99 weeks of pure rollerblading punishment? How about that?!?! I may even quit when I get to a 100… ANYHOO This one isn’t particularly bad but man, this dude lacks all sorts of control and it’s funny, well at least I thought it was.
throwaways 0.1 from In Motion Vids on Vimeo.
If U is bored, dog than this one is a good way to pass a couple minutes. Amall staffer Droozeldoorf stumbled upon this edit of throwaway clips from the dudes at InMotion (Sacramento). This Lazy day slow poke edit features clips from last Saturday’s session at the Concord park, AND Bencia park (the good one). I heard the session was awesome, too bad I wasn’t there ALL my clips would have been in this edit and I could have titled this post “U SUK DOG!” an edit featuring OMH and some other good guys.
As you know Remz had a little tour they put together for the release of Chris Haffey’s newest skate. Here is a post dedicated to that tour stop at aMALL. It was a great time. He chilled at the shop, hung with the locals and then we went to Lake Cunningham where we disappointed Chris & Kato by taking them to a park that regulates hard on pads. Well I think we made the best out it and Chris did this wall ride/soul that no one has ever done. I mean I think they built this ledge deal for giants because it’s nearly impossible to get onto. I say nearly because Chris was able to handle it no problem. After the park staff chumped everyone hard we took off for some hot wings and beer, followed by more beer and some hangovers.
A 2.5 minute edit filmed and edited by Ivan Narez. Thanks Ivan for hooking us down dog.
Chris Haffey 2.0 Cali Tour - third stop from Be-Mag on Vimeo.
The official tour stop edit by Kato. The entire update can be checked in full over at Be-Mag.com here.
And the few pictures from that day uploaded onto our Flickr account.
We thank Chris and Kato for stopping by our way and Thank Ivan for making an edit too. Good times YALL. Come back again soon now ya here.
Here are some new products for you to check out right this second!
Denial Team Wheel (Black/Gold Edition)
Razors Roll the Future Tee (More colors here)
Sticker Grab Bag!
INRI Albert Hooi Pro Stretch Jeans
Sifika Majuro Shoe Black/White
I am not quite sure what Kranz is trying to tell us with this one… Maybe he’s off his rocker, short on meds, or is saying something much, much deeper… Like he’s getting his own site soon. Or maybe It’s me. Well either way, it’s Monday and here is your blade Digest #5.
BLADE DIGEST #6: There isn’t much time
There is a revolution coming, so in preparation for either the apocalypse or just another week in blading, we cannot hesitate. We must move quickly or it will all be over before it begins. This will be short, but please pay attention.
No matter what, I am convinced the is the end of the world is nigh, and not the way many think it will come.
The Bible — you know that book that everyone makes quite a big deal about — says “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.”
Maybe that’s 666 or 616 depending how you translate it from the Greek text. But if you look closely, there are other marks men carry that show their beastliness.
A black hole is forming:
Men — okay, one guy who calls himself “Mamba” — have dedicated their entire lives to the pursuit of truth. Against all odds, he has trodden through message board and website in search of his beloved VG Roots.
Rollernews, seeing the importance of such a quest, has acknowledged that hell has frozen over and all the souls that questioned our warriors quest will be frozen in vain in eternity.
VG20 Videogroove 20 - Roots part2 from The Blading Renaissance on Vimeo.
Check the history at: http://www.rollernews.com/videogroove-vg-20-roots-full-video_17352.html
An army is building:
For those not ready for the End of Days, there are elders — “old men” if you will — that are prepared to educate those needing the right skills to ready their souls.
But, despite how you think you want to prepare, there will be no tomfoolery on the wheeled boots without the proper protective equipment. If you’re going to meet your maker, it will be done wrapped in safe, protective plastic.
Scribes have told of this:
You must read the writing on the wall to know what is really going down.
Some are prepared to do what they must.
The body count will be rife with souls that have not passed the judgement for they will meet with the Warriors of the past to usher in the new era.
Be vigilant. Be cautious. Get a big gun.
Blade or Die (.com),
— Brian Krans
Could have been worse…
Indeed ye old dreaded Monday has come around for us all once again and after a weekend of nothing but fun skating, I find myself paying for it dearly at of all places - WORK (that is if you can even call it that). My knee’s are banged up, my arms and legs are sore and my feet are covered in blisters. Yet I remain happy. Why? Because I got a brand new BKBD for Y’ALL. Enjoy it. and let it help you get through the rest of the week.
