Hello Adam, can you quickly introduce yourself?
Hey! Je m'appelle Adam Katz Sinding. ;) I'm a photographer...or I was before COVID-19 at least. I love in Copenhagen, and I like to run.
Looks like you never travel without your running shoes, is running vital for you ?
It's the best/only way for me to see and experience the cities I visit! Often times I am in a city for only a day or two. No time for museums...no time for tourism. What better way to see a city than with some speed tourism while simultaneously getting a workout in. I run with out music, so I get to have all of the sounds of a place, tie those in with the smells and visuals, and you get a real feel for what a city is really like to live in. You learn about how courteous drivers are...or aren't. You dodge people entranced by their phones. You learn that the tiled sidewalks of Lisbon are like ice in the rain. The large-format cobbles of Milan are a rolled ankle waiting to happen. The pollution of Los Angeles slows your runs down to a jog. And of course the fact you must look the other way before you cross a street in London/Sydney/Tokyo/Suva/Nicosia.
Where do you prefer to run and with whom? Forbidden to answer Paris with the guys from Distance.
Yeah the guys from Distance SUCK so I hate running with them. I love running in Paris though...just NEVER with Guillaume. ;). I love to run in Copenhagen...it's flat. So I feel fast! Tbilisi is all hills and it's incredible. Sydney at dawn with some major jetlag is incredible. Seoul on the north of the river running on the sunken canal path is one of the best places ever. You look up at towering skyscrapers but you hear none of the sounds of the city as your ears are filled with the sounds of running water. I run alone a lot, but I prefer to run with other people. I like to run with Patrick Stangbye as I will never be on his level. I like to wake up before dawn in January to run with Satisfy and all the menswear guys, and be home before the sun is up and have logged a run before the day starts. It's alllllll fun.
You live in Denmark today, according to you, is it the most beautiful country in the world?
Yes!!! I mean...the nature is very tame. It's not like Norway or Switzerland or Andorra. It's different. It's very calm and stress-free. The city of Copenhagen has everything that NYC offers but with the feel of a large village. People are healthy, and the women are...insanely beautiful. They only compete with French girls :). You guys should open a store here heehee.
You cycle a lot too, do you prefer cycling or running? How are these two complementary activities?
I prefer cycling. I like the ability to say "I'm going to ride from Paris to Amsterdam" and do it. If I had to run from Paris to Lille...it'd take me 2 weeks and it's nowhere near as exciting. Cycling is wonderful as if i you summit Alpe d'Huez, you get to then bomb down the same thing you just climbed at 60kmh. Running back down a mountain is HORRIBLE. I also prefer cycling as I feel that you can properly hydrate and eat. You can stop and have a coffee and a sandwich and continue afterwards. If I had a coffee mid-run I'd shit my shorts 100%!
When covid will be a bad memory, is there a race you dream of participating in and why?
I dont race. I have no desire to race. But this year I had so many events cancel. I was meant to run my first ever marathon: Copenhagen. So thats' on the books for 2021 but with no goal in mind for a pace. I look forward to riding the Mallorca 312 which was cancelled this year, and the Taiwan KOM which was also cancelled.
Let's talk about hardware. What are your favorite sports brands? Which pair are you running with?
For running? District Vision, Satisfy, Falke for socks and also the socks you guys do. I like Nike clothing as well as it just works. Recently I ran in the new ASICS NovaBlast SlamJam and I tossed out my Nike's. These are the best training shoe I've used in years! For cycling it's Pas Normal Studios, S Works shoes, and Sweet Protection helmets. And of course Oakley eyewear!
Do you think that fashion influences sport or sport influences fashion?
Both. Sport influenced fashion first and now it's flip-flopped. It's nice to be able to have beautiful aesthetics in sportswear now, just as long as the function is not diminished.
Will we one day be able to leaf through a sports book by Adam Katz Sinding?
God willing. Hook me up with some brands. My client list is primarily fashion-based, so I need to branch out a bit and am seemingly having a hard time with getting my foot in the door. That being said, MAYBE I have a few little things in the works.
Thanks for your time Adam. Do you think of someone we should interview for our portrait series?
