This Ain't California

00:00:50 Well, you don't seem to be a sad person.

00:06:53 I never went to one of his practices.

00:10:30 Goofy, from Leipzig, who still skates halfpipe.

00:13:03 Nico and I would've loved it if they had hooked up.

00:16:04 you enjoy a certain freedom.

00:19:42 But at some point, it just triggered anger in Denis.

00:22:58 She was a single mother, she wanted to sing

00:26:27 The things you can do with stone! - Incredible! A gigantic concrete desert

00:30:08 Three days later, he shows up at our place.

00:34:54 First off, those were still real women.

00:38:18 The trips of the Hurrican Trio were a bit like crusades.

00:41:26 Traveling...

00:45:09 are what count in this new, internationally competitive sport.

00:48:09 His name is Panik.

00:51:42 And I knew another side of him too.

00:54:57 Prague skater Martin Kopecky took advantage of Cold War hysteria

00:58:15 They didn't let us check in. It was the right address

01:01:33 It was too much for me.

01:05:51 Monster magazine wanted to know more about Panik.

01:08:47 And then they got high.

01:13:58 And he goes something like, "Oh, they've left the country. We can use it!"

01:19:25 Told all the East German skaters to come with them.

01:22:41 Denis spends the greatest day of German post-war history behind bars.

01:27:05 Denis chose his own end.