Entropy - “Une Utopie De Souvenir Nostalgique” (A Nostalgic Memory Utopia) ; with acting from Christian DeGiovanni. Animation & filming by Franck Steve Ngako.
The video leans more towards a sophisticated art piece or musical video than it does a typical skate video, which makes it so intriguing and entertaining. The story follows a group of friends who have grown up skating together and shows their unique bond that has been created through their passion for inline skating. “Une Utopie De Souvenir Nostalgique“ is scored beautifully to the classic Sage Francis track “The Best of Times“. So peep this amazing short film and try your best to fight back the goosebumps in watching this amazing piece of blade cinema.
Update: video back online!
April 2022: The Blading Cup is at the end of the month and everyone’s in town. It was a day with the kids. Kyungmin Kevin Lee from Korea owns a shop called Seoul Skaters, where he also teaches skating. His students are beyond amazing and thats because of how great kevin is with them. It was a really hot day so we had a short session and headed to skyzone for some ninja warrior action. Let’s go!
Featuring: Demetrios George, Seoa Jang, Byeolhee Star, Thor & Astrid Garcia, Jaelynn Angelina & friends.
Welcome at 14×41 a well flavoured and tasty non-profit collaboration of Sven Boekhorst and Niels Groenendijk. These two chefs serve a 3 course video meal so the next generation of inline skaters can start cooking their stuff.
Sven started skating at the age of 14 years, and today at an age of 41 he still manages to spice things up when he drops the heat. This meal is free for everyone to enjoy and is well balanced, like his steady grinds on the streets. Whatever your preferred flavour is: He has got you covered in this one: Vert, Street and Park.
VERT EDIT: Amsterdam has a brand new halfpipe and Sven Boekhorst blessed it with his signature style tricks. Technical liptricks and amazing control in the air. The taste of it is well balanced and totally up to date. Hit play and get started.
STREET EDIT: In a search for great spots across the Netherlands Sven Boekhorst and Niels Groenendijk found some heavy hitter street spots. Niels managed to capture a full part of banging tricks and process these into main dish that exceeds all expectations.
PARK EDIT: As an all-round skater Sven makes it all taste good. This part is probably the dish where he truly shows his skills. As a master chef in control, technicality and hammers a park section of Sven Boekhorst is always finger licking good! Check him at skatepark Area 51 where all the proceeds of the donations will go to stimulate the future of street and park inline skaters.
Like the taste of it? Feel free to leave a tip and donate at the 14x41.com website. All proceeds will go to free skate lessons for the youth in Area 51 skatepark. For these lessons, we will work with a new skate instructor. Besides the donations made by you, the chefs of 14X41 will additionally donate 41 of Rollerblade® inline skates to area 51 skatepark for kids to use for free. Will you help us inspire and let the next generation get a taste of what we like? Dig in, donate and enjoy your meal!
As the title implies, this video was made from footage was filmed for, but did not make the final cut of my profiles in Leading the Blind, Drip Drop, Fade Nation, and Regardless. This includes, unused tricks, second angles, and a few behind the scenes things that happened during the filming. I had a lot of fun going back through these old tapes to throw this together so I hope you enjoy watching it as much as I did making it. - Chris Haffey (April 2022).
Chris Haffey - Cutting Room Floor: PLAY
It’s been awhile since our last announcement, but this is a doozy. We would like to welcome Chynna Weierstall to the Faction Skate family! For years she has represented our sport with next level technical ability and flawless style. We are happy to shine a spotlight on this awesome human being! Keep an eye out in the upcoming weeks for her announcement edit. We are as excited as you to see what fire she brings. - Faction Skate Company.
Photo: Steve Steinmetz | thread on FB) | Visit Factionskatecompany.com.
Bonus Shots: Chynna Weierstall @ the Franky Morales Invitational 2022
1st place at the Bladies Comp (More Media of the event | Full Results).
Butterflies is a game about inline skating and graffiti. Apparently some people did that before, but they don’t seem like they’ll be doing it anymore.
Episode 2 Promo Video
Butterfly Episodes
Check the Butterfliess Youtube channel for the soundtrack and more promo videos & the Itch.io page for future episodes/ updates releases.
Ilya Savosin, Albert Valeev & Stanislav Latyntsev show us how they learned their supermoves, training with a crash dummy to reach the perfect skating.
Adrian Deck is a beast on the blades. Any type of blades. Whether he is freeskating through the city or doing big hammer tricks, Adrian will do it with speed, raw power and finesse. We love Adrian’s skating and wanted to celebrate this with an industry-first: a Signature skate spanning two models - the GTO and Brutale - at the same time!
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