Dec 14, 11:45pm Gmt+1: Nils Jansons is winning for the moment with 67% of the votes (5473 votes), Chris Haffey has 33% (2693 votes). Bakerized posted a funny picture about the contest. Vote Now!
What a Semi Final! Chris Haffey qualified for the Fan Favorite Finals in what appeared to be a Euro VS USA battle with a difference of only 125 votes out of more than 14000 total votes.
Jon Julio released few infos about Blading the Game ; we have an empty website at Bladingthegame.com for the moment.
I’m sure you are all excited to have a new blading game. What do you think this game could be?
An Iphone app seems to be the easiest and lucrative way to produce an independent game those days. I would love to see a PC/Mac moddable game, with the ability to customize skaters with their own skin.
Update: Jon Julio posted a screenshot of the level building process. The work is done under Autodesk Maya.
Featured Skaters? What would be your top 10 skaters to be featured in the game?
U3 Baumwall is a short film about the urban aspect of Rollerblading. Filmed in Hamburg, Germany during summer of 2011.
It mainly features Remz team rider Mark Stamer, but also Sidney Hansen, Philipp Kohler and Maurice Regnaut. Appearances by Alex Deutschmann, Alec Schandert, Jerome Mobus and Melvin Siemianowski.
Directed, shot & edited by Karsten Boysen. Second angles by Lars Franzen and Christoph Bottcher.
Songs: M83 – Night ; David Holmes – 69 Police ; A Whisper In the Noise – Into You ; Hilltop Hoods – I Love It.
So Ground Control has been around for a decade. What do you hope skaters think of when they hear the name Ground Control and what does Ground Control mean to you?
Hopefully they have fond memories of frames that didn’t snap the first week they rode them. When I hear “Ground Control” I think of the good times I’ve had with friends. All of the sessions where I was able to witness the evolution of skating right in front of me. [...]