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Who is Mark Korte and what does he have to do with rollerblading?

I can basically answer that by saying… I am the USD Enforcer, one of the founders of the Stretch Crew, and a Powerslide veteran… since a lot of kids might not know what in the hell that means, I will break it down.

I came to be part of USD in the late part of ‘98, when the team was Arlo, Champ, Dustin, Jon, and Josh… at the time I was only hired by Powerslide to push papers, but that changed after a week or so.

To make a long story short, I had found my calling. I got to know all of the USD team (which was going through a transition period, much like we are now) and I ended up being the filter between the company and the team; I might even go as far as to say the glue, and at the same time I was the International Sales Manager at Powerslide.

So I was able to combine all of that into helping make USD (and The Conference Brands that followed) the hottest thing available. During this period, of which I am very proud to be a part of, we had the undisputed best team in Rolling, I built a worldwide flow team to rival all others at the time, and worked with distributors in over 40 countries building USD.

I was very adament about everything having structure, and working with the best team of rollers in the world has moulded my personality to this day, and I am grateful to each and every one who ever rolled for USD. [...]

Check the Full Interview of Mark Korte on Believeinone.com.

quoting Scott Moffat:

I made it down to Santa Monica last weekend and got some shots at the LA All Day, which was an awesome event, you should have been there!

Amazing skating went down in not only the Beginner division, but even the Intermediate, Advanced, and Elite.

Competitions like the LA All Day are so diverse in the level of skating, and that’s the way it needs to be!

There are little Groms out there skating their hearts out and looking up to the upper divisions with hopes and ambitions of the next year’s season. They are the future and people like Tracy White, Carlos Kessell, and Matt Mickey are fueling the fire of Rollerblading. [...]

Check the LA All Day Photos on Believeinone.com.

What’s your name and how old are you?
My name is Steve Iacono, and I am 24 years old.

Where are you from?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

When did you start blading?
I started blading around 1997, and skated in front of my house for like 2-3 years.

How did you get the nickname “Alf”?
“Alf” was my favorite show when I was little, and for some odd reason they used to always re-run TV shows from the late-’80s era, but they would never show “Alf” on TV. One day I was out complaining about how it wasn’t re-run like “Happy Days” and “The Wonder Years,” and I had really messy hair, and one of my friends says, “With that haircut you look like Alf.” And he started saying it and it kinda caught on pretty fast. [...]

Check the full One, BLADE LIFE: An Interview with Steve Iacono.

What is left to say about the Bitter Cold Showdown? Each and every year is bigger, better and more exciting than the last.

The 9th annual Bitter Cold Showdown was no different. Jeff Dalnas, Franco Cammayo, Mathias Silhan, Jon Jon Bolino, David Sizemore, Brian Aragon, Chris Haffey, Alex Broskow and Montre Livingston battled it out for the 2009 title and kept the crowd cheering until the very end.

The 2009 DVD features every unforgettable trick from the contest along with commentary from the competitors.

In addition to the contest, Detroit native JC Rowe takes you through the official industry trade show to give you an inside look at what’s going on with some of your favorite rollerblading brands.

The DVD also features the World Rolling Series pro tour and covers events from Australia, France, England and Spain.

If you haven’t had the opportunity to experience the Bitter Cold Showdown first hand or are one of the hundreds of attendees eager to see everything you missed, pick up the Bitter Cold Showdown 2009 DVD and enjoy every moment of the world’s biggest rollerblading event.

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Demetrios George is a big. strong, grown-ass-man rollerblader who happens to be on a personal mission to keep the legacy of the FP crew alive.

A legacy described in the following interview as being based on “Hard hitting, gangster, we know what we’re doing style.” Now teamed up with The Conference as co-Team Manager with Billy O’Neill, he’s got a chance to put his dedicated work ethic and ideas to the test.
We decided to let Ben Karris ask him some questions. Here’s what Demetrios had to say.

— ONE

Demetrios, first and foremost, let me begin this interview by congratulating you on your new post as USD Team Manager. Why don’t YOU begin this interview by spilling the beans, who is Demetrios George?

Thanks Ben I hope all is well… As for me, I just turned 23-years-old this June, I’ve been skating for 14 years, and will do my best to stay in as long as I can. I’m a healthy-minded guy with a healthy diet.

I believe in taking care of yourself so that you can be better to the person next to you. I have a strong will to take care of people and support those around me. I was raised by some amazing Mediterranean parents and have a few older bros, one of which was always better than me at skating, name: Andre Stamenkovic.

I plan on showing him off soon ’cause he can still kill it. I’m proud to say that ’cause he was always my inspiration in rollerblading. Anyways, many have seen me differently, but although I look up to the Future Prospect guys from the past I respect all in this sport. I stay humble and try my best to better myself everyday.

Check the full One: Interview with Demetrios George.

ONE #14 is in stores and on newsstands now, so it’s time to share the #13 Skater of the Year issue online!

Catch up on Alex Broskow’s feature interview, see Dom Bambrick shred, learn about Keith and Adam Brierly in their special 4-page Am Hour, read about what Randy “Roadhouse” Spizer is doing these days, and enjoy the biggest photo gallery we’ve ever run.

Packing a ton of great content, this ONE speaks volumes.

— ONE.

Download: ONE-V4N1.pdf (34 mb).

It seems that Aggressive Mall is not only one of the most reliable and popular skate shops, but you guys have become synonymous in our industry with custom skates and creative color jobs on just about any pair of boots offered.

