Posts Tagged ‘chris haffey’

Photo: Strange Creatures.

Freestyle Culture, Short Preview
Featuring Chris Haffey – double cork gone wrong

Freestyle Culture was over in Detroit, MI for the annual Bittercold Showdown inline skating competition. Video coming soon!

Topsoul, UWR Edit

BCSD: More Media
2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006.

2012 Winner: Alex Broskow (full results).
2011 Winner: Julien Cudot (full results).
2010 Winner: Chris Haffey (full results).
2009 Winner: Montre Livingston (full results).
2008 Winner: Alex Broskow (full results).
2007 Winner: Brian Aragon (full results).
2006 Winner: Erik Bailey (full results).
2005 Winner: Sean Kelso (full results).
2004 Winner: Billy O’neill (full results).
2003 Winner: Ben Weis (full results).
2002 Winner: Rory Melehan
2001 Winner: Ben Weis

The Mushroom Blading Website by Todd McInerney & Joey McGarry has a brand new website.

Podcast #72: Chris Haffey (MP3)

Podcast #71: Sean Cullen (MP3)

Dustin Latimer Interview by Joey McGarry

It took me a few years before I could wrap my head around your second Words section. Where did some of those movement ideas come from?

Just where I was in life. Different possibilities and creations manifested and adapted to what apparatus lied near. Rollerblading is free moving unlike fixed postures like skateboarding, biking, etc… So just exploring the freedom and trying to give awareness to others to possibilities that lie outside of the preconceptions.

Do you practice yoga and/or meditation? Or do you not and I just assume you do?

Yes, as all do in their own way, for without unification with the entirety of self, separations delusional insanity lures. How can one be other than that which they are? Yoga/ Meditation, religion are but pathways and means of really seeing and being the being I/you/we are.

How long have you been doing it and how did you get into it?

I got into basic hatha Yoga by the showings of Shane Coburn in the early Mindgame days and since have followed and found my own path of unification… [...]

Check the full Interview on Mushroomblading.com.
Photos courtesy of Todd McInerney.

Visit Chris-haffey.com.

The Youth Co. Announcement. Chris Haffey, Chris Farmer, and Jon Julio.

Pre-ordering now for delivery. Size 1 frame and full soft goods line available February 10, 2012. Size 2 frame available for pre-order shipping February, March 2012.

Visit Theyouthco.com.

The longest Ramp Jump on Rollerblades (30m, 98 ft 5.1) by Chris Haffey which took place at the Fise Air Marseille (2011) was validated by the Guiness World Records.

How to be unpopular (Mushroom Blading) spoke about it on one of their latest podcast: Episode 65.

• Previously: Chris Haffey, Do you have to land it for it to count?
• Air Fise Marseille 2011: More Media.

Featuring Brian Aragon, Chris Haffey, Franky Morales, Mathias Silhan, Romain Godenaire & Kevin Quintin.

Youtube Mirror.

• Visit Anthonyfinocchiaro.com.
• Air Fise Marseille 2011: More Media.

Dec 9, 2011 – 10:49pm gmt+1:
Chris Haffey: 30 meters (98.4 feet) validated. World Record.
Taig Khris world record was 29 meters (95 feet).

Chris Haffey: World Record

Larger picture.

Training Session (Repost)

Featuring Chris Haffey, Franky Morales, brian aragon & Romain Godenaire.

Song: Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out).

• More Live updates, photos & videos of the Air Fise 2011, Marseille.
• Patrick Leal wrote an article about the event on Examiner.com.

Romain Godenaire, badly hurt

Romain did a bad fall at the Air Fise Marseille ; he was hurt at the hips, elbows, jaw, head & ear ; he got the nose broken. He is ok and got out of the hospital few hours ago (Dec 10, 8pm GMT+1).

Update: Anthony Avella posted a video showing Chris Haffey landing a 17 meters jump (56 feet) at a training session ; Taig Khris world record is 29 meters (95 feet).

Chris Haffey will try to break the world record of Taig Khris at the Air Fise Marseille (Dec 9, 2011 at the Palais Omnisport). Check the video teaser.

The Air Fise Marseille will take place tomorrow! Skaters are already testing the ramp:

up: Romain Godenaire.

To gain speed, skaters will be launched thanks to a cable:

Side view of the ramp:
(older picture, red protections are not installed on this shot)

• More pictures on Fise.fr (updated photo set, 2 pages).
• Previously: Live Update (Dec 7) | Video Teaser.

Filmed by JC Rowe, Ivan Narez, Beau Cottington & Nick Wood ; edited by Brian Griffin.

Song: Jay-z & Kanye West – Niggas in Paris.

WRS Uploaded Media

• Round 1 Entries + Stats.
  Sean Kelso, Nick Wood, Dre Powell, Stefan Horngacher, Nils Jansons, Matthias Ogger, Jacob Juul & Daniel Prell
• Round 2, Day 1 Entries + Stats
  Mathias Silhan, David Sizemore, Dominik Wagner & Kevin Lapierre.
• Round 2, Day 2 Entries + Stats.
  Sven Boekhorst, Adrien Anne, Dave Lang, Tyler Hester.
• Round 2, day 3 Entries.
  Brian Aragon, Erik Bailey, Daniel Prell, Nils Jansons.
• Round 2, day 4 Entries.
  Chris Haffey, Alex Broskow, Sean Kelso, Jacob Juul.

Photo: ProTips4U.

Double Backflip 180, Footage

Chris Haffey: (ProTips4U) How to Launch a Launch Box (Preview)

In this Pro Tips 4U sports training sample video, Chris Haffey, Champion Rollerblader, goes over How to Launch and Land in a Launch Box.

Watch as Chris goes over tips for the fundamentals of the take-off and how you slowly build speed to go farther and farther to the point you’re ready to land on the down ramp.

At that point Chris teaches you how to land and not crash. For more on Chris including his tips & drills visit his pro Tips home page.

Chris Haffey will try to break the world record of Taig Khris at the Air Fise Marseille (Dec 9, 2011 at the Palais Omnisport).

• Tickets for the show on Digitick.com.
• Visit Fise.fr/en.

[FR]: Gagne un pass (2 personnes) pour le AIR FISE MARSEILLE (9 Decembre).

Repost. First posted on Saturday, March 27th, 2010.

About STYD: Join Chris Haffey, Erik Bailey, Jeff Stockwell, Victor Arias, and Brandon Smith as they shred though a two-week, 3,000-mile tour of skate parks in Northern California, Oregon and Idaho.

Burning through 200 pairs of socks, they sleep in tent cities, always keeping a vigilant eye out for Big-foot.

A Tour Film by Ivan Narez.

• More Shred Til You’re Dead Media.
• Shredtilyouredead.bigcartel.com.

Thanks Ivan.

Skatebarn West needs your help! The facility is currently up for lease and may put Skatebarn out of business.

We need to try to get as many people as possible to help spread the word and help Skatebarn from not closing down!

Chris Haffey: Fakie 720 Kindgrind @ Skatebarn

• Skatebarn Edits
  Featuring Josiah Blee, Jeremy Townsend, Jake Dotson & more.
• Barn Burner Time Machine.
  2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006.

Thanks Travis Stewart.