With this week’s edition Ivo Vegter presents a new format, Behind The Brand, a interview format with the owners of leading brands within our industry. In this Video Ivo met up with Andy Wegener from the skate brand Razors - PLAY.

Andy Wegener is the owner of Sunshine Distribution. In this skate talk you’ll get to know a bit more about the man behind brands like Razors Skates, Ground Control, Jug? Remz? Elyts Scooter Shoes, AO Scooters. Hope you enjoy the 65 minute talk with one of the most influential skating individuals in 2017. - Ricardo Lino.

Content

• 01:15 - Who is Andy Wegener?
• 05:40 - What’s happening with the new Razors Skate?
• 09:15 - Liners on razors skates until now and in the future.
• 12:10 - Good marketing or good product?
• 15:32 - Was Razors the First Skate Brand with a Proper YT channel?
• 17:45 - why was Razors a “Rock’n Roll” or “Gangster” brand?
• 20:00 - What happened to the Razors House?
• 24:30 - How did you got into Scooters?
• 27:51 - is Sex the reason why kids stop skating/ riding?
• 28:10 - Health insurance in America
• 30:40 - Brian Aragon
• 32:10 - You lost Roman Abrate.
• 33:10 - Why razors always worked well with american riders?
• 38:55 - How many skaters there is in America?
• 39:08 - Big wheels plans?
• 41:10 - 125 mm UFS skate?
• 50:14 - How can we make this industry better?
• 55:30 - Is “Do or Die” good for skating?
• 56:55 - When should we expect an Inline Skating peak again?
• 59:16 - What do you think of the USD AEON skates?
• 1:01:10 - isn’t it a problem for shops to have a new skate every 3 months?
• 1:03:00 - why did you never started something related to roller skates?

Check out the official Don Bambrick pro skate edit along with a special announcement by the Razors pro team. Filmed by Geoff Acres, edited by Brazilionaire. Video on Youtube: PLAY.

Razors Game Theory - Premiere

I want to give you an update about our new video project: Ever since tour riders moved into the Razors house, here in California, they are literally filming and shooting photos every day. I’m blown away daily by the team’s individual abilities and creativity.

Brian Aragon is without a doubt the most professional blader in the game, producing clip after clip, a friggin machine that continually gets the rest of the crew pumped and ready to blade… So smooth, so powerful.

Don Bambrick I have no idea how Don comes up with his tricks. His ability to spot and do the unthinkable on some of the gnarliest and coolest terrain will make his section super entertaining even to the outside eye.

Dre Powell has seriously stepped up his game, so stoked on every clip, landing most of them at first try, always laced with what I can only describe as chaotic finesse.

On the road to recovery, Mike Murda Johnson’s been holding it down and putting together a good number of hammers.

Stefan Horngacher’s footage is off the charts, his best skating to date, and we are getting tons of amazing footage from our ams and international riders. Everybody is on fire and we still have another 5-6 weeks of intense filming ahead. The video is promising to be of epic proportions.

Speaking of epic… the premiere will take place on Friday 13th in Encinitas, CA. We rented out La Paloma Theatre which is surrounded by inexpensive bars and perfectly situated for the appropriate before and after party. The next day (Aug 14th) is the SDSF Open a 4-star WRS contest with one of the biggest prize purses of the year. - Andy Wegener.