Welcome to episode 1 of Face to Face with Robert Guerrero, where we sit down together and discuss his past, present, and future in rollerblading. Robert is currently in Drummondville, Quebec, a two-hour drive from me here in Vermont, where I recently visited him to skate and create content for this channel. We sat down to reminisce on our past, discuss what he’s been up to, and find out his future. We cover how we first met and dig into his early years of skating in Austin, Texas, and San Jose, California, with people like Jason Howard, Jon Julio, Jayson Reduta, and Erick Garcia.

We talk about how his first crew kicked him out and how this made him focus on becoming the best skater in San Jose. Then we go over some highlights from the two sections we filmed together in Urban Decay and DBV5 No One’s Children. We get into the misguided practice of forcing your feet in skates too small for you. Robert then reveals why he is in Quebec, where he was before, and his plans to go to Europe and stay with Ricardo Lino, Mirek from Hedonskate, and then instruct at Blading Camp in Spain. To finish the episode, we watch and react to footage I filmed of him in the mid-90s and his sections in Urban Decay and DBV5 No One’s Children.

Robert Guerrero - DBV5, No One’s Children Section (2002)

This is the Robert Guerrero section from Daily Bread Magazine Video #5 “No Ones Children” from 2002.

Robert Guerrero (18) - Urban Decay Section (1998)

This is the Robert Guerrero section from the Video Urban Decay released in 1998. It was filmed entirely in Nor Cal when Lonnie Gallegos and Jan Welch made a road trip to there from Texas. Filmed by Jan Welch & Lonnie Gallegos, edited by Jan Welch. Urban Decay, Full Video: PLAY.

We wanted to show you how this year’s Blading Cup in Santa Ana went. Congrats to our riders for their great performance! Mery Munoz placed 1st in Women Street Pro, Michael Witzemann placed 1st in Men Street Pro & 2nd in Men Street Intermediate, Tomek Przybylik placed 2nd in Men Street Pro. Filmed & edited by: Rafael Lopez Maldonado.

Blading Cup 2022 - More Media.

Enjoy another classic from our skate video archives, the 2005 USD team video “LEGACY”. Featuring: Dustin Latimer, Brian Shima, Champion Baumstimler, Josh Petty, Kevin Gillan, Jon Julio, Carlos Pianowski, Arlo Eisenberg, Abdiel Colberg, Dominic Sagona, Robert Lievanos, Gonzo Jaquez, Evgenij Leonov, Albert Hooi, Demetrios George, Aaron Feinberg, Rachard Johnson, Scott Raser, Sean Kelso, Mark Korte & Cameron Card. A Video by: Joe Navran.

Full Video on Youtube: PLAY.

2022 Blading Cup Edit! ’nuff said. I did NOT use all of my footage from this fantastic event. I will be dropping some follow on edits in the coming weeks. Enjoy! - OlderBlading.

In order of skate appearance: Junkyu Park, Daniel Rosado, Ranier Piramide, Emilia Parejo, Michael Witzemann, Tais Colares, Colin Kelso, Byeolhui Choi, Chris Calkins, Philip Moore, Jon Julio, Becci Sotelo, Esel Choi, Diako Diaby, Daniela Salgado, Mike Torres, Mery Munoz, Alex Broskow, Jesus Rivera, Randy Spizer, Louis Zamora, Jeff Stockwell, Nils Jansons & Tomek Przybylik. Filmed on a Black Magic Pocket Cinema 4k, Rokinon 24mm T1.5 Cine DSX. Edited and Color Correction in Davinci Resolve Studio, Graphics in Adobe After Effects, Music from Epidemicsound.com.

Blading Cup 2022 - Full Results. Photos: Yasmina.

Second Regime - Hot 102.R, directed by Samuel Yem. Starring: Jon Julio, Dustin Halleran, Iain Mcleod, Vinny Minton, Louis Zamora, Randy Spizer and Cameron Card. Full Video: PLAY.

Jon Julio’s Fleer Sport Card printed in 2000. Julio’s favorite inline trick is the soul grind and for Y2K, he’s working on one called the 40 ounce. JJ has taken first place in the 1996 NISS, 1996 ISS, Zurich ‘96 and Bercy 1999. Jon is also part owner of a clothing company - England Clothing - and a backpack company - Runners Project. A California boy, Jon is a big fan of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Featuring: Randy Spizer, Alex Broskow, Sean Darst, Jon Julio, Alex Miranda, and Nolan Jun. Filmed by: Adam Johnson and Alex Broskow. Edited by: Adam Johnson. Graphics by: Nicholas Stahl. Design by: Arlo Eisenberg and Nicholas Stahl.

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The Them 909 2022 is now entirely designed by us. Exclusive to Them Skates. It’s a huge accomplishment for us as a skate brand. We can finally announce every piece of our THEM 909 SKATES are exclusively designed by us. Fully funded independently. By every piece we mean : Everything from the wheels, hardware, soul plates, frames, boots, cuffs, liners, and NOW our buckle/strap. 909 COMPLETE 22 is now available in GREY and BLACK. Shop Themgoods.com for the latest THEM SKATES products.

Video shot and cut by Ivan Narez. Music: Time Cop - Blades. Featuring: Jon Julio, Sean Darst, Parker Richardson, Daniel Malm, John Vossoughi, Victor Arias & Alex Broskow.

Celebrating 4 years in business. It’s been four years since we launched our first video promotion (february 20, 2018). Through the skate shops and our customer’s (the community) support, we were able to raise $150,000 within 1 week of launching. This would set the tone to what would pay for our first skate production and initial mold costs. This would be the base from where Them Skates would grow from. We are still self funded - community funded till this day. Grateful and happy to be here. - Jon Julio.

Featuring Jon Julio, Kruise Sapstein & Sean Darst. Filmed & edited by Robbie Pitts.

“We used to struggle. Three thousand dollars, two thousand dollars to do this event. We raised twenty-three thousand plus for prize money. Anyway just wanted to say thank you, it’s been a grind, things have changed, rollerblading’s alive.” - Jon Julio.

Santa Ana, California - November 6th-7th, 2021. After a year off due to circumstances of the pandemic, The Blading Cup returns and what a year it was. With the support of all the vendors and sponsors this event reached a new level. All the skaters in attendance put on one hell of a show and the energy from the crowd was incredible. As always, big thanks to Jon Julio and co. for putting together another amazing event this year which marks number ten for Blading Cup. See you all in April for the Spring Cup. - butterTV.

Pro Results:

1. Montre Livingston
2. John Bolino
3. David Sizemore.

Bladies:

1. Catherine Reyes
2. Daniela Saldago

Veterans:

1. Randy Juarez
2. Ariel Surun
3. Randy Spizer

Open:

1. Lauric Picard
2. Jett Rennert
3. Ben Zerfoss

18-

1. Mario Pacia Ramos
2. Alex Del Campo
3. Seoa Jang

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