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"\"&lt;p style=\\\"text-align: center;\\\"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;This is the full interview that ran in our\\u00a0&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/1000175187\\/photos\\/in-this-issue-april-2013\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;April 2013 Interview Issue&lt;\\/a&gt;.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p style=\\\"text-align: left;\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_blabac.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"size-full wp-image-1000177285 aligncenter\\\" title=\\\"Madars Apse\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_blabac.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"399\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_blabac.jpg 640w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_blabac-600x374.jpg 600w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=\\\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;\\\"&gt;By Luke Callahan&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;After steadily putting out multiple video parts per year while studying business in Barcelona and London, it will be interesting to see how much more Madars Apse produces now that he has completed his schooling. With homework likely being replaced now by more skating we can guarantee a few additional parts added to his annual average. That or the construction of more Latvian skateparks.&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption alignleft\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_crookpopover_peters.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1000177258\\\" title=\\\"Madars Crook pop over\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_crookpopover_peters-600x527.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"562\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_crookpopover_peters-600x527.jpg 600w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_crookpopover_peters-1000x879.jpg 1000w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_crookpopover_peters.jpg 1364w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Crooked grind pop over. Photo: PETERS *Click to enlarge&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;h2 style=\\\"text-align: center;\\\"&gt;&amp;#8220;I do not support fighting and I will never support it.&amp;#8221;&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nYou\\u2019ve been away from home for a while now. How does it feel to be back in Latvia?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nIt\\u2019s pretty nice. I like to come back and try to get myself back into the skateboarding scene out here and try to keep up with my friends. And I\\u2019ve got a girlfriend out here now and it\\u2019s nice to be back and see my family. It\\u2019s home, you know? It\\u2019s good to feel winter too, by surprise.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;It seems crazy for a skater to miss snow.&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nI have a friend who had the same thing. He lived in San Diego for a year and he is excited to be back\\u00a0home now in the snow. He doesn\\u2019t want to go live anywhere else. I don\\u2019t know why.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Do you do anything with the snow? Or is it straight to the indoor park?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nWell, straight to the indoor park I would say. And I would occasionally, very occasionally, I mean, not too often, I would go snowboarding maybe once or twice while I lived out here. But the best thing to do with the snow is go naked in it after the sauna.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Polar Bear Plunge style?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nThat\\u2019s what I would love to do. I\\u2019ve done it in a little small pond where there\\u2019s ice but not in the sea. I have friends who did it. No sauna. Just straight jump in the sea where there\\u2019s ice and swim for a little bit. It\\u2019s supposed to be good for your health and good for your blood flow and stuff.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have you been experiencing any celebrity status back home after returning from the recent tours and coverage?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nA little bit. Since you guys gave me this World View thing, I got the ambassador of Latvia of the year, for the extreme sports. People are very happy for me, and I guess people appreciate me for what I\\u2019m doing. And I\\u2019m happy for it because it\\u2019s good for the skate scene.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_slappy180_chami.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1000177260\\\" title=\\\"Madars Pole jam backside 180 out\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_slappy180_chami-525x600.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"741\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Pole jam 50-50 backside 180 out. Photo: CHAMI *Click to enlarge&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;h2 style=\\\"text-align: center;\\\"&gt;&amp;#8220;The best thing to do with the snow\\u00a0is go naked in it after the sauna.&amp;#8221;&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Did they have a formal presentation?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nYes, they did. They had a prize for me and just like for the ESOTY, Kingpin\\u2019s European Skater Of The Year, I wasn\\u2019t here so the prize is somewhere in somebody\\u2019s hands. I haven\\u2019t even seen it yet. I would probably be better off if I was there to get the awards, but I had the option to go to New Zealand with DC. I\\u2019d never been south of the equator, and I felt like I won the lottery when I found out I could go.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Growing up in Europe, you have come up skating some creative spots. Have you had a tough time getting inspired in some of the other cities that have less creative options?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nYeah, I lived in Barcelona for three years and I totally understand what you mean. There\\u2019re a lot of banks and stuff and a lot of Swedish skaters out there, I got a lot of my inspiration from them and Finnish skaters and there\\u2019s a bunch of OG skater guys out there. And yeah, it was definitely great to skate the Barcelona spots and open up my mind a little bit. I can definitely say that I learned to skate street while living there.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Did you feel a little more limited by the spots in California while your were out here?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nYeah, I guess you might say so. I didn\\u2019t have a big bag of tricks for stairs and handrails, so I just do what I can to get by when I\\u2019m out there. There\\u2019s a big change; it\\u2019s not the same for sure.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You\\u2019ve recently finished your college degree. How did you manage putting out multiple video parts in one year while going to school?