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 Guenter Mokulys demonstrates a trick he developed, the tucknee-spacewalk, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | The German Smile |
| Born | October 30, 1963 Bonn, Germany |
| Website | www |
| Sport | |
| Country | Germany |
| Sport | Skateboarding |
| Event | Freestyle skateboarding |
| Turned pro | 1987 |
| Updated on April 23, 2013 | |
Guenter Mokulys (born October 30, 1963 in Bonn, Germany) is a German professional skateboarder. He is an 11-time freestyle skateboarding world champion. He has participated in more than 100 competitions worldwide and is one of the most successful skateboarders of all time.
Biography[edit]
Guenter grew up in Dortmund, and currently lives in Berlin. Guenter began skateboarding at the age of 18 and moved to Munster, training up to nine hours a day. His training ground there was one of the first outdoor skate parks in Germany.
In 1984 and 1985, he was part of a training camp that had coaches and skateboarders like Rodney Mullen, Tony Hawk, Mike McGill, Lance Mountain and Per Welinder in Täby, Sweden. Motivated by this experience, Guenter decided to spend more time skateboarding.
After three years of training, Guenter won the 1986 amateur freestyle skateboarding world championships in the "Transworld Skateboard Championships", in Vancouver, Canada[1] and the "Münster Monster Mastership" contest in Münster, Germany[2].
In 1987, he became a professional skateboarder, under contract with Titus Dittmann's "Titus Skates" team. He continued to skate in approximately 50 other European competitions and show performances, until 1992.
Also in 1987, Guenter decided to write his first German skateboarding book. He wrote six books from 1987 to 1994. These were initially ridiculed, but they later became successes.
In 1991 Guenter won the professional division world championships in Münster, Germany[3][4]. In 1994, the popularity of skateboarding fell to a low point in the US and Europe. With virtually no competitions taking place, Guenter quit skateboarding. Then in 2002, while in Cologne, he came back to skateboarding. After a year of training, Guenter entered and won the 2003 Freestyle World Championships in Würzburg, Germany[5]. Another 50 worldwide competitions followed.
In 2004 and 2007, Guenter wrote more books on skateboarding and founded his own publishing house, Sir Marshal Publishing (SIR-MARSHALL-VERLAG).
In 2009, Guenter and his friend Eddie Hawk (a skateboard street artist) founded the "Skateboard Masters" show team, which has performed worldwide and has celebrated success on stage, in variety shows and on TV. Some major successes include "The Great Chance" (2013)[6], "Got to Dance" (2014) and "To Tell the Truth" (2016)[7]
In 2015, at the age of 51, he set a new record for being the oldest champion [8] to win the world championships at the 2015 World Freestyle Round-Up in Vancouver, Canada.
At age 54, Guenter remains one of the world's best freestyle skateboarders and still completes globally[9], earning the respect and appreciation of his fellow skaters, with his near flawless routines.
Most recently, he won the Big Rio Freestyle Contest in January 2017, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[10]
In addition, he also runs an online skateboard shop where he also sells his own brand "Marshall Skateboarding"[11].
Guenter Mokulys is considered one of the most successful skateboarders in Europe.
He has been nicknamed "Der mit dem Skateboard tanzt" and "The German Smile".
World Championships Won[edit]
| Year | World Championship | Place | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Transworld Championship | Vancouver, Canada | 1 |
| 1991 | World-Championship | Münster, Germany | 2 |
| 2003 | World-Championship | Würzburg, Germany | 3 |
| 2004 | World-Championship | Pasadena, United States | 4 |
| 2005 | World-Championship | São Paulo, Brazil | 5 |
| 2006 | World-Championship | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 6 |
| 2008 | World-Championship | São Paulo, Brazil | 7 |
| 2009 | World-Championship | Tokyo, Japan | 8 |
| 2010 | World-Championship | Philadelphia, United States | 9 |
| 2013 | World-Round-Up | Vancouver, Canada | 10 |
| 2015 | World-Round-Up | Vancouver, Canada | 11 |
Tricks Developed[edit]
- 1984: Whirl-Trick
- 1985: 1.1/2 Fingerflip to 50/50
- 1985: Rolling One-Armed Handstand Flip to 50/50
- 1986: San Francisco Flip
- 1987: Impossible to Truck
- 1987: Bonebreaker
- 1987: Flip-Flap
- 1988: Handstand Flip to No-Hand Casper
- 1988: Tucknee Spacewalk
- 1989: Railflip 1,1/4 to Pogo
- 1989: Backside Incredible
- 1990: Ollie Frontside 180° Fingerflip
- 2014: Fakie Tucknee
- 2017: Fakie Tucknee to Tucknee Spacewalk
Books[edit]
- Guenter Mokulys (1987), Freestyle Skateboard Book (in German), Münster: Monster Verlag, ISBN 3-927328-00-6
- Guenter Mokulys (1988), Streetstyle Skateboard Book Teil 1 (in German), Münster: Monster Verlag, ISBN 3-927328-01-4
- Guenter Mokulys (1989), Streetstyle Skateboard Book Teil 2 (in German), Münster: Monster Verlag, ISBN 3-927328-03-0
- Guenter Mokulys, Thilo Nawrocki (1990), Miniramp Skateboard Book (in German), ISBN 3-927328-04-9
- Guenter Mokulys, Thilo Nawrocki (1991), Halfpipe Skateboard Book (in German), ISBN 3-927328-05-7
- Guenter Mokulys (2004), Flatland Skateboard Book (in German), Köln, ISBN 3-00-0125485
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Guenter Mokulys (2008), Streetskating & Game of S-K-A-T-E. (in German), Berlin: Sir-Marshall-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-00-015615-1
Web Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "1986 Transworld Skateboard Championships contest results". Late Tricks. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "1986 "Münster Monster Mastership" contest results". Late Tricks. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "1991 "Munster Mastership" contest results". Late Tricks. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Guenter Mokulys skating in the "Munster Mastership contest in Münster, Germany". skatebrigade YouTube Channel. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ "2003 Freestyle World Championships contest results". Late Tricks. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
- ^ Guenter Mokulys (2013-01-21). "Skateboardmasters TV-Show". Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- ^ "To Tell the Truth - Guenter Mokulys". Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- ^ Guenter Mokulys | The World Freestyle Round-Up, retrieved 2017-03-07
- ^ Guenter Mokulys – The Freestyle Knowledge Base, retrieved 2017-03-07
- ^ Big Rio Freestyle Contest
- ^ Skateboards, Kinder-Skateboards, Longboards, Cruiserboards (in en_US), retrieved 2017-03-07
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