THROWBACK TO - LOST IN ATHENSBy Vita Kacha | 25.09.2016

THE BIRTH OF LOST IN
It has been nearly two years since the LOST IN series was born and I gotta say the beginning was more simple than you would thought. I have kinda randomly met up with Kika Kokesova from Monster Energy and we have talked about BMX in Czech Republic. Later I`ve asked her wheather there is a chance to make some kind of a project our team could be involved in alongside some of the monster energy riders. She was highly interested in it and down to help me turn this idea into reality. Afterwards all I`ve had to do was come up with a clear plan including destination and a project title which wasn`t hard task at all. Right after I knew "what and where" I`ve told everything to our TM and the rest is history. Thank you Kristina!

WHY ATHENS?
Back then I just met Jason Eustathiou with rest of the Greek RIDE ON crew in Barcelona as we were all there for the Street Series jam. I`ve had a great time with them and knew I want to meet up again as soon as possible. Therefore while I was deciding where to go, Athens has instantly hit me in the head also because I knew Jason E is a greek Monster energy rider and so he was an ideal candidate to join the team. Last but not least thing was to give this project some title and fortunately It didnt take more than just a couple of minutes to realize that I really love getting lost in the streets of any foreign city, sucking up the local atmosphere and just exploring the unknown with hope for the best. That`s why I called this project LOST IN. Later on I have asked rest of the crew what is their opinion on that and everyone thought it`s a good idea.

This is where my planning part has ended and our team manager/camera guy Tomas Carda got in charge of everything ever since Kristina reached him. Couple of months later we were all sitting aboard the plane towards Athens, super excited to be a part of such a great thing. And that`s how the LOST IN series started. Nearly forgot to mention It wasn`t only Jason E who was supposed to be representing monster energy but also David Budko, a good friend of mine from Vilnius, Lithuania.
 
Now let`s go back in time to see some of the best moments we`ve had there and In case you haven`t seen the full LOST IN ATHENS video, check it out now! All pictures taken by Milan Tykal (www.milantykal.com).





Full video filmed and edited by Tomas Carda.