Saturday, December 18, 2010

Addict's New Team Rider Michael Cajas + Interview


Michael Cajas may have vanished for a while, both out of the scene, and off your "Top Riders List", but rest assure he never stopped riding during that time he was gone. When Michael was around back in 05-08, people recognized him for his insane street riding. Well, I don't think that's going to be changing anytime soon..

Michael joining Addict means that he's now on a Team of some of the sports leading and most progressive street riders in the sport today. Now that Michael is on Addict, I'm sure we're going to be seeing a lot more of him in the future. Addict is shaping up to be THE Team to watch out for when it comes to riders who are always going to be pushing the limits of the sport, mainly in street riding. It's rare to find a complete Team of guys like the ones on Addict, who are so dedicated to what they are doing. They all have a true passion for street riding, and for scootering in general...to put it simply, They're Addicted.

I recently caught up with Michael and was able to ask him some questions, check out the interview below, and Michael's Welcome To Addict video below that.


Name, Age, Location?
Michael Cajas, 21 ans, neuchatel, swiz
 
How long have you been riding Michael?
i've been riding for 7 years now, but
I started scootering at the age of 14. But i ride inline-skating too.
 
It seems like you disappeared for a while? What happened?
i know but i don't care, i ride for fun, not for the exposure. I had to finish school and start working. I ain't got no camera and i was too lazy to move my ass and film so i guess that's why.

When you were on Micro, you were known for being a street killer...Do you still ride a lot of street? 
what a question..fuck yeah !! Street all day bro
but i ride park too ;)

What is your full scooter set up right now? and how does it feel?
I ride a full District v2 setup (fork and deck) and Addict prototype grips with eagle 110. It's light and have a good balance, it's perfect ! Can't wait to have my own addict setup
 
So how did you get on the Addict Team?
I was on Micro with Johann when Micro started so I met him at the first Montreux contest, with Martin Kimbell, Terry Price and Eric Rabl. Then Johann went away and started French.ID with Kevin, I stayed with Micro.
We started to talk when french.id was still ruined by them, and they left to create Addict. They contacted me some weeks after Stan left, and yeah here i am !
 
How do you feel about being on Addict, does it fit your life style?
it's crazy dude ! shreddin with OG riders i've known since a while, we all have the same goal in life, scootering shreddin and havin' fun ! what else ?
i'm sure i'll die before i'll turn 35 years so i don't give a sh** !
 
Will you have a full section in the "Addict So What!" DVD? 
yeah for sure, i'm already filming for my part.

From then and now, what do you think of scootering and of course, what do we have to look forward with your addict video part ?
The level is crazy now. i'm just curious too see what scootering will be in 20 years. Can't wait to see more Big air and street. And for my part, well i hope bangers and crazyness ;)

Do you have any last words Michael?
First, thanks Inside-Scooters for the interview
Addict all day.
Shred hard till you die !

Welcome to the team : Michael Cajas from Addict Scootering on Vimeo.

31 comments:

  1. This was nuts. Those 270 to handrails were insane. It's good to see that Addict is still moving forward. Congrats to Michael!

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  2. That was seriously fucking ridiculous. The 270 frontlip was fuckkkkkked

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  3. 270 front lip down the handrail made me cry. And the front scooterflip to feeble three out was insane, along with the footplant flair on the rock.
    This makes me even more stoked for So What to come out.

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  4. holy fucking shit. Id like to see him and mckeen play scoot

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  5. Addict SO WHAT Dvd is going to fuck lives up

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  6. HAHAHA all u kids who say ADDICT DVD AND PARTS ARE GOING TO BE SO SICK!!!! ur all fucking dumbasses. none of its gonna happen, its all a big fucking joke, give up ADDICT ISNOT HAPPening

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  7. To the anonymouse above.... learn to fix your caps key...idiot.

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  8. To all the haters out there, fuck you guys addicts killin it, soo stokked for micheal
    that 3 to board was fuckin gnarly
    -Donatelli

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  9. anonymous is bout to shit himself in a couple months. were takin over.

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  10. Honestly though, that anonymous person... has to be kidding. Come on now..

    Addicts been damn near untouchable since they announced themselves, and they just added Michael Cajas...death.

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  11. I dont know if it will beat the Proto dvd though. But it will maybe come closee

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  12. that was like an ally oop 270 front board... FUCK! and that front scoot to feebs to switch 3 was legit. street cred

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  13. addict beat the proto DvD 100% niggggaaaa

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  14. Jeanè-Yves RandriambelsonDecember 19, 2010 at 6:10 AM

    Alley Oop 270 BACK board plz ^^ ;) . And it was freakin cold out there that day i don't even know how he managed to land dat trick ( about 8 times by the way we took the best one ) ;)

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  15. Fuck Addict, Proto for life.

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  16. Seriously this vid was so awesome and one thing you can't blame Addict is revealing some potentials. This video was awesome at any point. Love Mika

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  17. Jean-Yves RandriambelsonDecember 19, 2010 at 2:52 PM

    " Fuck Addict, Proto for life "

    WTF's rong with you man, this ain't no fuckin war

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  18. that backlip down the long park rail... what the fuck

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  19. People...chill out on the Proto vs Addict........ No Teams got hate towards other Teams...don't try and turn this into something it's not. fucking kids...

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  20. Haha kids have to calm down seriously...

    Like Steven said we should be one big family and now you are fighting which team is the best? Damn...

    Anyway congrats Michael!! I love his style and he deserves to be in this gnarly team! Good job Addict!

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  21. fuck, im buyin addict dvd for sure. I don't care if I have to get it shipped from fance or USA, im definately buyin it :)

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  22. Holy fucking shit, this guy shreds so damn hard, i've never heard of him but now hes one of my favorite riders, I cant wait for this addict so what dvd. holy shit <3 all the street

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  23. Europe > World (streetwise)

    Too good, Michael. Too good.

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  24. People are going crazy over a 270 backlip when there was a 450 to boardslide That trick is soo ridiculously crazy. Addict is awesome. Awesome lifestyle and awesome riding, awesome personalities. What more could you want?

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  25. Josh is definitely right, the 450 to boardslide is seriously one of the hardest at scootering, never saw anybody else doing that.
    By the way the handplant at Montreux was pure madness! So damn scary

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  26. This video just makes me want to ride, Was riding with Michael for a week last year. He's so chill and shreads 24/7

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  27. Swear he just flaired a rock..
    And those back lips wtf :| :| :|

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  28. why dont they ride addict decks

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  29. That shit was sick as fuck. Steezy back-lips son. Lookin forward to some more stuff in the future. Love the responses to the questions too

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  30. has addict made decks for their riders yet?

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