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Come out this Saturday to the longest running, most fun, street skate contest series in Nor Cal. This special KGC will be held in and around Sacramento so don’t forget your ride! Meeting spot is going to be at the new Sacramento Granite skatepark located here.

Meet there 12:00pm by the flag pole.  No biting, No scratching and No weapons. 1 on 1 only.

Best see you crids there.

-Justin

Date: August 25th (this Sat!)

Time: TBA

Location: Mississauga, Ontario CANADA!

Format: Open session contest judged on overall performace.

Fee $5 a head.

For more info visit The Mob Blog.com

We got a double header here, 2 winners in the past 2 days. Congrats to Aaron Moberg he is our winner for 7/15/2007 on Aggressivemall’s Review and Win contest. He is walking away with a Best of Broskow DVD, A Ucon Quad cap and an AM star tee shirt to go with all of that. Keep the reviews up guys! To find out how you can participate & win click here.

Congrats to Derek Mead, from Huron Park, Ontario Canada. He is the winner for the Aggressivemall.com review & win contest for 7/1/2007. He just won himself an Able Declaration hoody and some AM gear to go with it. Thanks for participating Derek. To find out how you can win click here.

During the month of May & June, Rollerblade & AIL were busy with some great projects:

1. May 3rd thru 13th, we visited 7 schools talking to the students about fitness & safety while performing inline demos. This all happened on the East coast
2. May 14th, We performed a live demo in TIME SQUARE
3. We held a qualifier on May 6th at Woodward’s Atlanta skate park
4. We held a qualifier on May 12th at Rye Airfield in NH
5. We held a qualifier on May 19th at Woodward West
6. We held a qualifier on May 20th in Puerto Rico
7. May 24th & 25th, we visited 2 schools in california to talk to the kids & perform a demo
8. We Held a qualifier on June 3rd at Woodward’s Dallas skate park
9. I ran a 26.2 mile marathon on June 3rd in San Diego, CA for the AIL scholarship fund
10. Woodward camp started June 9th. We are now in week 4 of camp. We are having a great time!

So… as you can see, we have been overly busy but I still can not apologize enough for not being in touch to recap each event and to inform each of you of what is happening out there. Be patient for this e-mail will contain all event recaps & info. I will subtitle each section so that you can find what info you need quickly. I hope you will take the time to read everything though because there are some WONDERFUL things happening in our sport right now!

EVENT RECAPS
Rye Airfield event (May 12th)
10-15 yr old Intermediate
1. Pat Sullivan
2. Sam Higley
3. Jacob Hagman

10-15 yr old Advanced
1. Nate Veilleux
2. John Campbell
3. Nick Foy

16 & up Intermediate
1. John Greene
2. John Burch
3. Denys Hollis

16 & up Advanced
1. Jeff Dalnas
2. Craig Nogler
3. Ian Moltenbrey

Vert
1. Andy Chase
2. Patrick Schaeffer
3. Jason Lasky

Woodward West Event (May 19th)
Beginner
1. Dean Gillette
2. Cameron Davis
3. Wyatt Thomey
Best Style: Johanny Velasquez
Best Line: Andrew Armenta

10-15 yr old Intermediate
1. Troy Porretta
2. Devan Stevens
3. Bekah Bowden
Best Style: Pedro Redmond
Best Trick: Cody Norman & Justin Peterson
Best Line: Joey Grable

10-15 yr old Advanced
1. Zach Nelson
2. Dean Coward
3. Mark Taylor
Best line: Clinton Prince

16 & up Intermediate
1. Wesley Fell
2. Matt Mickey
3. Ted Harder
Best Line: Scott Moffat
Best Trick: Brian Wright
Best Style: Chris Fonseca

16 & up Advanced
1.Chris Holbrook
2. Sean Cowen
3. Nikoly Veselkov
4. Matt Farnworth
5. TJ Tregeagle
6. Joel Abby
7. Neil Cheng
8. Crissy Grasselli
9. Jeff Stanger
10. Steven Bundy

