In 2006, many of rollerblading’s most influential individuals were interviewed for the documentary Barely Dead. Six years later, these interviews provide intriguing commentary on the growth and progression of rollerblading and blade culture.

While fashions may have changed and companies have come and gone, the words spoken by these blading leaders capture the many complex nuances of rollerblading life. Watch for some rollerblading history from the recent past that we all experienced together. Visit Oneblademag.com.

Lost Interviews - PLAY: Erik Bailey | Jess Dyrenforth | Jon Julio.

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 Eisenberg, Champion Baumstimler, Dustin Latimer, Jon Julio, and Josh Petty. 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. […]

Full Interview on Oneblademag.com.
Originally posted on Believeinone.com | backup on Archive.org.

Barely Dead, a film by Doug Urquhart, written by Justin Eisinger.

Barely Dead Preview: PLAY

Eleven Years after the first X-Games, Rollerblading has found itself, fighting a war for survival, that has inadvertantly created the very history rolling was discredited for lacking by others. Barely Dead is the story of a global community of outcasts and athletes pulling together to explain and express their one unifying & interest : ROLLERBLADING.

Artworks by Andrew Tunney (2hands, Wonderfist.net | Andrewtunney.com)

up: Jon Julio / Brian Shima.

up: Julian Bah / Chris Haffey.

up: Chris Farmer / Erik Bailey.

The Misled Lab presents Barely Dead. Produced by JDU, written by Justin Eisinger. Cinematography & Editing by JDU. Motion Graphics by Matt Andrews & JDU. Art Direction by Andy Tunney & Eric Pieper. Featuring: Arlo Eisenberg, Erik Bailey, Alex Broskow, Chris Haffey, Chris Farmer, Brian Shima, Jeff Stockwell, Julian Bah, Oli Short, Jon Julio, Franky Morales, Cameron Card, Shane Coburn, Jon Elliott, Robert Guerrero, Tom Hyser, Azikiwee Anderson and many others. Distributed by Sadako Distribution. Dealer inquires welcome: doug@misledmedia.com. Shot on Super 16mm film & High Definition Video.

Visit Misledmedia.com (link down | Archive.org).

Valo posted some HD footage from the upcoming Barely Dead documentary. Download the clips of Erik Bailey and Jon Julio, courtesy of Black Market / Misled Media (right click / save as). You can check some photos here. Links down.

The Bittercold Showdown 2011 is over, congrats to Julien Cudot (#1 Pro) & Dave Lang (#1 AM), full results below.

You can check raw footage of the Bittercold Showdown 2011 on: Vimeo.com/bcsd & Youtube.com/mrcollinmartin. Alex Kaytu filmed his BCSD run with a helmet cam, video on Youtube: PLAY.

BCSD Pro Finals: Unedited footage by Mr Collin Martin - PLAY: 01 | 02

Pro Results

1. Julien Cudot
2. Brian Aragon
3. Erik Bailey
4. Jeff Stockwell
5. Alex Broskow
6. Brandon Smith
7. Sean Kelso
8. John Bolino
9. Brian Shima
10. Roman Abrate

AM

1. Dave Lang
2. Tyler Hester
3. Michael Garlinghouse
4. Wake Schepman
5. Killa Kai
6. Blake Kelly
7. K2 Alex
8. Tim Franken
9. Joseph Torres
10. Thumper Nagasako

Source: Rolling Revival.

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Jon Julio - Sessions.fr Interview (Link) - Video on Vimeo: PLAY.

Sessions.fr met Jon Julio in Eindhoven at the Winterclash 2011 and released this interview to promote the new Valo Light Skates.