{"id":33121,"date":"2016-07-29T07:12:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T07:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/?p=33121"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T07:58:12","slug":"pokemon-hype-also-waterborne","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/pokemon-hype-also-waterborne\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon &#8211; Hype also waterborne?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Update March 2026:<\/strong> This article has been editorially reviewed and updated with current information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"evm-last-updated\"><em>Last updated: March 2026<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">NEWS<\/h3>\n<p><strong>For more than 2 weeks now, Pokemon GO the absolute thing to do. Everwhere you look, you can see people running around with their smartphones, always in search of the so called Pok\u00e9stops. Whether youngster or elderly people, everyone seems to be obsessed with Pikachu and his friends. On top of that, Pokemons can now also be found waterborne as we catched Kitesurf-Pro Mads Wollesen right in the act of chasing another Pok\u00e9stop on the water.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"7\">\n<div style=\"padding: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #F8F8F8; line-height: 0; margin-top: 40px; padding: 37.5% 0; text-align: center; width: 100%;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;\"><a style=\"color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BHzcfx-hH6Z\/\" target=\"_blank\">They are EVERYWHERE! #Pok\u00e9mon #kitesurf #hype #soreLegs #kitesurfing #slingshotkite #pokemonGo<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\">Ein von Mads Wollesen (@madd1x) gepostetes Foto am <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2016-07-13T13:46:17+00:00\">13. Jul 2016 um 6:46 Uhr<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\" async=\"\" defer=\"defer\"><\/script><b>Obviously, we had to know immediately: Mads, what is all this about?<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/experts\/mads-wollesen\/\">Mads Wollesen<\/a>:\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">\u201cWhen I was younger, me and my family drove to France with our caravan every year to spend our summer holiday there. I was already a very active child back then and often drove my parents crazy during the long car journeys. But when Pokemon for Gameboys became public, the road trips became more tolerable for my parents. I escaped into another world where I chased the little monsters and trained them for upcoming battles. These days,\u00a0I sometimes bring my Gameboy and the red Pokemon edition on long journeys or road trips.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the Pok\u00e9mon GO App came out a few weeks ago, I was first sceptical, but obviously I had to try it out. The mixture of nostalgia and a brand new game principle is simple awesome. Clearly, people argue that youngsters are now spending even more time on their smartphone, but I believe that the new generation does this either way and while playing Pokemon GO they are at least forced to go out and move around. In my opinion it is a cool new thing and I am always happy when I have a little time in between to throw a few Pokeballs.\u201d<\/span> <b>When he&#8217;s right, he&#8217;s right. We are curious, how long it is going to take till competitions will introduct \u201cpok\u00e9battle\u201d as a new discipline.<\/b> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Pictures: Mads Wollesen<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>You might also like<\/h4>\n[custom-facebook-feed]\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\">GALLERY<\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiredbysports.com\/en\/experts\/mads-wollesen\/\">Mads Wollesen<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">STATEMENT<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;The mixture between nostalgia and a completely new game concept is genius.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the hype on chasing pokemons going to establish itself? 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