Connected Edit:

Check the video in HD Streaming.

quoting Ivan Narez, (via Connected Skating):

Here are some clips that i filmed of a couple cuts doing the deals. I didnt really film much other than the valo heads so here is what I had left. Peep that franky 9 though! shit was hard.

Wolfgang Gaebler Edit:
Featuring All Disciplines.

Check the video in HD Streaming.
+ More details about the video / hardware used.

More about the Kizer Adrian Wallace on the forums.

Video edit of the Nouvelle Ligne Contest (2008 Edition) which was featured on France 3, the french public TV Channel.

Featuring Anthony Anthony, Jon Matter, Julien Lafarge, Kevin Quintin, Mike Bonassi, Stephane Alfano, Stephane Luchie, Anthony Aymard & more.

Via Kingdom Mag.

There’s this guy I know who wears what most would call women’s pants. He also doesn’t shave much, sports a mullet and enjoys the color pink.

He gets away with all of this by calling himself an artist! Well, he’s always said, “Randy Spizer was the first true rollerblader.” Meaning that the other pros at the time, who were much older than Randy, came from other action-sport backgrounds.

Randy was a true roller, and the guy who wears girls’ pants was right! Randy skated and traveled all over the world, and he has inspired a planet just by being himself!

— Mike Opalek

“To me, Roadhouse is rollerblading. There is no doubt in my mind I wouldn’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for him. I bought a red Yankees hat when I was 12 because I saw him wear one at a NISS contest. He was my hero.

A few years later he took me under his wing and I pretty much lived with him for a while. Skating with your hero on a regular basis can be a rather motivating situation to be in. He will always be one of my favorite people on the planet, and rollerblading is well off having had him lead the generation following him.

He still holds it down every time I see him blade, and I hope it’s not very long before I see it again!”

— Chris Haffey / professional blader / Pasadena, Ca. [...]

Randy Spizer (Interview):

How old are you, and how did it all start?

I’m at the age of 28. I got my first pair of rollerblades two months before my 12th birthday. I had to beg my dad to buy me an early birthday present, some Zetra Blade 303s.

They came with a brake; I used a hacksaw to cut that off. Then they became street skates! [...]

Check the Randy Spizer Article on One.

Promo Edits:

• Official Website: 100contests.fr
• Check the Skatepark Plans
• More infos, contact LAGOUTTE 06-48-17-06-60, Mail

What do you think about the current state of blading “culture”?

In what ways could we make it more robust and interesting to the outside world?

That’s a hard question. I don’t think we need to change much at all. Its not that it needs to be more interesting, but that the outside world just needs to be shown how interesting it already is.

The thing is you can’t force feed it to people. I think something as simple as having events with the right format and the right courses (to keep it impressive to an outside eye) in the right places would help a lot. Places like Venice beach or any boardwalk of any beach for that matter.

Places with a stupid amount of foot traffic. They see how tight skating is, and I think you can get a good sense of the culture from an event like that. Especially if its less of a contest and more of just a showcase of tight blading.

If its relaxed and all the skaters are having a good time it will come across to all the people that walk by. I know when I used to go to NISS at Venice Beach I always wanted to get better just so I could be hanging out with everyone cause it looked like they were all having a good time on and off the course. [...]

Check the Full Chris haffey: Shock Interview.

JordanVM tested the Create Originals (Press Release). you can check his thoughts on this forum’s post.

About the BHC Core Wheels:

Mark has told me BHC has developed a ‘revolutionary’ new wheel core concept (can be seen in the pictures above if you zoom in ALOT).

I’ve been told alot of companies have tried this before but alot have failed were BHC has succeded.

Marks had the wheels for 6months (christmas time) and has skated ALOT on them and looking at them there isnt one split crack or impurity on the wheel. They truly do look amazing to skate (more).