Takeshi Yasutoko is getting ready for the 2023 edition of the NL Contest. The event will take place this weekend in Strasbourg, France. Check the Teaser | Visit NLcontest.com. Photo by Satoshi Saijo.

Ivan Higgins went on a trip to Woodward. Check some clips of the event, featuring Richie Velasquez & Friends.

Woodward: More Media.

NZ Vert Champs 2023 - Shred City Skates Edit (New Zealand).

NZ Vert Champs 2023 - February 25, 2023 - Visit Shredcityskates.com (Store is NZ only).

NHK World Japan produced a 28 minutes starring Takeshi Yasutoko. The video is in english! NHK World-Japan is the international arm of the Japanese state-controlled public broadcaster NHK.

You can check the video for free on www3.nhk.or.jp but don’t take too long, the video is available until december 16th, 2022.

“Roller Freestyle VERT is one of the most exciting and daring extreme sports. In November 2022, it was featured in the WORLD SKATE GAMES for the first time. One Japanese skater, Yasutoko Takeshi, who has dominated the sport for the past two decades, has his sights set on becoming the first ever champion. He is also known as the creator of the Double Viking Flip, a trick so difficult that no other skater has been able to pull it off. As Takeshi trains for the WORLD SKATE GAMES, he is determined to make the trick for the first time in 15 years”.

Also featuring: Takashima Yoshiki & Shimizu Haruhi.

Some bloopers, funny stuff and leftovers from the Vert section with Roel Fritz and his friends. This was filmed in 1 week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and on Saturday it got destroyed. Bas his AO mizou was the last trick ever done on that vert. - Cavin Brinkman.

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ラトビアのNils。イスラエルのBobi。 インラインスケートやってなかったら出会う事もなかったやろうし、3人ともスケートに全力で向き合ってるからこうやって一緒に滑れたのだと思うと奇跡やなって思いました。 インラインスケートやり続けてる人生で良かった！ Rough Google Translation: Nils Jansons from Latvia, Robert Spassov from Israel. If I hadn’t done inline skating, I wouldn’t have met, and I thought it was a miracle to think that all three of us were skating together because they were all facing skating. I’m glad I’ve been doing inline skating! - Takeshi Yasutoko.

Larger picture and original post on Twitter.

In the hills of Central California, Moxi roller skates founder Michelle Steilen and flow guru Miguel Ramos are building a skater’s shangri-la.

Featuring: John Vossoughi, Cameron Talbott, Miguel Ramos, Kay Luz, Jeremy Raff, Brandon Smith, John Bolino, Ivey Rose & Danny Malm. Filming and editing: Jeremy Raff. Color: Edwin Rodriguez. Music: Panda Bear.

Welcome to the team Takeshi Yasutoko - USD PRO.

Thread on Instagram | Photo: Xshooterphoto. USD 2022 Pro Team: Chris Farmer | Nick Lomax | Richie Eisler | Roman Abrate | Mery Munoz | Eugen Enin | Sam Crofts | Carlos Bernal | Takeshi Yasutoko.

Marco de Santi came to the US with $100 in his pocket and he spoke no English. It was both comical, inspiring and sad… Until he became a World Champion. And when skating died, Marco went to the Cirque du Soleil.

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Marco de Santi has the most interesting journey of any athlete I’ve had on the podcast. Born in a less than desirable situation in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Marco did what every kid does; he played soccer until he found skateparks. Marco quit team sports and headed to the USA at age 15, with literally nothing, to make his pro skating dream happen. While Marco eventually became a world Champion, inline was dropped by X-Games, and the organizing body of his sport didn’t include Marco in future events. So the first skater to land a triple was forced out of competition and into a life of LOVE, which he performs in every night with the Cirque de Soleil. It doesn’t get more rags to riches than this one.

TIMECODES: 03:30: Issues around his backyard vert ramp, growing up in Sao Paolo, and family life 10:00: Soccer, finding skating, stereotypes, roller rink skateparks, how does he pay to get to the US, and how does he stay 21:00: Not speaking English, meeting me, seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and problems with judging 32:00: Mountain Dew, other sponsors, never wearing pads, and spending time at Woodward 34:00: The Yasutoko, the triple, and what’s cool about X Games 39:30: Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating 41:30: Nerves, Silver at X Games, losing X Games, and then getting screwed by the ASA 47:00: Winning World Championships, all things Cirque de Soleil’s LOVE (skating, money, injury, perks), building his Vegas empire, and day trading 54:00: Inappropriate Questions with Hardcore Brazil, Carlos Pianowski.

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More Photos + Clips: 01 02 | 03 on Twitter. Photos: HayachiN.