Jumbo: Barcelona, Day 1 (Episode 24) - PLAY
After Winterclash 2024, me and the boys traveled to Barcelona for a week to skate. This was day 1. It was rough. No tour guide, no real plan, just stumbling into spots. But, luckily we’re not spoiled with spots, so anything is pretty fun.
I feel like you always see a lot of the same spots when people film in Barcelona, so I was excited to maybe look at some old spots with a fresh take on it. Pretty sure the first building we skated was skated by Danny Beer, so the escalator was off limits. But I’m pretty sure the gap to gutter is untapped… I dunno. It’s a safe assumption to assume that everything we touched has been thoroughly destroyed. Who knows. The next spot was basically a skatepark, which I think is a first for one of our “4 the streets” things, but that’s ok. It was a good warm up day. - PLAY.
Jumbo: Barcelona, Day 2 (Episode 25) - PLAY
Texas is a big state. A lot of things here are very spread out. Not a lot of cities have good public transportation so you have to drive to most places if you want to get anything done. That’s what we do when we skate, we drive from spot to spot. That is NOT what people do in Barcelona and we were ill prepared for it. The first day, we took it at our own pace, just bopped around the neighborhood and skated whatever we saw.
The second day, we met up with dudes from all over the place. And we skated… and skated. and skated. I clocked as many miles on skates as I was doing when I was 14 before I had a car. Which was great, an amazing way to view the city and honestly really fun. Buuuuut… Incredibly taxing if you’re not accustomed to it. Somehow we survived and still had the energy to skate the spots. First spot was absolute ice. Not sure what that ground was made out of, but it was impossibly slick. It was also a skatepark, which is rare for us to skate. We left quickly.
Nick Lomax took us to the second spot expecting us to skate these line ledges, but as things happen we found a trampoline, a couple of gutter spots and a broken down ol’ bench to skate. I dunno, the whole day was good. Eating fresh oranges out of the tree. Taking a side quest to see the ocean. Getting lost and dodging the rain. Thank you Immony Men for helping me film from time to time.
If anyone hear has heard of Orange Wheel Company, that’s his. The dudes cool and I’ve got nothing but respect. So if you see those wheels, it’s always a good idea to support our real ones. That’s enough ranting. Another day down. - PLAY.
Jumbo: Barcelona, Day 3 (Episode 26) - PLAY
Day 3! We’ve made it to the final half of the trip and we’re on our own again. We’re meandering around without tour guides again. Warming up on aluminum downrails and finding the trash spots of BCN. - PLAY.
Michael Muller & Xavi Eguino - BCN File. Michael teamed up with Xavi in Barcelona to film a small video! Check it out! Filmed & Edited by Rafael López Maldonado. Camera Assistants: Michael Müller, Mery Muñoz, Xavi Eguino & Dexter.
The new USD Aeon EQT 60 stands for Equity. This is a new model specifically released to support and fund the female riders in our team. The Aeon EQT is available in our fullest size range to be accessible to all riders regardless of gender, age or ability. This new model is a continuation on from our last moves to support the female skate scene, after our initial collaboration with the Bladies brand. USD is now releasing the EQT to acknowledge and address the lack of opportunities for female riders in the blading community and allow them to have a more active role within it.
Equity stands for fairness and justice for a segment of the blade community that has long been overlooked and under supported, but can now be supported by the whole community through this skate. We hope this can be the first of many future models released to support the female riders of the brand. The royalties of this model will go directly towards funding the invaluable work of all USD’s female riders.
Featuring: Mery Munoz, Armelle Tisler, Patrycja Najda, Lilou Fumery, Leo Fumery & Carla Martin. Edited by Rafael Maldonado. Filmed by Rafael Lopez, Mery Munoz & Xavi Eguino.
Capital Rollas: “We spent a few days in Barcelona to celebrate Jamie Harris birthday. Filmed by the whole squad, edited by Jamie himself.
Featuring: Bruce Dobbie,
Blake Bird,
Nickole Bone,
Jamie Harris &
hody Marsh.
Game of B.L.A.D.E: Nick Lomax VS Korey Waikiki. A video by OnlyGoatsBladeClub (Youtube).
Game of skate between Nick Lomax and Korey Waikiki in Marbella Skatepark, Barcelona. Done as a bit of fun and to get everyone together in the park on a Friday evening, their was a solid show up! Missed a few tricks and put the cards in instead!". - OnlyGoatsBladeClub.