SHOCK: JEFF DALNAS AND THE FIRST PULLS OF SPRING
Photos: Paul Yacovone.
How did growing up in Rhode Island effect the course of your coming up in the blade game? Did it help or hinder your ability to get exposure, clips in videos, photos in magazines, etc.
Growing up in RI was definitely to my disadvantage trying to come up in the blade game. Before there was the internet with online edits, it was kind of hard to get noticed if you didn’t live in Cali or NY. Now you can be from anywhere and get noticed.
Why do you still live in Rhode Island? I know you briefly moved to California, what pulled you back east?
I didn’t really move to Cali, I was there for like 3 weeks and had no where to stay soo I bounced back home. But I don’t know why I stay in RI.. its home for me, I feel like the rest of the country is weird haha. I love to visit places but i always like being back here, especially in the summer. [...]
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March 10th, 2010 at 3:59 pm
jeff d is one of my favorite bladers .sick interview
March 10th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
JEffs a Fag!! good skater, but a fuckin Pussy to the game. “Wawawa boohoo hoo i dont get paid enough” grow up and stop whining or get the fuck out of the scene! you are no help, People push hate towards you cause you are a douche..
March 10th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Hating hard, i mean jeff was a cool dude for a long time but becoming pro went to his head i’m not saying thats a bad thing cause i bet if you were pro you’d be the same way. Jeffs a beast!
March 10th, 2010 at 11:43 pm
Okay, don’t get me wrong i love rollerblading, rollerblading is fuckin sick. Industry side of rollerblading not soo much, unless you have been put in the positions i have been put in, with bouncing around from boot sponsors and get paid next to nothing from multi million dollar companies (like ROLLERBLADE)..you can shut the fuck up. Now i may complain about not getting paid much, but i am lucky enough to get paid to do something i love, so it still works out.. it’d just be nice to get paid more.. telling me grow up b/c i want more money, is like the complete opposite of growing up.
regardless Unless you know anything about your talking about please shut the fuck up and go blade b/c 90% of all pro rollerblader will agree with me, just might not speak about as much.
hope you all enjoy the photos and interview.
March 11th, 2010 at 3:26 pm
Jeff is better than any rollerblader out there,well besides Haffey because no one is on his level. Jeff gets paid next to nothing to throw his life on the line every time he skates. When he became pro he didn’t settle down and become a “curb skater” like a lot of those bitches out there, he went harder and crazier than anyone else out there. For some reason all of his sponsors don’t realize how good he is for helping their company and treat Jeff like shit and pay him dirt for doing the crazy shit that he does. He is constantly putting out edits better than anyone else who on the same team as him. He puts his heart into rollerblading and his skating shows it. Everyone thinks Jeff is this little kid that is just coming into the rollerblading game. Funny thing is, He was doing better tricks at age 15 than most pros can do now. Jeff’s a bad ass motherfucker and rollerblades for fun and his sponsors are lucky to have him. If I was him I would quit every team I was on because the way the sponsors treat him, he might as well not even get paid and be on his own anyways. Jeff could most likely kick the shit out of you too. So next time you talk shit through the internet, try meeting the real Jeff Dalnas first and know how much of a cool dude he is first. He’s the most chill person out there and people would know that if they took the time to meet him and not talk all this shit. and all this shit talking doesn’t make Jeff cry either, it just pushes him harder to piss you idiots off more.