BLADE DIGEST #5: Fist-pumping fun
Too-rah-loo-rah-loo-rah!:
If those Irish Spring commercials back in the day are even the slightest bit reflective of reality—and since it’s advertising they probably aren’t—Ireland must be a magical place.
In America, you mention the word Paddy and every douche bag frat boy (ask SHOCK master Thomas McGovern about that) throws some green dye in his Roofie-laced beer and pretends he’s always been Irish.
So what do the actual Irish do to honor the man who chased all the snakes off the Emerald Island? Blade, duh. Like traveling around in a Lynard Skynard-esque tour bus and giving security guards enough bladers that they won’t dust off the pepper spray in fear of a riot? Oh, yes, sir!
Sláinte, my good friends!
Casualty killing it:
Blading wear got some love at the Agenda Trade Show in Huntington Beach from SoJones.com, showing the uppity-image people that “hell is for heroes” and s#!t-bagging is the new black.
You might notice that the best-selling hat of BCSDX is getting around more than the new girl at work. That’s pretty cool.
Casualty: Aged Is The New Fresh from SoJones.com on Vimeo.
If you’ve been watching SoJones TV’s coverage of the Agenda Trade Show in So Cal’s Huntington Beach, you’ll see a new trend that’s apparently making huge inroads amongst streetwear creators and fans: the vintage “worn-out” or aged look. Does it look like it’s been in the back of your dad’s closet for the last 20 […]
If vintage is the new fresh, then I don’t feel so bad about wearing these underwear for three days now.
On another blading-getting-some-attention note: Vinny Minton was showing some blading at an expo in Vegas for GlideCam. Nice work, bluh.
Looking back:
F.O.R. — Future of Rollerblading from ONE magazine on Vimeo.
Here’s a look at Joe Navran’s 1998 video, “Future of Rollerblading.” Featuring Erik Burke, Robert Lievanos, Dustin Latimer, Josh Clarke, Jason Marshall, John Starr, Brian Shima, Pat Lennen, Matt Andrews, and “Future Prospects” John Glynn, Kevin Gillan, Billy Prislin, Pat Milbery, and more… This video inspired A LOT of people to make their own blade flicks.
If you haven’t been checking out ONE Mag’s latest weekly feature “Lookback” you’re been missing out on some historic gold.
Ben Rogers has been loading up some classically vintage skating films and pieces for all of us who don’t walk straight because of years in M12 boots and learning royales in Rollerblade TRSs.
This week’s installment was Joe Navran’s film “The Future of Rollerblading” from 1998. Besides the film, Ben offers some good introspection about how we saw the future twelve years ago and where we are now. Sure many people see it as another topic that’s been beaten to death, but Ben has a good head on his shoulders and asks a lot of good questions that every blader should be considering.
Your weekly serving of Juuuuuice!:
Seriously, look at this.
Bay-killing Kevin Yee—the Wolfman himself—skates like most people do in their dreams, you know where gravity and death don’t exist. Hit up http://theconference.org for the rest of the street-shredding hotness.
This man is a jackass:
Bring it on, b!tc#! Rollerbladers don’t know how to die.
If you don’t think that’s true, check out the latest issue of Balance—http://issuu.com/k2rolla/docs/issue_5?mode=a_p—and read about the infamous old-man blader Dante Muse.
And, for all your one-stop-shopping needs, check out AMall staffer Shawn Storm’s profile as well.
For your consideration:
So, as we all know, the Be-Mag message board is never short of entertaining threads. The one worth looking at this week was started by “kike mallahan” with the provocative title “Fakest blade pic ever.”
Exhibit A:
Hmm…. I think the defining statement is: video or it didn’t happen. Either that, or those are the biggest stairs I’ve ever seen. Don’t mean to be a hater, but it is a bit sketch.
Join in on the jackassery: http://www.be-mag.com/msgboard/showthread.php?24201-Fakest-blade-pic-ever
And finally:
And here is your weekly dose of WTF?!?!:
I’ll shut up now,
— Brian Krans
Genre may be dead, but that didn’t stop the release of 4 years of footage they had built up for their film. For only 12 bucks, this DVD is a must have for your collection before DVDs themselves die.
Check out the Genre is Dead trailer:
It’s a little small in the embed, so check it out in full over here. Good for some prime pix and LOL’s.
All I have to say is DAMN.
Come session with us THIS Wednesday (4/14) at the Lake Cunningham regional skate park in San Jose, CA from about 7 pm to 9 pm.
