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

By: oldschoolskater

oldschoolskater — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:23:20 +0000

Please don’t take this the wrong way, but back in the day, news clips like these were quite common. Now they are front page of Rollernews because we don’t get any publicity anymore.

What are the rollerblade companies doing to get publicity like this? What are the sponsors doing to get publicity for their Pros? If a 10 year old gets something like this, why can’t any of us?

Maybe this will be the kick in the ass needed to finally do something.

By: stophatin'

stophatin' — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 19:41:05 +0000

it looks like this was local TV in Philly. why not do this in every city? email ur locat TV stations and see if they will do something on rollerblading. Even the haters could do that.

we dont get any publicity anymore, so why not try the local news?

oh, nd i thought this was great, we just need more of it. in U.S. and overseas. the little kid did good.

By: ercaderk

ercaderk — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:08:40 +0000

Sucks

By: Ths!

Ths! — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 17:53:12 +0000

i think it’s great publicity…
crappy footage.. but cool for him,
and hopefully good for the industry..

congrats with the bronze!

and amen to what dominic said!

By: Dominic

Dominic — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:48:11 +0000

Seems like a nice kid that just likes to skate. It’s a good thing to have rollerblading shown to the masses no matter how they portray us because the most important thing is to get more kids to skate. Even if rollerblading went mainstream, it would never change what rollerblading is, f’ing nuts.

By: Jackrolllo

Jackrolllo — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:44:40 +0000

Wellâ€¦she says at the end how to submit anyone you know to the news station. If you think you should be on tv, then submit your email. Itâ€™s only for kids that are doing something positive

im not hating anyway, i think its good that hes on tv, but anyone who gets paid to go to woodward all the time is gona get goood fast, + im from scotland like i could get on tv paha

By: Chaz

Chaz — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:11:46 +0000

Yo! Fuck that kid! A lot of people don’t see the real shawn martin…I mean yeah he can do a backflip and spin (in a park) But the kid thinks he’s the shit and thinks he has street cred for skating handicap rails with a kicker, and gets his dad to film him and then he tries to edit out the ramp so you “can’t tell” it was there. Plus the kid’s a douche to everyone.

Don’t get me wrong, he’s great for his age. But the kid needs to learn some lessons. Plus Wake’s the shit and i’d rather see him skate without any TV spots and still whip shawn in any real comp.

By: angelo ferrer

angelo ferrer — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:01:39 +0000

let him dream to be what he wants but the chances that hell make it past girls highschool drugs partys work kids are slim but if he prevails then he deserves it an noone should knock him unless they can offer more to the industry

By: Richie Velasquez

Richie Velasquez — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:40:04 +0000

Great work Shawn, People should look up to you. Keep it up
RV

By: Wrekshop Ryan

Wrekshop Ryan — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:16:45 +0000

This is good stuff and to anyone who is hating on this might as well just pick up a skateboard then. What I want to know is where are all the pros out there? They should be trying to get rollerblading noticed more. B-Unique is a perfect example. They are right down the street from 106 and Park and the MTV studio in NYC. Find a way to get our shit on the air or something. B-Unique is supposedly cool with Jim Jones, well talk to him about putting ya’ll in his next music video. Anything. Any exposure is good exposure. Not just B-Unique but anyone. Maybe some of ya’ll have tried but you can always do more. Im mean fuck, I go out and skate in heavily populated areas (malls with skateparks), or something near a busy street or I drive over to a high school when the kids are getting ready to get out just so that more people see us. You don’t always have to roll in big groups. If no one else can roll go by yourself. Stand up for what you do and don’t be afraid of skating at a park filled with skateboarders too.