If you haven’t already read the John Bolino interview, or read about Paul John or David Sizemore, caught a dose of blade history from Minnesota’s Jon Robinson, or seen the BCSD X coverage, then it’s high past time to check it out (via).
This week, let’s take a look at the Box Magazine Class of 2000 from the January 2000 issue.
It is interesting to look at the list of names featured and see the different paths their lives have taken.
Every skater on the list has left an impact on skating. Some of them continue to influence the blading universe with their skating or other talents, while others have moved on with their lives or faded into obscurity or infamy. — Ben Rogers
This issue features Luca Gobbo’s “Visions”, a DVD review of Valo4Life, the movie première of ‘New Kids Turbo’ (Dutch Rollerbladers in a record breaking cinema film) and a recap of [MAG] in 2010.
- Agenda contest
- Reportage sur la “Powerhouse”
- Face: Wilson Ernadote
- Body art: Billy O’neill
- Ou pratiquer cet hiver ?!
- Philosophie: Julian Bah
- Le coin des pellos
- Project: history of roller
- Gallery
- Showroom: Spécial Skates
- Reportage sur “Bordeaux”
- Section: Alex Broskow
- Contests: Street Bowl Contest, AIL, Hoedown, Halloween Jam & Wrs Final
Art of Rolling: 1st Official Print issue (44 Pages)
Content: Interviews with Jose Henriquez & Jon Ortiz | Featuring skating from Dave Lang, Jesus Medina, Victor Callendar and more | Aerosol Art with Wak STF | Parkour with Ismael Oquendo | NYC exclusive content.
Kickstarter Project : Art of Rolling Magazine ; A glimpse into a New York City underground sub-culture
Growing up in Brooklyn NYC I started stunt rollerblading as a kid at 9 yrs old. Living in a rough neighborhood it kept me out of trouble and gave me a sense of purpose. To this day at age 25 I now try my best to cover the young and old rollerblading talent that is seen on the streets of the NYC skate scene.
All over the world people want to know what goes on in the NYC skating culture; but to date NYC has 100s of talented skaters who have no mediums to present their talent to a global audience. New York City is known for many things and is the center of the world at times; however, there is an extremely interesting urban culture that thrives here which nobody has paid attention to for years.
With extreme sports hitting the map for the past couple of years, it has been a major source for entertainment, products and especially positive influences on the youth. The Art of Rolling Magazine’s purpose is to provide an outlet where these skaters can showcase their talent to others across the globe who share their same passion and interests in extreme sports.
We are the only magazine on the east coast of USA to take on the challenge of documenting such a rich and positive subculture. We strive to present the amazing life stories of these talented New Yorkers from their perspective about their sport to their life struggles and how rollerblading is integrated in their lifestyles. We also provide positive recreational exposure for the youth and educate them about a sport that is both healthy yet challenging. [...]