Frenchy Fries: Gipsy Tour Report
Monday, October 19th, 2009
This title refers to road trips, and especially road trippers. The connexion with rollerblading ?
Well, it turns out that for ten days, fourteen funny bastards, coming from all around the country, and pretty talented with wheels beneath their feet, just got together for a Gipsy kind of trip.
Sleeping outside every night, in their beloved hammocks if there were trees to be found, eating well but barely enough, living far from all modern comfort, and spending the whole day skating whatever would come across their path : skateparks, bowls, street spots… Quite a Gipsy atmosphere, as some of them were musicians also. [...]
Check the Frenchy Fries: Gipsy Tour Report.
Thanks Tom Cruise.
L’industrie du patin à roulettes a toujours appartenu à sa communauté et à ses pratiquants. Même lorsque de grosses corporations tentaient encore d’en profiter financièrement, les patineurs « agressifs » ont toujours pris en main leur propre destinée. Il existe d’innombrables exemples dans notre histoire de marques établies par des skaters, et même si l’étiquette « skater-owned » est parfois utilisée à tort et à travers, il n’y a pas de doute qu’avec des compagnies comme NIMH, les patineurs sont plus que jamais aux commandes de leur industrie. La marque française Arcena pourrait être un autre exemple de tout cela.
The rollerblading industry has always belonged to the community and its members. Even when corporate brands were still trying to make a quick buck off of rollerblading, fellow aggressive skaters were always ones to take care of their own destiny. There are countless examples in our history of brands founded by skaters, and even if the « skater-owned » tag is sometimes misused, there’s no doubt that with companies like NIMH, skaters are in control of their own industry more than ever. The French clothing brand Arcena could be another prime example of all this.
