Thomas Friedrich - Aggressive Rollerskater Profile

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Thomas was a good skater from Frankfurt, Germany. He was the only one who could do a back flip as high and radical as Martin Broich. His nickname was "Friedel".

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Thomas Friedrich successfully landed one of the craziest tricks ever: an alley oop backside air to handplant over the channel.

Eventually he lost interest in aggressive roller skating and moved on to motorbike racing.

The photos shown here were fist published in Alley Oop Magazine in the '80s. Thanks to Thomas Kalak, publisher of Alley Oop Magazine, for digging up these treasures.

Click on the thumbnails to see the full size images.

Thomas Friedrich, standing on the platform in front of the crowd. CIRCA 1987, when rollerskating was very popular in Germany. Thomas did hundreds of live-shows and demos for television, festivals, parties etc. with demo teams like "The Titus Team" and "The Flying Circus".

A huge backside air to handplant in a contest in Munster, Germany.

Back flip.

In Berlin in front of the monument The Angel of Peace, 1987.

At the practice session for a tv demo in the studio. He's doing a back flip on a very small ramp.

Skating at the beach, way up in north Germany.

Alley oop backside air to handplant over the channel.

Big Air and contest report.

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