New Adapt pro skate coming out at Winterclash.

The story of how Russell Day became an Adapt rider keeps reminding me of an old Chris Haffey interview in Daily Bread. Chris talked about buying his first skates from his now longtime sponsor.

For some reason, that felt right to me. The idea that one of the biggest superstars in blading once bought his skates from a small company just because he wanted to show his support strikes me.

There is nothing more flattering then a rider who buy’s the product just because he loves the brand and wants to support it. Russell Day wrote me an e-mail when we just started out with Adapt. Telling me how he liked the brand and wanted to try it out.

Already afraid we had another rider asking for free skates, he just replied he wanted to buy them. 5 years later, that same person who wrote us that e-mail, just received his first Adapt pro skate and had been a member of the Adapt family since day one.

Founded by Jon Julio (Post on Instagram).

Previously:

• Roces Is Back.
• R.I.P Valo (2013-2018).

It’s been a while since you heard news from Xsjado. The rumors of the brand quitting business were in the streets for quite some time but no official statement was made until now.

The Xsjado Farewell is your last chance to grab a piece of skating history as this is our last skate to be released.

We want to thank all the individuals, designers, skaters, photographers and videographers, distributors and dealers who made Xsjado possible, who worked hard and helped us with their talent and expertise, specially during the development of the Xjsado 2.0 model and who kept the brand alive, staying by our side during these past hard years of skating recession. Thank you all for your support.

But look forward with hope because every end is a new beginning.

“There was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep on rolling under the stars.” - Jack Kerouac. #bladexsjado #xsjadoskates #xsjadofarewell

USD Aeon Allstar Limited Edition Collection - USD Skates 2017 is the 20th anniversary of USD Skates and we are celebrating it big time with a limited-edition collection of USD AEON skates.

Resembling some of our most iconic designs as a tribute to the most iconic & influential skaters from the past two decades: Billy O’Neill, Carlos Pianowski, Albert Hooi & Rachard Johnson. The Aeon 60 Allstar skates are out now worldwide!

Them 908’s Ivory pre-order also goes live on february 20, 2018 at your favorite skate shop and Themgoods.com. $165 Boot only. Ships June 2018.

• $165 boot only.
• Pre-order february 20, 2018.
• Available early june 2018.
• 500 pairs in black, 500 pairs in ivory.
• Sizes: small (7-8) US, medium (9-10) US, large (11-12) US.

Them 908 Black & Ivory

Photo: Hedonskate (Instagram).