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nIt\\u2019s by textbook. It\\u2019s not complicated to do the exams, and it\\u2019s not complicated to do those assignments. Everybody can do them. Just yesterday I looked up this intellectual linguistic professor, Noam Chomsky. He speaks a lot about education. How it\\u2019s basically about textbooks and how the modern educational system does not teach people how to actually learn. It just teaches you how to read something in a textbook, learn the answer, and don\\u2019t even think creatively about the other options of this answer. So it\\u2019s not complicated to do a degree and skate.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.youtube.com\\/embed\\/-0DqZjdJCu0?enablejsapi=1\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;h2 style=\\\"text-align: center;\\\"&gt;&amp;#8220;I got the ambassador of Latvia of the year,&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nfor the extreme sports.&amp;#8221;&lt;\\/h2&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What made you want to study business?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nIn 2008 I had just finished secondary school and my parents told me to go to school because my older brother never went to university and my parents didn\\u2019t want to allow me to do that, so I had to go. My mom had looked it up online that this school in Barcelona is really good, and basically I just applied for it nevertheless for the high prices of the university. Personally I did not care what I studied. I was not interested in anything besides skateboarding, playing guitar, or you know, kid\\u2019s stuff. It\\u2019s hard for an 18-year-old to know what he wants to do in life.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Your skating is definitely inspired by creative architecture and sculpture. Do you have any interest in those art forms outside of skating them? Have you built any spots?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nLike creating sculptures myself? No, not really. Just the DIY. Red Bull asked me to do an event, and I was over doing events that leave nothing for the society, so I just decided to create something that stays. We decided to build a skatepark. There was no plan for it whatsoever, and we went along with it and then we started building it. It actually turned out pretty cool because it was [around] an old Soviet fountain. We\\u2019re gonna finish up the DIY this summer. We\\u2019re gonna maybe extend on the outside of the fountain, and we\\u2019re going to build some flat ledges hopefully and then fence the whole place. We have to put some Jersey barriers on the top of the banks to make it much nicer, and apparently it should be really good for the kids. I must mention that the financial situation and the crisis in Latvia is one of the most severe in Europe. There\\u2019re not many people that have money who would like to spend on concrete and things as people need to pay for their food and stuff, so I\\u2019m very fortunate to have Red Bull on my side. They went 100 percent over budget with this DIY project.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_five0_chami.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1000177263\\\" title=\\\"Madars Frontside five-0\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_five0_chami-600x400.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"427\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_five0_chami-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_five0_chami-90x60.jpg 90w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_five0_chami-225x150.jpg 225w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_five0_chami-1000x667.jpg 1000w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_five0_chami.jpg 1200w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Frontside 5-0. Photo: CHAMI *Click to enlarge&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;iframe src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.youtube.com\\/embed\\/m3246SBxNWY?enablejsapi=1\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" frameborder=\\\"0\\\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;\\/iframe&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Word has it that you\\u2019re also organizing a big contest in Latvia?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nActually just earlier this morning I had a meeting with a organizer of this contest. We\\u2019re doing a Madars Invitational contest in my hometown. So everybody out there come to Latvia on the eighth and the 11th of August. I have to get as many skaters as I can [to come]. Last year I had two skate teams come through. The Sk8Mafia and Sweet team came out when we were doing the DIY. The Quiksilver Europe team came out too. It was pretty radical.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What was it like hosting those teams on your home turf?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nIt was wild. There were 15 people staying in a flat where nobody had stayed for over a year. There was one shower that was broken and apparently we flooded the whole bottom floor. Then the tour car broke down, and I had to beg people in my hometown to not beat up the guys. In my hometown people love to fight. It was really a lot of stress for the team managers. I give my apologies.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You were saying the Latvian dudes like to brawl. Was there a lot of damage control to do while you were hosting?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nYeah, it was almost embarrassing. I had to go up to four grown men and tell them to please not harm my guests because they are from abroad. The guy almost punched me in the face on the spot. I do not support fighting and I will never support it. Marius [Syvanen] got kicked in the back really hard from out of nowhere. They just kicked him. This was at the club. Some guy kicked him in the back and afterwards he came up at least three or four times and asked for three cigarettes each time. It was pretty embarrassing I admit. Those guys? You do not want to not give them cigarettes. Wes [Kremer] saw a guy get punched super hard in the face five times in front of the security guard at the front door.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Damn. So roll with cigarettes for those dudes when in Latvia. &lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;\\nYeah, cigarettes and sunflower seeds.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;figure style=\\\"width: 640px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_frontfeeble_blabac.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1000177262\\\" title=\\\"Madars Frontside feeble\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_frontfeeble_blabac-600x399.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"425\\\" srcset=\\\"http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_frontfeeble_blabac-600x399.jpg 600w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_frontfeeble_blabac-90x60.jpg 90w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_frontfeeble_blabac-225x150.jpg 225w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_frontfeeble_blabac-1000x665.jpg 1000w, http:\\/\\/skateboarding.transworld.net\\/wp-content\\/blogs.dir\\/440\\/files\\/2013\\/04\\/tws_madars_frontfeeble_blabac.jpg 1200w\\\" sizes=\\\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Frontside Feeble. 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