Vert beginner
1. Javier Rior
2. Christian Armenta
3. Bekah Bowden

Vert Advanced
1. Shane Allison
2. Will Jamieson
3. Kiley Bedwell

Woodward skate park in Dallas (June 3rd)

Beginner
1. Corey Hard
2. Ben Burnstein
3. Riley Raykovitz

10-15 yr old Intermediate
1. Evan Damiana
2. Taylor Laine
3. Reece Raykovits

10-15 yr old Advanced
1. Zach Jacobs

16 & up Intermediate
1. Mike Bradshaw

16 & up Advanced
1. Charles “bubba” Ryan
2. Zach Nelms
3. Chazz Clark

Vert beginner
1. Corey Hard
2. Hunter Hinsen
3. Ben Burnstien

Vert Advanced
1. Charles “bubba” Ryan
2. David Clark

AIL SCHOLARSHIP FUND
I am more than excited to announce that we have collected a total of $5,335.00 for this years AIL SCHOLARSHIP FUND! I owe a huge thanks to each and everyone of you that has donated! You have made it possible for kids to attend our AM event that may not have had that opportunity. There are kids who DREAM of attending Woodward and NOW…. they will get to! They will also get to be a part ofthe AIL presented by ROLLERBLADE World Championships September 28-30th!!!

I ran the 26.2 mile marathon on June 3rd! It was an incredible experience but EXCRUCIATING to say the least! :) I kept each of you in my heart and kept reminding myself of WHY I WAS DOING THIS! THANK YOU so VERY MUCH!

Please contact me if you know of anyone who could use a scholarship for the AIL Championships event. I will get an application to them or to you so that you can get that back to me ASAP.

AIL week at WOODWARD WEST
Week 7 at Woodward West is AIL week. Please contact me if you are interested in attending. ALL AIL competitors will receive a coupon for $150 off of their weeks tuition. Its going to be a great week! Richie is planning a week of fun where you will get to work on your lines & tricks for the Championships event. Rumor has it…. Chris Haffey will be there to!

So, I have discount coupons… if you need me to send you one let me know ASAP. You will only get the discount with coupon.

LAST MINUTE QUALIFIERS
We are in the process of making some last minute qualifier stops. Please keep checking our website for updates. We are hoping to schedule an EAST COAST stop at the end of August (possibly at Woodward East) and a MID WEST event in OHIO. So please stay tuned. Nothing is set as of right now. We want to make sure we can make them happen successfully! We do want everyone to have the chance to qualify though. It is going to be an AMZING INLINE EVENT!!!!

SCHOOL TOURS & CLINICS
Rollerblade & AIL spent a huge part of this year visiting schools! Wow… what a huge success! It has been amazing seeing all those faces cheering & wanting to know more about our sport. Team Rollerblade has done an OUTSTANDING JOB representing our sport and getting our sport known out there. We even got to perform in TIME SQUARE this year and take part in quite a few morning shows!

We have also been visiting skate parks and setting up clinics to promote park skating & skate parks. When your out there…. ALWAYS remember that you are a role model to someone! Talk about what you do and why you do it! It is contagious!

Well, I have probably taken up enough of your time as it is so I will end this recap for now. Championship information will be released next week so stay tuned!

CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT INFO
Event info for the Championships event will be out VERY SOON! We are in the process of putting together packages & event schedules. It is going to be a HUGE EVENT. We are getting excited and promise to get info out ASAP! If you have competed at an AIL EVENT, you are QUALIFIED! SO… Reserve September 28-30 for the CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT!

You will not want to miss it!!!!

Take care,
Pam Velasquez

The Boston Street Battle results are up at:
http://rollseries.com/?p=303

Theres a re-cap up at:
http://www.runandexplode.com/blog/?p=111

Few more pictures at:
www.myspace.com/bostonstreetbattle

People are still working on the video edit, but I’ll send you that link too once its up.
thanks again for supporting these events and the roll series.

