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Where is Mike Opalek now?

Mike Opalek and the Thai team

Old school Legend, and Ex-Roces team manager,
Mike Opalek has been spotted in Bangkok, Thailand coaching the national rollerblading team.

Mike Opalek - Sweatstance - Silver Creek
Mike O still representing at Silver Creek, CA.

22 Responses to “Where is Mike Opalek now?”

  1. koubis Says:

    //the national rollerblading team

    is it the speed team ?

  2. nith Says:

    would he really coach a speed team? or mayb them thai’s tryin to take over our sport!! just like them crazy Yasutoko brothers

  3. 3RiC Says:

    They are Aggressive skaters that represent their country in Asian Indoor Games in Bangkok this month…very proffessional done park too!

  4. George Amos Says:

    Its the aggressive team.

  5. koubis Says:

    George : this is wierd to see an aggressive team in costumes :)

  6. sukeats Says:

    no, thats the national aggressive inline team. they’re training for the upcoming Asian Indoor Games - an olympic sanctioned event featuring extreme games and other indoor sports (think gymnastics, kickboxing, indoor athletics, futsal etc).

    more info at http://www.ocasia.org/1IAG.asp

    see pics of the asian indoor games street course here

  7. iicents Says:

    not hating, but wow that makes sweatstances look so hard and scary. haha

  8. lstieger Says:

    hahahaha funny! That’s why i love asians!!!

  9. satan Says:

    damn, that’s too cool.

  10. senatesk8r Says:

    thast a oooooold pic

  11. AdamAint Says:

    that’s the illest sweaty that I’ve seen in a long time, more people should do their sweatstances like that

  12. doan.blader Says:

    OH SHIT SILVER CREEK. DOPE!

  13. koubis Says:

    you can check an interview of Mike Opalek here :
    http://www.inlinewarehouse.com/interviews/Opalek.html

  14. Nick a.k.a Mushroom Says:

    (this is wierd to see an aggressive team in costumes :))

    Thai people are very respectful for the gouvernement, because without their help the would’ve never gotten a skatepark to practice at!
    [on the pic] 3rd, 4th and 7th from right are the top thai skaters, they have been competing in asianXgames since 1998! one of them even made it to L.A for the X-games and place 5th! big up…

  15. Gonzalo Says:

    Just goes to show how much more our sport is appreciated in other countries

  16. koubis Says:

    Nick : yes i already saw that Asian people (does the adjective asian include Thai people?) really have respect for the hierarchy and the governement,

    this is something i always admired (i read that for the Japaneses, it was a kind of legacy from the samurai times (?)),

    and it’s a bit hard to understand in France where people consider higher hierarchical persons and the governement as their ‘enemy’ !

  17. lstieger Says:

    I totally agree with you mon petit Koubis

  18. Nick a.k.a Mushroom Says:

    yeah ur right…because of all the different parties in france! in thailand its a Monarchy…and everybody loves and respect the King, he’s done alot for the people!

  19. booted Says:

    the asians are by no means inferior to the west in street.

    juts because you don’t see much don’t mean they don’t roll better than 99% of you white boys.

  20. VICTOR KARLSSON Says:

    YA i meet Him for 3 moth ago..in Bangkok .! nice guy.!!=P And they have a Grazy skatepark Over there..! He told me that the Thaigorl Where Grazy.. and it True..! his skating on VALO ! =) paece VICTOR KARLSSON SWEDEN

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  22. Mike T = rando Says:

    Old sweatstance? Those are UFS Majectics and they look dope!

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