
MATTEO VANDEPUTTE – CHILLIN LIKE A VILLAIN
January 2024. We’re in Stuttgart, looking for an afternoon activity before the premiere of We Live Here. Our friends from Belgium had arrived during the early morning hours and despite very little sleep, dark clouds and freezing temperatures, Matteo suggested to hit the University of Stuttgart’s 16 stair rail. Well, sounded like quite an afternoon activity to all of us… Nearly no warm up and just a few roll ups later, Matteo started locking some frontside smith grinds on that beast of a rail. And even though he came close on a few tries, there would be no roll away that day, but numerous sacks and scorpions and all kinds of slams. After one and a half hours of pain, Matteo’s body gave in and when later on that day, we arrived at Stuttpark, where the video premiere would to go down, Matteo seemed barely able to walk. Still, it didn’t take very long and he was back on his board. Backside airs in the big quarter pipe like there’s no tomorrow. It was only after the session, that we learned that the University of Stuttgart’s 16 stair rail was the first ever street rail that Matteo had tried a frontside smith grind on; and that he didn’t even consider himself particularly good at that trick. Call it dedication, call it insanity or call it whatever you want… Matteo’s in for this shit and he’s here to stay!
Matteo’s latest part has been filmed and edited by Harry Billiet. CHILLIN LIKE A VILLAIN features guest appearances by Yassin Houja, Stan Schellekens, Senne Roels, Marco Kada, Sven Kieffer, Raf Muylle, Jeroen Bruggeman, Tibo Gortina, Wannes Derycke, Jan Hoffmann, Simon Gärtner, Jonathan Vlerick, Andrei Balaban, Jacob Clement, Arthur Le Duc and Stijn Hens.