some of the landmark moments in Eugen Enin’s life on blades.

First time you saw blading:

Eugen Enin: That was when I first visited the local skatepark after learning to jump around and go fast on my rec skates. I saw one of the locals with some USD Classic Thrones grinding our whole curved homepark rail and it burned into my mind forever.

First pair of skates:

Some K2 rec skates, but for aggro later on some Salomon ST8, which have been one of the comfiest skates I have ever owned to date.

First trick you learned:

Frontside on our flat rail and directly tried to grind the whole rail for weeks. After I finally did it, I started learning other tricks. #cantstopwontstop. Haha!

First video you watched:

Since I got into rollerblading culture itself pretty late – videos, brands, comps etc. – my first video was Killerboots. But it did the job, so I literally studied every video I could get and checked all the older stuff, too.

First skater you looked up to:

Borklyn Legend Matthäus Parobeck and other German killers like Guido Rosenkranz or Jochen Smuda. It took me a while to learn about all the international pros and legends in our scene.

First major injury:

Ripped ligaments when I was around 14, even needed crutches for a while. Wasn’t a good decision to try a front 720 with almost open skates! (Laughs)

First sponsor:

A local skate shop in Bonn, Bad Duffys, which was actually my first time getting in touch with USD, too.

First blading tour:

The first proper tour was the USD & Xsjado Winter Olympics tour, guided by the extremely passionate Mark Heuss. We visited several comps before Winterclash and managed to get some sick street footage. It was my first tour with the pro team and I was super nervous but motivated! Being on tour with Nick, Richie, Montre and Farm was unreal to me. I probably learned more tricks and other stuff in that short time than in a whole year. It’s one of my favourite memories forever. Mark’s Audiobook soundtracks during the car drives will stick in my mind forever, too.

First time you got into trouble for blading:

I have never had “real” trouble because of blading, just a lot of discussions, which I try to avoid nowadays. Sometimes it’s useless, just move on.

First magazine you read:

Roll to Soul, a German one. I think the magazine didn’t even exist anymore when I read it – pretty sad because I enjoyed it! (Laughs)

First time you realised you would dedicate your life to blading:

Normally I always kinda understated it and thought about it as my passion, but more like a hobby. But when I went pro for USD, started filming for SOTA and jumped from one project to another with my brother, I finally understood what was happening. And I love it!

First section you filmed:

It was a hometown one filmed by locals – shout out to all the MFCC homies! The first proper one was in Daniel Gourski’s video Rollschuhlaufen, around 2010. It was my first time filming for a full part and encountering a big city. I had some great experiences and long nights in Cologne. (Laughs)

First pro model:

My Undercover Ropedancer Wheel, pretty happy how it came out. Shout out to Kenneth for always realising my dreams into his designs.

First comment on a video that you took offence to:

Back when Rollernews had the classic comment area, I used to take some of them too personally until I understood that most of them aren’t even about my blading but about the clothing! (Laughs) It’s all about the pants! #pantz

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