Semper (latin: “always”) is a skateboard company, founded by Szymon a.k.a. “Rodzyn” Jaros, who has always been a “skate photographer” to me. You know how it is nowadays – some guy starts shooting really nice pics, and then 3 years later he’s gone, because he discovered that you can ride a bicycle. And the skateboard scene lost another photographer.
This is not the case with Rodzyn. Szymon is a representative of the generation of solid individuals, who follow their own ideas, and are certain of their rightness.
Back in the days during a lot of huge skateboard competitions (like Münster Monster Mastership), on the streetcourse there was a guy dressed in something which looked like some kind of fishing outfit, with a camera, who was constantly (always by accident) getting in the way of practicing pro skaters. That was Rodzyn. He was 100% convinced that he was doing the right thing – he wanted to get these photos. And although many years have passed, and he is not getting in the way of skaters anymore, has a family now, inside he still remains the same – he is sure he is doing the right thing. And this is a golden feature in these times full of emotionally uncertain people. In 2010 Szymon started his own project Semper, without any huge fireworks, without stress, without big marketing – just making boards and sponsoring skaters. Since then, many companies came to life, and then disappeared. But Semper is still here. Skateboarding and travelling with a skate-mindset.
Why this intro? Because a couple of weeks ago, they released their second video (no, not a Instagram clip, but a video). Semper has this kind of rule, that a couple of times a year the team gets together and they travel to cool places to skate. Thanks to this, there is a lot of nice architecture in this vid, which makes it nice to watch:
I am honoured and grateful for having a line in this video. Thank you Semper, thank you skateboarding!
ON SKATEBOARDING 