The starting signal
Hi, I'm Macl Kebe from Dortmund.
For a long time, I actually had nothing to do with skatepark sports, but I eventually discovered inline skating through a school musical.
Back then, we performed a musical mashup, and one segment was Starlight Express – a musical from Bochum where the performers play trains and glide across the stage on roller skates and inline skates.
Skatepark Dortmund
After moving to Dortmund, I was lucky enough to have chosen a place to live right next to a skatepark by coincidence. I often spent time there with my free skates.
After discovering aggressive skating through social media, it didn’t take long before the skatepark became my second home.
There, I met many different people and kids, and friendships quickly formed. Even today, I still spend a lot of time skating with skateboarders, scooter riders, and bikers.
Friendships and SkaMiDan
In the beginning, I was the only inline skater around. Eventually, I got invited via Instagram to a "Blader Session" at the WickedWoods skatepark. That was the start of solid new friendships.
There, I met people like Jakob Esselmann (bl8der.jakob) and Thorben Schoen, with whom I am now proud to be part of the SkaMiDan team.
I could never have imagined back then that one day we would be skating on the same team – the SkaMiDan Skate Team.
Since 2020, I’ve been dedicating every free moment to my biggest passion: aggressive inline skating. As a result, WickedWoods and the Dortmund Hombruch Skatepark have become two very important places for me.
HombruchLocal
With HombruchLocal, we founded a community at our home skatepark in Dortmund Hombruch, promoting acceptance and tolerance for all types of roller sports.
A belief I still hold to this day – because it's simply more fun to skate together and learn from one another; #bettertogether.
We spent a lot of time together across different sports, breaking down barriers and supporting each other.
Thanks to our collaboration with the nearby Hombruch Youth Center, we were able to implement many cool projects for kids and teenagers, especially in the field of action sports.
Eventually, all of this led to the formation of an official club – Roll- und Skatesport Dortmund e.V..
BladerFarmJam
Thanks to WickedWoods, I was given the opportunity to lead the inline skating courses there and pass on my passion for the sport to newcomers.
Together with Jakob, we aim to further expand the stunt inline skating course program in the future and promote our sport.
Joint projects like the BladerFarmJam are especially close to our hearts, as they focus on inspiring new and young people to join the sport and bringing the community together.
The openness of my friends and our shared passion for the sport have taught me to truly love it – no matter whether someone is on a scooter, inline skates, a bike, or a skateboard.
A big thank you
At this point, I’d like to thank everyone who has been with me on this journey – those who make our sessions and everything beyond them unforgettable highlights, time and time again.
We may all practice an individual sport, each in our own way, but we are never alone and always support each other as a community.
