Coco Sanchez - Just another magical place in Ohio (somewhere near Cleveland).

Koda Hult & Brian Weis skating Detroit’s Bishop DIY Skatepark. Filmed & edited by Al Dolega. Additional filming by Ryan Cza & Koda Hult.

Previously: Bl8 Nite @ Bishop (2021) by Al Dolega.

Trigger is honored to present you the Jeff Dalnas Pro skates. The cuff molds have been improved to protect the buckles more efficiently on this new version of the Trigger Rainbow soft boot skates. The soulframe and boot molds have been modified too to perfectly fit the UFS standard. The liner has been improved once again to reduce the size of the skate and increase the comfort. The Rainbow Jeff Dalnas pro skates will give you the best experience, from beginner to professional, by offering the maximum in response and lightness thanks to his soft boot conception.

A slim and precise skate, with his new integrated liner completed by a double density insole, and a shock absorber for a smooth riding. All supported by the fast and light Freerocker V2 frame, fitted with high quality wheels in 58mm/90A, and Abec 7 bearings for your best feeling. Trigger will give back 30€ by pair of skates sold directly to Jeff Dalnas to support him as a pro rider. The production quantity is limited to 500 pairs. Weight: 1670g (9 US).

“Super stoked to announce my pro skate has officially been released!” - Jeff Dalnas.

Quoting Jeff Dalnas: “Thank you to everyone who pre-order the skate via Blade Supply ; I appreciate your patience and support! Shout out to Trigger Skate for getting these skates out as quickly as possible even with Covid setbacks and hurdles in our way! Thank you Matthew Rasmussen with the design work. Be sure to check out Thuro skate shop for to purchase your pair of Trigger skates here in the states!”

Jeff Dalnas Pro Boot - Initial Thoughts by Vintage Roller (Youtube)

So this skate has great promise! It took a bit to get used to them, and the break in period is gonna be a few sessions to to get the comfortable. So no lie the first 15 minutes were pretty rough, but after a break and just chilling for a few with my skates on I was able to get past the initial boot pain.

I did notice while skating these that they have the weird Frame offset like the old Remz and you get the Remz lean while standing and pushing off, but once you get used to it, then you can fix how your feet positions on grinds and jump set up.

Overall these skates for a Pro Boot seem pretty legit and even as Mid Level boot would make a good boot. But for people just starting out, I would not recommend this boot. - Vintage Roller.

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Our 3 pro winners from today thank you to everyone who came out and made it special.

Results

1. Sam Crofts
2. James Keyte
3. Leon Humphries

Best Trick: Jay Cuthbertson.

Night Moves Part II. Shot in Sydney, Australia. Featuring Rian Arnold, Josh Nielsen, Alan Dick, Scott Crawford, Josh Butler, Craig Brocklehurst, Toby Yau, Cj Wellsmore, Dom West, Gav Drumm & Tien Nguyen. Music: Timecop.

Night Move, Part I (2017) - PLAY.

The King Of Cleveland, 2021 Edition, edited by Matthew Plasencia. “Life moves fast. We are taking it slow”.

Results

1. Ryan Parker ($2500)
2. Adam Bazydlo ($1000)
3. Philip Moore ($400)

More Media: Edit by Hawke Trackler | Raw Clips by Aaron Schultz.

For the first episode of the Then and Now Podcast, I interviewed the legendary rolling artist, Chris Peel. Chris played a huge behind-the-scenes role during the late 90s to mid-2000s in the aggressive inline skating industry. Growing up in Wakefield, in the UK, he started designing t-shirt’s for Puberty Clothing before landing a job with DNA magazine. He then made his way stateside to San Diego, California, in 2000 to work for and design Daily Bread Magazine. In San Diego, he created the initial branding, image, and logos for Ground Control, Rat Tail Distribution, 4x4 Urethane, Vicious Bearings, and Nimh skates.

Chris is a long-time friend who also designed the Big Wheel Blading logo for me in 2017. We haven’t had much contact these last few years, so I thought it would be fun to contact him to catch up and reminisce on our years in San Diego, working at Daily Bread together and teaming up on many projects for Rat Tail, and its brands. - Jan Welch.

X-Games gold medalist/ professional rollerblader and BJJ (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu) blue belt, Jaren -The Monster- Grob has always had a niche for danger. Between his professional career in rollerblading or getting on the mats in a BJJ tournament, Grob is always looking to test his limits as an athlete. Grob joins MyMMANews to discuss the cross-culture of skating and Jiu Jitsu, competing in two vastly different sports and so much more! Article on Mymmanews.com.

Back in november 2020, Jan Welch launched a fundraiser called “The Tapes Project”. Quoting Jan Welch:

I’ve spent 20-years shooting video and documenting some of the top professional and amateur inline skaters from around the world I now have hundreds of tapes of footage that I am going to digitize and archive online. I plan on posting each tape onto a new YouTube channel for people to watch, along with commentary from myself and from people featured on each tape. These are the original tapes for many classic skate videos and edits I’ve made including Last Call, Urban Decay, Steal This Video, Quatro, No One’s Children, Trash, Sleaze, Drip Drop, and Leading the Blind.

So far I’ve logged about a dozen tapes. I’ve acquired several consumer miniDV cameras so far to try and capture this footage and they have either been dead on arrival, have issues capturing audio, or eat and destroy the tapes. Consumer decks are notorious for dirty heads and have further potential for damaging these tapes. To archive this many tapes of historical skating footage for all to see, I need to purchase a professional MiniDV deck that will safely capture these tapes at the highest quality and a 4 or 5TB USB-C hard drive to store them on. This project is going to take a long time but it is important to preserve this footage. I’m asking for those of you who are interested in seeing all these tapes get captured and posted to help contribute to a GoFundMe to purchase a new MiniDV deck.

What I Need: MiniDV Deck (approx $750.00), 4/5 TB Harddrive ($169), Life Flix Software ($100), Topaz Video Enhance AI ($299.99), Total - $1,300.

September 2021: The project is now starting: Jan Welch opened a new Youtube Channel, called “Then and now, an inline skating channel”.

The first video for my new inline skating YouTube channel, Then&Now, is now live. This is a short introduction to what the channel will be about. The first episode of the Then+Now Podcast will be released tomorrow. My first guest is Chris Peel, who designed Daily Bread Magazine and did all the original branding for Rat Tail, Ground Control, Vicious, 4x4, Nimh, and Big Wheels Blading. The first episode of the Vault, which my tape archives from the past 25 years of rollerblading, will release a couple of days later. - Jan Welch.

Visit Then & Now Youtube Channel.