I stated these sponsors because I’m old enough to remember them and know that rollerblading had support from external sources. These days, it’s us, and us alone. There’s hardly any money in this sport. A skateboarder can go pro and make 80k a year. A pro rollerblader is lucky to see a couple hundred. I remember I ran into Reineer at a park and I think he mentioned he made 50-60 dollars for a year’s worth of frame sales. Gonzo in some video said he made 300 in a year. That’s it? People are doing this sport out of passion, out of love, especially with that sort of money involved. This in contrast to Aaron Feinberg winning 10-30k during the ASA competitions 10 years ago.

This is why I say we have ourselves to support us. You want to see more products, put more money back into the thing you love. Yes, it’s cost prohibitive at times, but would you rather see old navy and kmart with your money or Vibralux and Denial? In all fairness, I’m a short, thin guy so finding anything to fit me is incredibly hard, even harder within rollerblading. Had to stop buying Heat shirts because their sizes mysteriously started to add a few more inches – small was more like a medium. But I digress.

And Adam, thanks for responding back! Glad I’m not the only one who feels this way. Yeah, I don’t regret going out to the Niss competitions for 3 days and looking like a burnt pop tart. It was part of the funnest times of my youth. Being in the back of the bus with my friends, singing twisted sister’s we’re not gonna take it because we had all watched Fast Shoes before we left for Niss. lol. Those were the days.

Hey if you’re ever on the west coast, I’m offering you a damn nice portrait photo!

Essentially the ones donating are the ones who would buy it….

If the donations didnt work out well… the company would still do fine.. we wouldnt be hurting at all. we would go back to putting the leftover online and saving the bangers for DVD sales to create the budgets and way to get the $$ invested back.

The dvd’s/touring/traveling comes from DVD sales alone pretty much.. we dont spend to much from the other budgets on that… so we dont NEED the donations unless people would rather see it FREE and help us make that happen.

i thank you for the donation… it will help feed, fuel and keep the tours going. It wont be used for Tshirts, wallets, keychains, jeans or any other products we are working on..thats what i was talking about. It strictly goes back to making more FREE videos.

“yea you’re right it doesnt cost money.. we didnt drive down the coast of america and back for 2 weeks.. that didnt take any gas. we didnt have to buy tapes… we didnt have to eat food. we didnt have to do anything that cost money..”

every dollar that gets donated is going back to making more… if we somehow miraculously make $1000 or more.. i’ll pay the skaters… something that doesnt happen….for them to blade in the film..i’ll try to pay for their food as well on the tours..

this isnt a … ohh help us we need money to survive and profit….

its a donate to make more videos possible like this… otherwise you’ll be back to waiting year +… if we were to even choose to invest money into that.

DONATE……not YOU HAVE TO GIVE ME.

profits will not be made off the donations.. its directly all going back to making another FREE online download video.

damn i miss them old niss/asa days… i did the same thing to the ones in Philly and NYC just to watch them blade haha… so much fun.

thanks to anyone who watched it.

there will be another coming.

I also remember being incredibly broke, spending all my money to buy skates and magazines (incidentally I found some daily bread, dna, and box magazines in my closet yesterday), always waiting for my favorite shirts to drop in price, and collecting 2 dollars amongst 4-6 friends just to buy water and maybe food. That was rollerblading in my teens. So I understand there isn’t much money in that age range. Or in our current global economy for that matter. And yet, I see kids blow tons of money on custom skates, this and that color laces and cuffs, wearing this season’s skate apparel, new ipod, whatever. You’ll complain about donating money to a skater-run company, but you’ll gladly fork over your money to something utterly stupid. How about show some appreciation to an older group of rollerbladers who want to give back to the community. We certainly don’t have anyone else but ourselves right now. So why the divide?

Adam Killgore didn’t put a gun to your head and demand you donate. He asked if you can help Denial. Help. As in provide assistance. As in Aid. Which is voluntary and of your own freewill. I know when I get paid next week, I’ll donate some money. And believe me, I don’t make much. But I believe rollerblading needs all the support it can get. And guess what boys and girls? That support comes from the rollerblader community. No one else. If you can’t understand that, maybe you aren’t cut out to be a rollerblader. Maybe not at this point in time because you just don’t get it.

I love rollerblading as much so a girlfriend. I take 2-4 times a week out of my week to skate. I put way more money into it than I should. A lot of my life ties into it. My interests in photography arose in part due to rollerblading. I owe my job working for a public relations firm because of my need to want to shoot photos, and thus document sessions with my friends. I bought my first car last year not because I needed to get to work (I had the bus) but because my friend who was our driver was moving an hour away. At the end of the day, rollerblading is a cause, a lifestyle, something worth fighting for.

But you brats want to complain because you’re the gimme culture. Gimme this, gimme that – I shouldn’t have to give anything in return. Time to grow up. You have these older rollerbladers who are trying to lead us to greener pastures. They don’t have to do anything for you, but they do. You got a free video. How cool is that? You don’t like the skaters. Don’t watch it. You don’t want to donate. Don’t donate. But you shouldn’t be a brat and complain. I’m too old for senseless teen whining. That’s why I never respond to message boards. It’s a bunch of teens with such a black and white conception of the world.

Kids, in the end you’ll find it doesn’t matter someone wears tight or baggy pants, skates to hip hop or rock, picks one skate over another, or whatever your gripe is. It’s about rollerblading as a whole. We are a community. Life’s too short to hate on such petty things.

To Adam, thanks for posting the video. Certainly made my night after I got in from an awful day at work. Forced my buddy to skate with me the next morning. You should be receiving a donation from me at the end of next week. lol. Keep up the fine job!

I would rather just pay denial the 5 bucks and see the footage immediately, so please keep releasing these videos and i will definitely donate money. And to those who say montre and jon jon are the only good people on the denial team, please watch the last denial video it will definitely silence the haters.

true OG.

next video will start soon.

Adam, Don’t worry, old footage doesn’t make bad videos.

Tell us if Killgore gets at least 100$, so I will start asking people to pay for edits as a Bastard.

oh well. rollernews eh.