19 Responses to “Rollerblading on the Brooklyn Circus Book”

1. qcsky Says:
   May 20th, 2009 at 4:05 pm

   OSM!
   Osm!

2. n Says:
   May 20th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

   nice book, nice pics

3. bballog Says:
   May 20th, 2009 at 5:44 pm

   Slick printed work. Nice getting some rollerblading in there. Joey G is ill.

4. blablabla Says:
   May 20th, 2009 at 7:44 pm

   design and such a nice track under it who made this track anyways? :)
   loved it

5. Bryan Says:
   May 20th, 2009 at 10:12 pm

   Very nice but as someone who has been skating for 18 years now Im very dissapointed that after all this time people are still calling what we do “rollerblading”. It just isnt true. Rollerblade is a company and “rollerblading” is a trademark of that same company. This company, as we all know, is not dedicated to the future of skating and in fact, as they did in the past, will sue people for using the term “rollerblading” when they think they can make a buck. So why are we all still using a term that promotes the one company that has proven it does not care about the everyday skate lifer.

   My point is just call it anything other than rollerblading, because it only does us harm and helps rollerblade, the company, get stronger. Since the company was bought out by an even bigger corporation, Benetton, they just kick off riders and don’t put anything back into the industry. FUCK THEM. THEY dont deserve to be represented by US.

   Do you all agree? Because I’m so sick of this useless phrase that ONLY helps the company Rollerblade. When skating has a public resurgence I dont want all the new kids to end up automatically thinking they need Rollerblade brand skates to do things right, giving them all this money that will never be put back into the industry. Now do you see what I mean? They dont call snowboarding “Burtoning” just because Burton invented the first snowboards.

   So all in all, please, anything but rollerblading, not cause what it sounds like or what connotations exist, but because FUCK advertising for that shitty company. Honestly I’d rather call it “Razorblading” than “rollerblading”. At least Razors supports the skate lifer.

   Peace and love and no negativity except to those who dont believe in the cause. Because if your not with us your certainly more likely against us!

6. jose Says:
   May 20th, 2009 at 11:18 pm

   what we call it shouldnt really affect what we do, if you keep skating/rollerblading/rolling thats all that matters

7. Ben Hansen Says:
   May 20th, 2009 at 11:57 pm

   so true jose, thats all you need to think.

8. *Edwin U Says:
   May 21st, 2009 at 12:05 am

   Great design and photos in that book.

9. Chip Tingly Says:
   May 21st, 2009 at 12:44 am

   Joey G,

   It’s Tinsley. Way stoked on this. I already told you about how great the relationship between you and the BKc is. Keep on!

10. jim Says:
    May 21st, 2009 at 1:07 am

    way to take over the post bryan haha.
    sic work joey!!
    but yeah that is my main problem with the name. just like hoover or kleenex. its a brand… and one that i would love to want to support but through due to their own actions i choose not to.
    rolling fits best with me, always has. they all have their +s and -s but this is the one that sticks for me.

11. ninja9 Says:
    May 21st, 2009 at 4:05 am

    why not support Rollerblade when they have been in the sport since the beginning? maybe I agree about the name though

12. ninja9 Says:
    May 21st, 2009 at 4:27 am

    and isnt putting out new skates and sponsoring skaters supporting the industry? I also think it was a bad decision to fire their previous team, but I dont see any other reason to hate Rollerblade so much. Becuse it was bought out by a larger company isnt a reason to hate on the company. I dont think Its always bad to have large companys in the industry unless they are hurting the industry.

13. Joe Hend Says:
    May 21st, 2009 at 6:26 am

    I think we need both rollerblading and the company Rollerblade. The bigger the skating companies get, the more influence will they have on media and the perception of rollerblading to the masses. Rollerblade is one of those companies that is able to distribute skates to ordinary sport shops in America, Japan and Europe which probably makes more kids start skating than Valo or The conference – albeit they’re skates being better (I assume since I’ve never tried Rollerblade). But it was a bad idea to change the topic, this is about a mag ffs!

    Great work! Thanks for your contribution to rollerblading!

14. ummmm...... Says:
    May 21st, 2009 at 8:59 am

    YOU ARE ALL RETARDED. rollerblading is a sport not a company. the company is trs or team rollerblade series, and it has been shortened to rollerblade brand. the term rollerblading came way b4 trs so shut up, get off you computers and go fucking skate. im sick of how much people bitch on these forums and now uv got me doing it. who gives a shit. go skate

15. flowskate Says:
    May 21st, 2009 at 9:58 am

    umm you actually dont know shit do you?
    how long have you skated? because your knowledge of rollerblade@ is short sighted.

    i agree with this in some ways but also think the points being made about rollerbladeactually being world influential are valid too.

    Just dont start calling this freestyle rolling again yeh?

    that died a death didnt it>?

16. Adam Says:
    May 21st, 2009 at 10:19 am

    LOL

    ‘Rollerblading’ is not a company trademark

17. aeromaro Says:
    May 21st, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    old topic, when rollerblading changes everyday
    anyway, awsome artistic book
    keep rollerblading/rolling/skating!

18. steven Says:
    May 21st, 2009 at 4:00 pm

    Brian:

    get late… stop crying… go and rape my grandma or something… but pleas just shut up will ya…

    go suck some titties and get happy…

    hope you get happy soon…

    xxx

    verry nice fotos… finaly a link between ART and inlineskating !

    love it

19. Randy Edwards Says:
    May 28th, 2009 at 5:22 am

    very classy..i like it.

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