-gh

Congratulations goes out to Logan McMillan, from Houston, TX. He is the winner for the 6/15/07 drawing on the win & review contest at aggressivemall. He has won himself a brand new set of Xsjado 1.7 frames, along with an new AM star tee shirt to go with them. Everyone else keep reviewing that product to be entered to win twice a month. If you have no idea what I’m talking about click here and get edumacted.

Sorry it took a while, but our first winning reviews never responded! So lucky Scott Jedusiak, from Parlin, NJ wins it for 6/1/07. He won himself a Havok Ransom tee shirt, Some 4×4 Ellitot wheels, some fresh white laces, and an AMALL shirt. Keep them reviews up for your chance to win! To find out how you can win click here.

The contest went off this past weekend to say the least…
Thanks a lot for supporting this event. With over 50 competitors and probably an additional 30-40 spectators. I think that rollerblading is really making a come back as a whole and this event showed me that its very much alive in New England. A lot of new faces came out to the event.

The 16 and under kids killed it - and Ryan Strout from Maine ended up taking it in the end with a soul on a high kink rail to 9 foot gap off the flat.

Johnny Wu once again took the OG 25+ comp with consistency , and style, which resulted in numerous lines, as well as a soul and slash stance frontside down the kink.

The level of skating in the open class was also incredible. Kids were really determined to win and in the end Benny Strout from Maine took the comp. He was lacing at each spot and ended the comp with a disaster true top porn over a sidewalk to the down rail.

Too much went down at the contest to really sum up in text but the results in text are:
“GROM” - 16 and under:
1st Place: Ryan Strout - Cape, ME
2nd Place: Brandon Cummings - Medford, MA
3rd Place: Dylan Hopp - Warwick, Rhode Island

“OG’” - 25 and older:
1st Place: Johnny Wu - Westport, MA
2nd Place: Julio Ayamiya - New York, NY
3rd Place: Pete Wujick - Brighton, MA

“OPEN” - 16-25
1st Place: Benny Strout - Cape, ME
2nd Place: Taylor Greene - Sudbury, Ma
3rd Place: tie - Jimmy Gill - Walpole, MA/ Mike Dempsey - Cheshire, CT

Awards:
Best line: Kyle Courture
Biggest gap: Jimmy Gill
Worst fall: Taylor Nelson
Most old school: Eric Dalnas

Strout brothers: Denial / AMall:

Thanks a lot for supporting the second Skate the Hate contest in Carlisle, MA!

Brandon Cummings - 16 and under

Taylor Nelson - 16 and under

Ryan Strout

Mark C. - 25 + division

Jim Martin - 25+ division

Julio - kg through kink - 25+

Jimmy Gill - open division:

Mike Dempsey - fast slide in the open division:

Kevin Phan did a recap of the event w/ some photos on his website:
http://www.runandexplode.com

and there is also some more media from the comp up at:
www.myspace.com/skatethehate

A few edits are in the works.
http://a272.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/10/l_fdf56b4121ae9c6d1865c9e0697089df.jpg

Flyer:
http://a379.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/14/l_4ebb29bdb5496db9fe0ae5a5b32f7362.jpg

Gabe Holm
75 Longmeadow Dr.
Amherst, MA 01002
- northeastmedia@hotmail.com
- 413.348.4543

www.rollseries.com

AMall,first of, sorry for taking so long to get some pictures. It was a blast and the turn out was amazing! we even had Spira and Courtney Kaine show up!

Ok here is how it went down. Anthony won first Chris was second and Ty was third/best trick- top acid to farv on a curved drop rail. I sent some decent pics of some tricks that went down. unfortunately I had issues with some cameras so I didnt get any pics of the 3 winners all together with the prizes that included everything. everyone was well pleased with the prizes and with your help this comp was a success!

once again, I thank you for helping.

