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BRIDGE THE GAP

THE STORY

projects May 26, 2014

I GET INSPIRED BY THE SIGHTS AND SMELLS OF MY CITY. I GET INSPIRED BY THE PEOPLE I SEE, WHO ONLY REALLY COME OUT AT NIGHT.

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SOME ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT. SOME NEVER STEPPED FOOT ON A TRACK. SOME NEVER DEFINED THEMSELVES AS ATHLETES. YET ALL ARE INSPIRED BY A COMMON PHILOSOPHY AND BY THE IDEA OF USING THE PAVEMENTS OF THEIR URBAN WILDLIFE AS THEIR PLAYGROUND. FROM NEW YORK CITY TO MOSCOW, FROM LONDON TO ZURICH – THEY ARE ALL INSPIRED BY EACH OTHER. THEY ARE UNIFIED BY A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE EACH OTHER IMPROVE, IN THE PURSUIT OF ACCOMPLISHING THE UNTHINKABLE. THESE ARE THE TIMES WHEN YOU SHARE JOY AS MUCH AS YOU SHARE PAIN, AND YOU GROW INTO A TEAM INSEPARABLE.

THANK YOU CHARLIE DARK, MIKE SAES, EDSON SABAJO FOR COMING TOGETHER IN BERLIN FOR THE HALF MARATHON IN which a GLOBAL MOVEMENT WAS BORN: ‘BRIDGE THE GAP’.

Henrik Alm for Bridge the Gap 2014

FAST FORWARD TO APRIL 2014 AND THE BERLIN BRAVES HOSTED THEIR 2ND ‘HOMIES HALF’ EVENT DURING THE BERLIN HALF MARATHON WEEKEND.


CHECK OUT THE SHORT FILM WE PRODUCED TO SHOW THE STORY BEHIND THE MOVEMENT AND HEAR THE VARIOUS TEAM CAPTAINS SPEAK.

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>>>>>>> CREDITS:

DIRECTOR: STEPHAN WEVER
CREATIVE DIRECTOR: JOEY ELGERSMA
PHOTOGRAPHER: HENRIK ALM
Featuring CHARLIE DARK, MIKE SAES, CEDRIC HERNANDEZ, KNOX ROBINSON, JESSIE ZAPO, EDSON SABAJO, JAY SMITH, YUÉ WU, TROELS FREDERIKSEN, JOEY ELGERSMA, VEDRAN ZGELA, ALEXANDRA BOYARSKAYA, VLADIMIR VESOLOV & MORE