Before we get into anything, tell us who is the maniac behind all of this madness, who is Justin Hertel?

For starters, I am a pretty low-key 26-year-old kid that rollerblades and owns a skate shop.

I enjoy many things such as blading, watching good people blade, snowboarding, shooting guns, photo, video, working on cars, graphic design, drawing bad stuff, thinking of bad stuff, and working a lot and occasionally making cool stuff.

I found out quite some time ago that I was never really good at one particular thing, but was just kind of good at a lot of things — and I think that is the number one positive trait that has enabled me to wear many hats and get a lot done in a short amount of time.

We all have our own stories of how we got into blading itself, but what made you want to open up your own shop, and how did Aggressivemall come to be what we know today?

I could write a novel about all this so I will try and sum it up by saying I owe this all to my dad.

I was really into skating in the early ’90s, and by chance he had extra office space in the front of his ski wax business (Hertel ski wax).

I knew a ton of people that skated and figured, like most 12–13 year olds, that it would be awesome to start a skate shop. Much convincing later, my dad opened up shop in the 400 sq. ft. office we had in there. As far as the name goes, it was all him! I always thought it was corny but somehow it ended up sticking…

I swear we could have had ANY name too. Anyways, this is where my friends and I worked on and off for the next few years while I made my way through school. [...]

Check the Full Justin Hertel Interview on One.

Interview: Ben Karris ; Photos supplied by Justin Hertel.

ONE Issue #14 features a FOLIO profile on long-time blade photographer-turned-visual artist Dan Busta.

Roommate, friend and fellow photographer Ryan Schude provides a brief but accurate summation of Dan’s achievements and work philosophy, but what most bladers will dig is a collection of Dan’s most classic skate imagery.

Without showing off too much, here’s a taste of some of the memories we packed into the latest issue.

— ONE.

Check the One Mag: Dan Busta Issue #14 Folio Preview.

Long years as a rollerblader have given Tracy White a respect for the memorabilia surrounding the sport, and he finally let ONE and a select ground of AZ rollers into his secret ‘Blade Museum’ to check out his private stash.

Primarily focusing on projects in which he’d participated like Bauer and 4Dub, there were plenty of other established classics amongst the collection. We snapped these pics to let you get a taste for yourselves.

— ONE

Check the Tracy White’s Blade Collection.

ONE #14 hits the warehouse in a few days with feature coverage of Minnesota’s Chris Farmer.

The subject of praise and ridicule since he first burst on the scene, Chris has grown beyond the debate to discover his own voice and personality. And it’s all on display here.

From family life, to his musical background, skate evolution and beyond, love him or leave him, you’ll want to read this interview and see these photos.

Shot entirely in the land of 10,000 lakes, Chris worked with fellow MN native John Haynes to get his skating captured just the way he wanted it. And now it’s almost here.

— ONE.

First and foremost, you have many a title: cinematographer, entrepreneur, alleged baby-eater and skater, you are what some may call, a jack-of-all-trades. What the people want to know is: who is the real Adam Johnson?

Well, if you ask my real close friends, the ones I’ve been around 15 plus years, they will all tell you I’m an asshole. You ask my mom and she will tell you I am the nicest kid in the world. Ask a random skater from the late 90s and they will tell you I’m an alcoholic. Ask a new school grom and they probably won’t be able to tell you who I am because they don’t own KFC3.  If you ask me though, I would tell you I am just a real-ass dude who tells it how it is.

What made you pick up your first camera?

I broke my elbow when my friend checked me hockey-style into the grass. Landed on it wrong and I dislocated and fractured it. The only way to get people to pick me up that summer to go session was to film. [...]

Check the One Mag Interview with Adam Johnson.

There’s this guy I know who wears what most would call women’s pants. He also doesn’t shave much, sports a mullet and enjoys the color pink.

He gets away with all of this by calling himself an artist! Well, he’s always said, Randy Spizer was the first true rollerblader. Meaning that the other pros at the time, who were much older than Randy, came from other action-sport backgrounds.

Randy was a true roller, and the guy who wears girls pants was right! Randy skated and traveled all over the world, and he has inspired a planet just by being himself!

Mike Opalek

To me, Roadhouse is rollerblading. There is no doubt in my mind I wouldn’t be where I am now if it wasn’t for him. I bought a red Yankees hat when I was 12 because I saw him wear one at a NISS contest. He was my hero.

A few years later he took me under his wing and I pretty much lived with him for a while. Skating with your hero on a regular basis can be a rather motivating situation to be in. He will always be one of my favorite people on the planet, and rollerblading is well off having had him lead the generation following him.

He still holds it down every time I see him blade, and I hope it’s not very long before I see it again!

Chris Haffey / professional blader / Pasadena, Ca. [...]

Randy Spizer (Interview):

How old are you, and how did it all start?

I’m at the age of 28. I got my first pair of rollerblades two months before my 12th birthday. I had to beg my dad to buy me an early birthday present, some Zetra Blade 303s.

They came with a brake; I used a hacksaw to cut that off. Then they became street skates! [...]

Check the Randy Spizer Article on One.

quoting One:

2008 was a great year for Alex Broskow, a year capped off with winning the inaugural title of ONE Skater of the Year, and we’re pleased to finally have his interview cut and edited for online viewing.

Learn about how Alex handles filming for multiple projects, promoting his sponsors, working on Vibralux, and finding ways to express himself on blades.

Your votes nominated and awarded Alex this special title, now get what you voted for with this revealing look at one of blading’s best.

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