Valo 6 is the culmination of 15 years of the Valo skate brand, filmed over the course of three years on five continents. Like the Valo brand itself, Valo 6 starts in the hills of San Francisco and travels to locations like New York, Los Angeles, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, and Thailand with sections from: Jon Julio, Alex Broskow, Victor Arias, Soichiro Kanashima, David Sizemore, John Vossoughi, and the video’s director, Ivan Narez, who celebrates many familiar faces from the diverse Valo familia all over the globe. Valo may be over, but the memories never will fade. We are Valo. We are Them.

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Filmed by Eiji Sakihara, Koichi Iguchi, and Yuto Goto. Edited by Soichiro Kanashima. Music by DJ NY-aro. Visit Bladingisdead.com.

Previously: Flashback: Soichiro Kanashima - MFTbrand (2014) Street Edit.

Soichiro Kanashima ripping the streets of Japan.

Previously: Soichiro Kanashima - Them Skates 流 NAGARE Edit (2021).

Filmed by Eiji Sakihara, Koichi Iguchi, Ren Fujiwara, Toru Shirai and Yuto Goto. Video Directed by Koichi Iguchi.

Music by DJ NY-aro. Visit Themskates.com.

Friends clips at 3:35: Chihiro Azuma, Ren Fujiwara, Toru Shirai, Danny Abe, Haruki Dozen, Misaki Katayama, Katsuhiko Sagata, Miki Mizutani, Takaaki Onishi, Yuto Akiyama, Yuto Goto, Noburu Katayama, Shintaro Nakayama & Koichi Iguchi.

流 (nagare): current, flow, stream (Jisho.org).

Pro competition

1. Montre Livingston
2. Soichiro Kanashima
3. Yuto Goto

Veteran’s Cup

1. Aaron Feinberg
2. Jon Julio
3. Mike Scott

Open division

1. Ren Fujiwara
2. Yandriel Silverio
3. Mick Casals

Bladies

1. Chihiro Azuma
2. Mina Lee
3. Becci Sotelo

18 and under

1. Noboru Katayama
2. D.J Kang
3. Juwon Kim

• Blading Cup park series points leader: Luke Naylor
• Dead Wheels best trick winner: Alex Broskow

Results: be-mag.com

Pro

1. Joe Atkinson
2. Domenic Bruce
3. Maxime Genoud
4. Martin Danning
5. Soichiro Kanashima
6. Tomasz Przybylik
7. Yuto Goto
8. Julien Cudot

Junior

1. Felix Fälling
2. Danilo Senna
3. Lauric Picard
4. Poema Kitseroo
5. Ion Mihai
6. Victor Nguyen
7. Mario Jesus Pacia
8. Bernards Gregors

Woman

1. Mery Muñoz
2. Misaki Katayama
3. Manon Derrien
4. Eve Jovino
5. Emilia Parejo Escobar
6. Armelle Tisler
7. Liene Nulle
8. Patrycja Najda
9. Sara Vilella
10. Aniek Kerkhofs

Amateur

1. Xavi Eguino
2. Martin Walchsdorf
3. Michael Witzemann
4. Joseph Harvey
5. Ren Fujiwara
6. Tomasz Kwiecien
7. John Vossoughi
8. Kalleo Ippolito
9. Franck Steve
10. Justas Karcauskas

Awards

• USD Best Trick: Joe Atkinson (UK): Backslide Up to ice pick at the pointy end of the Rail 270 out to fakie (Roces Wall-Rail)
• SkatePro Most Creative Trick: Eugen Enin : Bs Farv Up – No Future Air (legs in the air on both sides of the rail) – Royale Down (SkatePro rail)
• K2 skates Best Newcomer: Misaki Katayama

Check the Judging Report on Winterclash.com by Friederike Charlotte Reisch (Ger), Michael Buhl Jonassen (DK) & Sebastian Gruba (PL).

We are extremely excited to have Soichiro Kanashima on Them Skates.

Bladergang session at the LES Skatepark in NY with Erick Rodriguez, Julian Bah, Oscar Sosa & Friends. Visit Bladergang.com.

LES Skatepark. 62 Pike St Manhattan Bridge, New York, NY 10002, Two Bridges, Lower East Side.

The Boschi Pope Skate Off 2018 brought to you by Ghetto Community.

Video on Youtube.

1st Place: Soichiro Kanashima (Photo: Brandon Smith)

MFTbrand edit, featuring: Jeerasak tassorn, Mr. Chaiatatip Angsuthanin, Norachai boonnim, Soichiro Kanashima, Yuto Goto & Worapoj Note Boonnim.

Video on Youtube.