Hanging with Lamin in "Stokeholm"

After having known him for years and even hosting him in my home, I finally got to visit my buddy Lamin Cassama on his own home turf in Stockholm, the beautiful capital of Sweden... or as we called it, Stokeholm!  While I was there mostly to hang out with Lamin, I did manage to attend the Stockholm Open at Hödalen where I spent some time with Erik Lundberg, former downhill world champion, whom I had gotten to know at other events during the summer.  One night, Lamin and I went out partying and ended up at a McDonald's.  A friendly local we ended up talking to, who thought we were cool, invited us to go to a big soccer match between the two biggest Stockholm teams – a so-called Civil War match – and the underdog team (who our new friend was rooting for) ended up winning! It was crazy exciting! People take their soccer pretty seriously over there.

I didn't have time to do much sight-seeing, and I know there's a lot of really awesome things to see, so hopefully I'll manage to get back sometime soon!

Brandon DesJarlais

Brandon is the Founder and Executive Director at Beyond the Board. He’s been skating professionally since 2016 and loving every minute of it.

https://brandondesjarlais.com
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