Comments on: NBC News (Philadelphia): AIL Aggressive Inline Skating

By: Rye kid

Rye kid — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:44:58 +0000

I have met Shawn Martin and he is a complete tool.
But good publicity.
Goog story and stuff just not the right person to do it about.

By: Brandtinline

Brandtinline — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:59:56 +0000

For anyone that said “I skated with Shawn and he isn’t that good, and he’s mean to people” I completely doubt that you actually skated with him or met him. He’s one of the nicest people I know. And he is a really good skater, so I don’t know what you’re talking about. Maybe jealousy? I don’t know.

Anyways, good job Shawn. I bet you’ll have some more skaters in your area now because of this :)
Looking forward to skating with you again soon.

By: justinlebleu

justinlebleu — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:06:04 +0000

and stop hatin shawns the shit you pussy bitches

By: justinlebleu

justinlebleu — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:56:13 +0000

hell yeah shawn

By: Chris TK4S

Chris TK4S — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:15:46 +0000

cutting this Shawn cat down for being a “douche” or “not that good” is douchebag behavior where I come from. you think he’s not worthy of the coverage because there are better skaters than him? you well and truly missed the whole point of the story. Either way, pretty sick for any 12yr olds. Good on him for making the most of his opportunities. Some have got it good, some have got it better. Wish I could go to Woodward but I’ll be happy for him, better than being jealous.

By: seanw

seanw — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:22:43 +0000

u hating on a 12 year old kid how immature can you get,hes getting the little kids into this sport which equals more talent more money for companies ect shawn is sick he gets better everytime i see him i sk8 with him 1nce in a while hes sick but theres always gunna be haters

By: The TomCat

The TomCat — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:37:08 +0000

to all the haters: At least hes not skateboarding.

By: DUN

DUN — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:18:17 +0000

youre so right Larry. That was perfect for little kids and parents to get stoked on blading. Im not saying Pro contests shouldnt be on TV, but for a local news spot that edit can change young kids looking into gowing to the skatepark to maybe try blading instead of boarding or biking. It good that kid is only twelve cause groms his age can look at him and go, whoa, I can be doing flips and grinds instead of just putting around on this skateboard

By: Larry

Larry — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:10:50 +0000

Why dont you haters undestand that this was meant for parents and kids to watch. Thats exactly how our sport will grow, NUMBERS, more people starting skating, especially young kids. If you showed Chris Haffey, parents would probably not even want to buy their kids skates, just cause of how freakin DANGEROUS it would look if those were haffey tricks. Especiallly if it was street skating. We need something that the little guys and their parents can relate to if we want or NUMBERS and industry to grow.

All the haters are angry about is the fact that that edit didnt make them seem COOLER tot heir peers and society. Haters dont want the sport to grow, they just want outsiders to be all like: Look how cool those bladers are. Haters are prob tired of skateboarders and jocks taking their girlfriends so they need TV coverage to show Pro, so can say, yeah I do that, Im COOL. But we dot need edits that appeal to skaters, thats what videos are for. We need TV coverage to help get new people and parents into our sport. Thats how snow and skateboarding got so huge.

By: Hardyal

Hardyal — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:06:35 +0000

At least he didn’t get “Alex Broskoe” Extreme Skateboarder. :-)

By: cata

cata — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 10:19:50 +0000

nice !

By: no me

no me — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 04:06:12 +0000

ok wello i skated with this kid like 4 times hese rilly not that good lol hes just at every contess its like a reword for the kd to not sy you are going no were rilly the only thing this kid can do is a sould step on and a 540 lol but he does thow same trick with shity style on huge stuff thats why he got this

By: mike

mike — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 01:22:42 +0000

im with oldschool skater sometimes it feels like the main companies dont do a damn thing to help out in the field of publicity. Good stuff though Shawn id be psyched if i was on the news for blading or as you call it aggressive inline skating.
Whats with that anyway i thought everyone was onboard with rollerblading.
Ive had serious thoughts about that being a factor in the popularity of what we do. think about it for real. it seems pretty stupid at first but honestly we dont have a solid name and i think some of the guys behind the scenes know or think that and that explains freestyle rolling. i respect those guys for tryin to do what they did but im not gonna call it that anytime soon that name sounds borderline narcissistic like a no other sport can even compare type of vibe. but anyway yea good stuff wouldve been cool if this was on big boy nbc but fat chance given the election

By: paul3razors/

paul3razors/ — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:45:49 +0000

i ment who care’s if he is not thats good

By: paul3razors/

paul3razors/ — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:44:27 +0000

who care if he not that good
rollerblading need as much publicity as it can get
rollernblading has went under ground