Where is Mike Opalek now?
Old school Legend, and Ex-Roces team manager,
Mike Opalek has been spotted in Bangkok, Thailand coaching the national rollerblading team.
Mike O still representing at Silver Creek, CA.
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November 10th, 2005 at 1:03 am
//the national rollerblading team
is it the speed team ?
November 10th, 2005 at 1:47 am
would he really coach a speed team? or mayb them thai’s tryin to take over our sport!! just like them crazy Yasutoko brothers
November 10th, 2005 at 2:17 am
They are Aggressive skaters that represent their country in Asian Indoor Games in Bangkok this month…very proffessional done park too!
November 10th, 2005 at 2:58 am
Its the aggressive team.
November 10th, 2005 at 3:03 am
George : this is wierd to see an aggressive team in costumes :)
November 10th, 2005 at 4:43 am
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
November 10th, 2005 at 6:06 am
not hating, but wow that makes sweatstances look so hard and scary. haha
November 10th, 2005 at 8:13 am
hahahaha funny! That’s why i love asians!!!
November 10th, 2005 at 10:09 am
damn, that’s too cool.
November 10th, 2005 at 12:54 pm
thast a oooooold pic
November 10th, 2005 at 4:43 pm
that’s the illest sweaty that I’ve seen in a long time, more people should do their sweatstances like that
November 10th, 2005 at 7:21 pm
OH SHIT SILVER CREEK. DOPE!
November 11th, 2005 at 2:10 am
you can check an interview of Mike Opalek here :
http://www.inlinewarehouse.com/interviews/Opalek.html
November 11th, 2005 at 2:52 am
(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…
November 11th, 2005 at 3:08 am
Just goes to show how much more our sport is appreciated in other countries
November 11th, 2005 at 10:13 am
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’ !
November 11th, 2005 at 3:52 pm
I totally agree with you mon petit Koubis
November 12th, 2005 at 3:56 pm
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!
November 14th, 2005 at 12:38 am
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.
December 28th, 2005 at 8:52 am
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
August 9th, 2006 at 7:05 pm
[...] The Savang Team is the official Rolling Team from Thailand, who entered the Asian X-Games. The team is coached by the old school legend, and Ex-Roces team manager, Mike Opalek! Read more about it here. [...]
August 10th, 2006 at 3:12 am
Old sweatstance? Those are UFS Majectics and they look dope!