The story of shooting the latest episode of “Lost In” series in contemporary Vilnius…

“Not even a month passed since our trip to Berlin and Monster was already at the airport again waiting for the plane to go on another adventure. These moments are truly golden – getting ready for another trip of a lifetime, exploring the unknown and riding the unridden. Jason Eusthathiou welcomed us at the door of the incredible house in the middle of the city, our base for the next week. Early night after some beers, and ready to discover the city of Vilnius with an all-time crew for the next episode of the ‘Lost In’ series.

Vilnius is beautiful. The old town is listed by the UNESCO heritage list and creates one side of the river while the other side features mainly tall buildings and modern architecture. There’s even a skatepark to get our legs ready before the real riding begins. David Budko picks us up after his filming trip with the STILL BMX crew. Stoked to have a local to show us some of the suburbs spots we wouldn’t be able to find on our own.

Even though it’s night time, the taxi ride through the city of Vilnius bring couple of dark thoughts and worries about the spots not knowing this feeling is about to change soon. After a good while the crew finally arrives in front of a trash looking house standing in the similarly trashy looking neighbourhood and the only thing giving a clue this is the reented place to stay is a rusty street sign and house number which is about to fall off. Well okay, this was supposed to be the hood for another week. The doors open and Jason Eusthathiou who has arrived a couple of hours earlier guides the crew into the appartment which looks nice and totally different to what yiu can see from the outside. Couple of beers in the living room than obligatory sleep. The game is about to begin.

Lithuanina is situated closer to the polar circle with days way longer comparing to the Czech Republic. Sunrise is early in the morning and sunset about half past eleven. So plenty of riding time. Ever since we came to Vilnius, the place felt familiar, a bit like at home. Before I went on this trip there were no expectations at all and now the crew agreed this place is on the map for all of us.”

Story by: Tomas Carda – filmer, producer

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