AG + RS + VE + ML

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

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