Glad to see Tolya is doing so well. Also, stoked to see Pasha is doing well filming this part (pretty certain he filmed Gosha's Zima part a couple years back and he has done some cool skate doc/videos in the past).
I enjoyed this. Even though I have seen better spot selections in clips from Moscow (it looked to much like China clips which I don't like) and it is true with the fingerflips combos that you guys write, but you can see he is a great skater with power and speed in many tricks. I have always been intrigued and fascinated by the Soviet Union and Moscow. I think the skaters from there must be pretty hardcore and used to harassment from the public. An anti culture to any thing in their society. It's my assumptions, since I haven't been there yet. Growing up in mid nineties in my early teens we got chased and beaten up by groups of older guys because we skated. I can imagine a similar situation out East. Best wishes from Copenhagen, Denmark.
Stoked on the Moscow scene!
The scene in Moscow is super fun. At least when it comes to anyone associated with Absurd or Nasvay/Dora. Seriously, amazing dudes.
However, from my experience I think Toyla oversells how open it is to skateboarding. But, why not? I think most people are overly afraid of Russia, so this creates a counter narrative.
I loved my time there and the local skate scene was beyond awesome. But lack of indoor parks sucked for sure when it was -22 outside.