In this episode I talk with Pieter Wijnant from Adapt Branch about their 2022 line, including new logo, Adrian Deck Brutale and GTO pro skates, new removable heel liner piece, changes to the Symetrics flat and Quattro frames and the soon-to-be-annouced Superleggera SP model.

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Olga Bouwhuis and Pieter Wijnant are the owners of Adapt brand. Adapt is a inline skating brand handmade in Holland. Hope you enjoy this 66 minute talk with the two owners of this unique brand who wants to reduce the number of skates sold and improve the quality of their customers.

Content

• 01:25 - it all started as a love story.
• 05:33 - freestyle blading, rollerblading or inline skating?
• 07:53 - traded Belgium for Holland.
• 08:05 - End of Forward Freestyle
• 10:40 - “I was encouraged by my mom to skip school and skate if the weather was good.”
• 12:30 - Called Olga and told her about a Dream to make a skate and had a name..
• 17:20 - we are 2 handshakes away from every other skater.
• 20:06 - Lino and Pieter were speed skaters.
• 21:22 - rollerblade twister boot
• 23:00 - 4 screws frame mounting system
• 28:55 - New adapt secret skate project
• 30:02 - Adapt goal.
• 30:20 - making skates more expensive
• 32:53 - Adapts for slalom
• 35:25 - How Lino plans his days
• 36:52 - Olga’s main role
• 39:10 - I’m a full time chef
• 41:20 - Adapt Team video
• 45:10 - Mike Lilly and actual Adapt Team
• 48:10 - Fake but funny advertise break
• 58:30 - Randy spizer and Louie Zamora had Adapt Skates.
• 59:37 - Nick Labarre
• 1:00:44 - Julian Bah
• 1:03:27 - New Hyper Skates vegan
• 1:05:12 - should we make a geeky part 2 or not?

Mikey Lynch interviews Jelle Van den Audenaeren & Sophie de Cocker, the creators of the aggressive inline skating game On a Roll.

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Oldie but goldie! Rik van Huik killing the streets of Berlin, Bordeaux, Paris, Zurich, Amsterdam, Utrecht and Katwijk. Filmed by Pieter Wijnant, Thijs Tel, Levi van Rijn and Olga Bouwhuis.

August 25, 2017: Rik van Huik is currently in the hospital in Paris after some bad luck during filming for the new Adapt video.

Even tough he will not be able to get more clips this year, the hammers he did so far are all enders and will make an unforgettable section none the less. - Adapt.

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What’s up y’all. I’m back, well kinda… I actually filmed this review 2 years ago, however life just seemed to get busier and busier as time went on, and I never had the chance to properly edit it together until now. I still feel the same way about everything I discuss in the video, so I felt it was still very relevant to share - if not more so now, as I’ve had another 2 years of skating Symetrics frames, and have only come to love them more and more! - Robert Kellett.

About Symetrics

Symetrics brand is a sister company founded by Adapt brand owners Olga Bouwhuis and Pieter Wijnant. The first Symetrics product we made was the symmetrical soulplate that comes along with Adapt skates. We have come a long way since our first product and now offer a wide range of frames, soulplates, wheels, bearings and goodies. Visit Symetricsbrand.com.

Up: Robert Kellett for Symetrics.

Marco de Santi came to the US with $100 in his pocket and he spoke no English. It was both comical, inspiring and sad… Until he became a World Champion. And when skating died, Marco went to the Cirque du Soleil.

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Marco de Santi has the most interesting journey of any athlete I’ve had on the podcast. Born in a less than desirable situation in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Marco did what every kid does; he played soccer until he found skateparks. Marco quit team sports and headed to the USA at age 15, with literally nothing, to make his pro skating dream happen. While Marco eventually became a world Champion, inline was dropped by X-Games, and the organizing body of his sport didn’t include Marco in future events. So the first skater to land a triple was forced out of competition and into a life of LOVE, which he performs in every night with the Cirque de Soleil. It doesn’t get more rags to riches than this one.

TIMECODES: 03:30: Issues around his backyard vert ramp, growing up in Sao Paolo, and family life 10:00: Soccer, finding skating, stereotypes, roller rink skateparks, how does he pay to get to the US, and how does he stay 21:00: Not speaking English, meeting me, seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and problems with judging 32:00: Mountain Dew, other sponsors, never wearing pads, and spending time at Woodward 34:00: The Yasutoko, the triple, and what’s cool about X Games 39:30: Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating 41:30: Nerves, Silver at X Games, losing X Games, and then getting screwed by the ASA 47:00: Winning World Championships, all things Cirque de Soleil’s LOVE (skating, money, injury, perks), building his Vegas empire, and day trading 54:00: Inappropriate Questions with Hardcore Brazil, Carlos Pianowski.

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