A gray day in early February. We’ve come from Berlin to Salzburg to document a Red Bull Access All Areas Session in Hangar7. The weather Outside is beastly, but it’s warm and bright inside the hangar. The floor is almost as reflective as a mirror, and all around us we see peculiar aircraft, Formula One racecars and gigantic bonsai trees – three passions of the firm’s owner.
The session is about to begin. Ryan Sheckler, Tony Panici (his best friend from California), Iouri Podlatchikov and Reini Rietsch are ready to start.
And they’re obviously having a lot of fun. The floor’s surface is perfect and everybody’s enthusiastic about the clean spots. The fact that all of this is happening in special surroundings where no one has ever skated before is another feature that makes this session unique.
Two hours later, the magic is over. What remains in mind are the special setting of breathtaking Hangar7 and above all the moves by Reini (especially his sw-fs-360-kickflip over a Formula One car) and Ryan’s super official, utterly professional skateboarding full of style and consistency.