Justin Warren

First place:Anthony (last name unknown)

Second place: Chris (last name unknown)

Thirs place: Ty (last name unknown)

Anthony 270 savanah

Chris Fishbrain

Ty acid to farf

Anthony AO Unity

Anthony Kindgrind

Chris fakie royale

Chris halfcab soul

Ty back unity

Congratulations to Mason Burke from Glace Bay, NS Canada. He has won himself a slew of prizes this time around for the “review & win contest.” His prize pack includes the following; 1 brand new set of limited edition “rat tail” 4×4 wheels, 1 Fiction En Mute tee shirt 1 AM JE tee and a copy of Opinions. Enjoy and kjeep up the reviews for more chances to win. To find out how you can be entered to win click here.

Congratulations to Connor Croak, from Port Jefferson Station, NY. He is the winner for April 15th for our Review & win contest. He has won himself a nice trucker hat By UCON, an AM standard beanie, and a pair of Sifika Lampton shoes. Enjoy the prizes Connor! Keep reviewing product to be entered to win and to find out how you can be entered to win click here!

Attention to all of you involved in the sport of INLINE SKATING…

To those of you who do not know me, my name is Pam Velasquez. I am a director at Woodward West and I also run the Amateur Inline League presented by Rollerblade along with my partners Richie Velasquez & Cory Miller.

As you all know… the AIL has sky rocketed and become a very successful inline series for our amateur athletes. We cannot thank each and every one of you enough for your support & dedication. It has been a privilege to get this AM series off the ground.

September 28-30th this year, we will be hosting the AIL World Championships event at Woodward West in Tehachapi, CA. This event is going to be HUGE and packed with fun activities, contests, giveaways, & the annual AIL Award banquet. Competitors will have the opportunity to skate along side their favorite Pro’s and learn more about their favorite companies. Our 16 & up Advanced division will even have the opportunity to compete along side the top 10 (invited) Pro’s for a CRAZY AMOUNT of $10,000!

For those of you who have been blessed and fortunate to attend our qualifiers and are able to make it out to the finals with your parent’s support… remember to say “THANK YOU” to your parents for their support!

There are many kids & teenagers who are less fortunate and never get to attend events or activities within the sport they love. And for that reason, I will be running a 26.2 mile marathon on June 3rd in San Diego, CA to raise money for underprivileged kids so that they will have the opportunity to compete and participate in the EVENT OF THE YEAR!

Lets unite together, as a sport, and help those less fortunate get involved! The more we raise, the more we can do such as paying for contest fees up to providing a full paid trip (including airfare, & event fees).

The AIL has established a parents committee to oversee and carry out this project. They will oversee all funds and distribute funds in the best way possible to allow us to get the most out of what we are doing. A big thanks to Heather Daily of Indiana for heading this project!

How to Donate
You may log onto http://www.active.com/donate/inlineleague and donate online with your credit or may also send Money orders or checks to:

AIL/ Scholarship Fund
28621 Augusta Way
Tehachapi, CA 93561

We will keep everyone updated on how much we have collected over the next 9 weeks leading up to the event where I will “attempt” to run 26.2 miles. If everyone would even donate a $1, we could collect thousands to make a difference in our sport.

If you know anyone who deserves some help or a full scholarship for the World Finals, please have them personally write a letter addressed to: AIL/ Scholarship Fund and let us know why they should be chosen for a Scholarship (your personal reference always helps too)! The mailing address is the same as above.

Our Scholarship board will then evaluate and distribute the funds the best they can. We hope that we are able to add MANY smiles to the sport of Inline this year!

My training has NOT been easy but what keeps me going is the thought that I may make a difference to those individuals who did not have a chance before I started! So, please join me in the effort to make a difference!

Thank you,
Pam Velasquez

Congratulations to Derek Baumgartner, from Adrian MI. He is the winner for April 1st on our “Review & Win” contest. He is going to be getting a brand new set of Razor soul plates, and some AM gear to go with them. To be find out how you can win click here.

The best Barn Burner edit yet, by none other than Nico Sotomyer.