Sam Currie (Dirt Box) posted a mixtape in homage to the soundtrack of the 2006 Roces Dvd, Face the music.

• Download the mixtape (mp3).
• More Dirt Box Mixtapes on Speaker.com or Itunes.
• Previously: Charles Dunkle, Roces Face The Music Section (2006).

Tracklist courtesy of Rollingvideos.

• Intro: Slaughter and the Dogs – We Don’t Care.
• Mike Lilly: Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen In Love.
• Oli Short Part 1: Kinks – Got My Feet On the Ground.
• Oli Short Part 2: Motley Crue – Livewire.
• Casey Bagozzi: Unknown.
• Charles Dunkle: The Cramps – Garbageman.

They said it wasn’t possible. They said it would never happen. They were wrong! The OG Godfather and Video Groove mastermind Dave Paine is back at the helm. Full street session. Full coverage.

Article & photos on Yodrew.com. Thanks Ryan Loewy (forums).

You may remember the Rollerblade video Bombing down a salt mine in Poland featuring Greg Mirzoyan & Benjamin Brillante.

The video got viral on Reddit and reached one million views, which is without a doubt the most viewed blading video on Vimeo.

Rollerblade released a free IOS app for Iphone & Ipad.
“Bomb down the salt mine as far as you can on your Rollerblade Inline Skates”.

Julian Bah, Robert Guerrero, Guillaume Legentil, Andrew Broom.
Visit Symetricsbrand.com.

Take part in the Julian Bah April Raffle. Get a chance to win a Julian Bah price pack. Julian Bah price pack includes: JBah Cellar Door Album, Julian Bah Poster, Adapt Tshirt signed by Julian Bah, Symetrics Marbles Anti-rockers 49mm.

Visit Adaptbrand.com. High end skates, made in the Netherlands.

Steven Tongson wrote an article about scooters featuring Andy Wegener (Razors), check the full article + comment section (bottom of the page).

[...] Another reason why we have to find our own identity and should try to stay away from skateboarding as far as we can is that we will alienate them if we try too hard to copy them and their lifestyle.

When rollerblading came up in the mid 90′s they made the mistake that they copied the style, clothing and even logos from skateboarding which triggered a massive wave of hate against them. What made things worse was that skateboarding was in a crisis while rollerblading was exploding (due to the X-games) and companies were throwing money at them.

Skateboarders then started a massive hate campaign, told every kid that came into a skate park how gay their sport is and that skateboarding was the only cool thing to do. If an older guy tells a younger kid what he’s wearing or doing is gay he will most likely believe it. And boy did it work: One weekend you saw a kid on rollerblades and the next week he was on a skateboard.

Rollerbladers shifted in droves to skateboarding which eventually helped to turn their sport around. But skateboarders did not stop there. They told every sponsor, TV network, marketing agents, contest organizer and their mother how uncool rollerblading is and that they would pull out if they would touch inline.

From then on rollerblading was nowhere to be seen, it only went downhill and never recovered. Skateboarding is in a steep decline again today and we have to be extremely careful not to trigger their hate again. They know very well what to do to get kids on their side. [...]

Full article on Insidescooters.blogspot.de.
Thanks Village I.

• Intro: Blood Ceremony – Children of the Future.
• Alex Burston: Pretty lights – Hot Like Sauce.
• Jon Fromm: Pusha T – Pies.
• Howie Bennett: The Gories – Grace of God.
• Jeph Howard: The Smiths – What difference does it make.
• Yuri Botelho: DJ Khaled Feat Movado – Suicidal Thoughts.
• Montage: School Boy Q – There He Go.
• Josh Glowicki: Lucci Lou – No Problems.
• Edwin Wieringh: Aesop Rock – Cycles to Gehenna.
• Tyron Ballentine: Aesop Rock – Coffee.
• Dre Powell: Unknown Instrumental.
• Tom Coley: Rusko – Cali Love.
• Winston Wardwell / Derek Henderson: Jimi Hendrix – Hey Baby.
• Korey Waikiki: Wale – Work.
• Fabio Enes: Boy Crisis – Dressed to Digress.
• Iain Mcleod: 50 Cent – New Day.
• Brian Aragon: Alt J – Fitzpleasure.
• Outro: DJ Khaled – Hip Hop.

Thanks Erick Rodriguez.

After going for CJ Wellsmore as their first time rider, Seba is now announcing their second rider to the SEBA Street Team.

Article on Blading.info | Antony Pottier, More Media.

Visit Fievre.ch (french language). Song: Weekend Wolves – NY.

USD was established in 1997 with a vision and team that revolutionalised the blading world and has since gone from strength to strength, continually improving, adapting and evolving.

USD is proud to support a strong team of street skaters worldwide while offering more molds than any other aggressive boot company, encouraging people of all ages and levels to become a part of our worldwide community.

USD is committed to promoting and supporting street skating while continuously focusing on innovation and improvement in hardware and technology.

Visit Usd-skate.com.

Circolo is proud to announce Mr Kevin Yee is now on our pro team.

Previously: Kevin Yee, Blacklisted GC Edit by Matthew Rice.
Photos: Angelica Baldwin & Jeff Linett.

The New BMC5 produced by Dan Fabiano & Dave Paine.
Visit Battlemycrewseries.com.

Mission

Battle My Crew was brought back from the dead for one main reason, to promote the unseen talent that lurks all over this world.

Our industry has conformed to keeping the same names and images in circulation for over a decade.

Battle My Crew gives EVERYONE the chance to be seen, to get in the lime-light and show the world what you are made of! Nobody is excluded, and everyone has a fair shot at being a member of the best rollerblade crew in existence!

History

Battle My Crew was first introduced as a series in a video magazine called VideoGroove Inc in which Dave Paine worked for, and then eventually obtained ownership.

The first release of the Battle My Crew series (Part 1) was back in 1999 and was considered the 12th issue of VideoGroove Video Magazine.

The series ultimately lasted 3 more years ending the tradition and what most people claim to be their favorite years of VideoGroove. The final BMC year ended in 2002 with VG21/BMC Part 4, and VG23 ending the magazine in 2005.

However traditions still can live on, and Dave Paine and myself, Dan Fabiano have worked hard to put bring back both a tremendous series and Videogroove and it’s reputation as a collective whole.

This could easily become the biggest media event of the year that simulates the past VG Battle My Crew experience but with some additions and changes that work in favor for everyone, where judging is fair, honest and your hard work and dedication will be rewarded kindly if your crew places top 25 and advances to the DVD production worldwide for the final vote, or if your crew ends up placing in the top 3 and you walk away with some cash and a whole lot of respect!

VG21 – Battle My Crew 4 – Boston (2002)
Edit & Filmed by John Marton & Justin Girard.

VG21 – Battle My Crew 4 – Zool-Uck, France (2002)

VG21 – Battle My Crew 4 – Mersinaries, Chicago (2002)
Filmed & edited by Andrew Kaz.

VG21 – Battle My Crew 4 – New Creations, New Jersey (2002)
Filmed & edited by Pigeoto Films.

Todd mcinerney and Joey McGarry talk for the first time in 2013 about the effect of lack of corporate involvement on diversity in rollerblading, front flips, a different breed of blader being celebrated by ‘skater owned’ than corporations, and so much more!

MP3 Download (133 mb) | Mushroom Blading’s Podcast on Itunes.
Visit Mushroomblading.com.