This is me testing out the new Rollerblade Solo Skate which hits stores January 09′. After my first grind I fell in love, then immediately started filming not even 10 minutes after I strapped them on and put little grooves in the Soul Plates. During this session alot of tricks that I used to do back in 97′-98′ began to come back naturally. Switch Torque was the one I was most excited about. I did a switch torque then fakie 270 front torque line which was not shown because I didn’t like the way my right foot came off, but you will be seeing more of them in the future. True torque comeback? New info soon to come on the New Rollerblade Solo, my experience with them, and other torque news.
Jeff Dalnas, as a lot of you have probably noticed is constantly killing huge rails with ease - here he’s spraying down a 450 royal. peep the shirt, Jeff is AM official. Click the photo for a bigger pic, taken from the ROLLER NEWS FLICKR taken by Brian Matthew Lewis.
Also, here’s an edit of team Rollerblade, featuring Dalnas, Rob G, Julian Bah, even Tom Hyser throwing down a few tricks. I noticed that they were flying on Air Tranny jets which reminded me of the time Air Tran sold my seat out from under me and left me stranded in the Jacksonville air port for two days to sleep in the floor of the terminal and spend all day riding around in the parking shuttle bus trying to charge my phone in the ciggarette lighter socket with some rickety ass over priced charger I had to buy from some crappy “technology of the future” store in the airport. check it.
CAPT. KIRK THREW THIS EDIT TOGETHER WITH A BUNCHA FOOTAGE OF SAN JOSE AREA SKATERZ. CHECK OUT SHAWN “STRONG ENOUGH FOR A MAN, MADE FOR A WOMAN” STORM WITH A SECTION AND SKATING WHILE KEEPING A RIDICULOUS FEDORA HAT ON HIS HEAD. THE EDIT IS CALLED ‘LEGALLY GRINDING’ AND IT HAS FOOTAGE FROM 2006 TO 2008. WHY SUCH A LONG PERIOD OF TIME? WELL AS THE TITLE WILL LEAD YOU TO UNDERSTAND, ALL THE SKATING WAS LEGAL IN THIS FILM - MEANING THAT EVERY SPOT THEY SKATED THEY HAD TO GET SIGNED WAIVERS FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS, HAVE AN ON SITE PARAMEDICS TEAM AND POLICE SUPERVISION.
ING FROM THE BOYS HERE IN THE BAY AREA. HOW MASSIVE IS THIS PLACE (YOU GUYS ONLY SKATE LIKE 2 RAILS IN IT LOL)? KYLE GALLAGER, SHAWN STORM, NEIL CHEN (I THINK I HEAR DRE FILMING) ANYWAYS - A NICE LITTLE EDIT OF THESE GUYS WASTING TIME ON A SATURDAY. KYLE KEEPS TELLING ME “DUDE, I GOTTA FIX SOME STUFF IN THE EDIT SO DON’T PUT IT UP YET!” BUT ITS LIKE, WTF KYLE, THE PEOPLE NEED TO SEE THIS, THIS IS ‘IMPORTANT’ SKATING. WHATEVS
BUNCHA DUDES FROM THE SHOP ARE ALL UP IN THIS MAN JOSE EDIT BY LOCAL ARTIST NEIL CHEN, SERIOUSLY - IF YOU EVER STOP BY THE WAREHOUSE ASK TO BE SHOWN NEIL’S WALL OF ART AND HAVE YOUR MIND BLOWN. KYLELY, SHAWNY POO, PACO ASS DRE AND SOME OTHER FOOLS ROUND OUT THIS ENTERTAINING EDIT. (POP QUIZ: WHAT SKATE MOVIE FROM BACK IN THE DAY USED THIS SAME SONG FOR ONE OF SJ’S - AND AMALLS - BEST SKATERS?)
I know this is topped around the message boards and the other blogs, but everyone needs to check it. Jake has been killing it for a while now up in Seattle, WA and it’s great news to hear he is finally getting some ups. Check his edit VIA M1
Jeff Dalnas, New pro for Eulogy pro just dropped a little edit. Check it out! Also be sure to check his new section out in Tom Lipani’s new flick An Elite few Available here.
THE THING PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS ASKING ME IS “HOW DO YOU STOP ON THOSE THINGS WITHOUT ANY BREAKS?!?!” AS THEY LOOK AT MY FRUITBOOTS AND GIGGLE UNTIL WET IN THE PANTS CROTCH. AND I JUST ROLL MY EYES AND TELL THEM ABOUT THIS YOUTUBE VIDEO THAT SO ADEPTLY BREAKS IT DOWN. THE PEOPLE AT EXPERTVILLAGE HAVE TAKEN IT UPON THEMSELVES TO WRITE THE BIBLE ON ROLLERBLADING HOW-TO’S.
I’M SOLD - THIS GUY REALLY HAS THE WHOLE KIT DOWN. CLICK THIS LINK HERE TO LOOKIT THE VIDEO TO LEARN HOW TO STOP.
Nico Sotomyer & Kyle Nolte check out the new San Jose Lake Cunningham 50,000+ sq. ft skate park. This will go down in history as the first rollerblading edit at this park EVER. The park was so big though, that they somehow missed the bowls.
This park is HUGE BTW, for directions and a couple more pics go here & here.
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