If you plan on skating bring a $5, a helmet, and elbow pads.
FootageTape Ep. 3 - Puerto Rico from FootageTape on Vimeo.
How about that? The guys over at Footage Tape were kind enough to shout us out and sport the Amall//// Party Shades while they lampooned through Puerto Rico. If you got about 20-30 minutes to spare check out this awesome installment featuring Jamie, Kevin, Rob G., Julian Bah and many more.
Ahhh, can you smell it? It’s that oh so familiar smell of Monday. Coffee left over from Friday, Possibly some old half eaten sandwich in my garbage can, a weekends worth of dust pluming into the air out of my computers over-sized fan from downloading all those wild e-mails, and the smell of wet blacktop because it’s raining here AGAIN. Well if anyone can turn my Monday around it’s gotta be Krans… RIGHT KRANS? LIFT MY SPIRITS WILLN’T YOU?
BLADE DIGEST #4: Who Flung Poo?
Did I miss something?:
Really though. C’mon now. We’re bladers. We’re supposed to crank out edits and such for nothing but the glory that it is of being s#!t-talked on the Internet.
So who the hell are these people at Scumpire and A Chosen Few telling us that if you make an edit—where you and your friends are risking life, limb and ability to pee standing up—and you might have something to show for it? This isn’t the Olympics. But since people are willing to give away crap for people’s dedication to blading, it might as well be mentioned.
And one…
Scumpire MIXTAPE Volume 1… from Luke Bender on Vimeo.
Advertisement for Scumpire.com’s first MIXTAPE contest…filmed in denver…starring IAN Walker as the SCUM…FWHAT
And two…
CHOSEN FEW Challenge #1 from ACHOSEN-FEW.COM on Vimeo.
Seriously though, anyone putting money into people’s pockets or blades on feet, recognizing people who do things for what they love, deserve a standing ovation. Since we don’t have one of those handy, I’ll settle for a slow clap.
People have done crazier things for attention, I suppose. So is illustrated this week at IRollNY.com:
I’m not hearing any clapping…
Something we all know:
Duh.
And then…
Hmmm. That kid is from Eden Prairie, MN. Good work, gentlemen.
…and then…
Wow. Those are some exact figures. You’re probably on a damned fixie anyway. Steer your little handlebars around us because you’re cooler because you bike, right? Or are you suffering the pains of being caught up in something because it’s popular?
…and then…
NO AND THEN!
And in Japan:
Home ramps rule. There’s something about an obstacle your friend built while coming down off of something, off of the radar and on point with something that can get you killed. We’ve all dealt with bad coping, rusty edges and protruding screws all in the name of having a spot to skate without hesitation.
And that’s the way we American’s seen it. As usual, as with all things, the Japanese have us all beat. More specifically, the cats in Shimane have everyone everywhere else trumped.
Let’s all have a look-see:
Riiiiiight. So, there might be a few people out there man enough to tackle something like that. However, I am not one of them. Me and my girly little self will be sticking to things where I don’t have to bomb the equivalent of a nasty San Francisco hill just to get enough speed to clear something into a quarter pipe taller than most high schools.
I choose life. To the rest of you, be bold, be brave and above all, bring a camera with you so the rest of us can see you’re depraved acts. We love you for what you’re doing…you sick freaks.
Your weekly serving of Juuuuuice!:
Watch these, if you haven’t already. VX + Haffey = I’m calling in sick to work to shred the hell out of anything.
Act now. Quantities are limited:
There’s embarrassing things about having big feet, and, no, the ladies normally don’t mind. The thing that sucks most about having feet larger than a size 9 are all the prime deals that you miss out when people clean out their garages, such as the above pictured skates.
What else went up for sale this week on Ebay? I’m glad you asked.
A boatload of history, that’s what.
Just thought you’d like to know.
Sincerely,
— Brian Krans
When you are doing a kink rail and can’t get down it fast enough, it helps to just tumble down the 2nd set of stairs.
If you’ve ever wanted some awesome khaki or tan colored skates, your time has arrived! USD presents their limited edition Carbon skate in a Timberland boot style. A genuine collaboration would have been sick but nonetheless these boots will set you apart from the legions of black plastic skates.
Still light as heck, just in case you forgot or have not tried on a pair of Carbons.
USD Carbon TAN LE Complete Skate
USD Carbon TAN LE Boot Only
Or you can customize them…
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