WHAT´S UP KERT?
  • WHAT´S UP KERT?
    Small interview with Kert Petersel featured in A.R.T magazine (FR)
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Hey Kert, how is it going, are you at home in Tallin Estonia now?

Morning Kai. Doing pretty good, just woke up at long beach, got here a few days ago. Escapin the encino Estonia freezin winter, too much snow, too much white drives me insane. Surfin at launderland, biten some free internet right now and washing those dirty socks.

How has the year started for you, what is the plan or is there one?

Uhh, started off slow, lagaloid, swamp start, had a mental breakdown for a second been stuck in florida suburbs. Got around it tough, gettin better now hah. Must have been the tainted citrus trees from the neighbors yard that started to rot my mind. plan the plan, trying to finish my rotten video part in a few months, Chris Crawfords project. Been siked on filming for that, pushin the body smashes. Slowly start filmin for the next Bone deth video this summer and just working around new ideas for all the Bone deth goodies, we got all our brains rotting right now to keep the weirdness going. A lot of new sick things happening this year with bone deth. Other than that just figurin things out on the road.

Can you describe your way of riding and living this so called “bmx-life”?

Gremlin monster pedaling around climbing things. Dont know, ill let the others figure it out when they see it. Life - just tryin to do it my way, have it kinda figured out in my head how I want to make it happen. I want a lot out of myself, so I have endless fights inside, that noone really sees, I give myself a hard time. Always takin the stubborn route with everything, cause it just feels right. Im just trying something else, looking for my place. I feel like i have a lot to give still.

Are you looking for some kind of street setups usually or do you ride all that look ridable?

Wierd grimy setups, that some might just pass. Trying to look where some might not, keep my head looking up, i get more kicks out of lookin for some certain setups i got kookin in my head. Setups before spots. Sometimes you just got to take whats there tough.

Who or what kind of people do you enjoy riding with?

Always have the most fun ridin with bone deth deadmans. They make something come out that usually doesnt, turn me into a gremlin, it just a whole different feeling. Back home i got a few certain guys i ride day to day, pretty tight crew. I like feeding of off eachother, get siked to get things done, so i try to ride with the same dudes most of the time. I wanna feel allright with the crew.

How do you spend time when you have to heal some injury?

Freaking out mostly, i keep on ridin even when my body is mangled, stupid move tough in the long run, getting smarter now. Mangled body just limits the wildness. Entertain myself, work on different things, switch it up. Get my artsy side out, just work on some stencils or refine my tailor skills. Usually just end up boogie at the bar way too much.

What kind of bike do you have? Is there some specs/measures you like & why?

Bone deth creepozoid with all the bone deth bits and 48-s. Short frame, hard tires - mean machine. Keep it strong so it doesn't fold under me.
Always had the most fun with short setups, so kept it midget bike kinda. No limburger rides.

What is your first memory of bmx?

Skiding around on my friends bike, hopping some curbs. Felt fun as hell so i pretty much quit playin hockey next week and started riding as much as i could to figure it out.

Last words for now!?

Uhh, just eat it. Eat the bug. stay sick, turn blue!
FIELDS
Digital Photography, Photography, Photojournalism
DATE
2012