Posts Tagged ‘randy spizer’

quoting Arlo Eisenberg:

Way back at the height of rollerblading’s popularity in the mid to late 90s when Senate was in its heyday and we were all dating strippers, driving fast cars and styling our designer haircuts with the best mousse money could buy Randy “Roadhouse” Spizer was the face of the sport.

Randy and I spent a lot of time together as skaters traveling for contests and demos. These days I spend much more time moussing my hair than skating (still using the best mousse money can buy!), but Randy and I have remained pretty close. We both live in Orange County and we worked together for a while at Paul Frank along with Sayer Danforth and Dan Jensen (of Scribe Industries!).

Many professional skaters have a hard time transitioning to life after skating, but Randy was always a bright and motivated kid and he has built a nice career post-skating as a Flash animator. [...]

Check the full Article on Gost.

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.

One Million Dollar Question: Guess the year this interview was done!

^ Randy doing some ad for the etnies sneakers ? o_O

Back to 1995, here is Randy Roadhouse Spizer !
Take a ride in the time machine, and discover the oldschool blading scene

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