Can Crowd Funding Revive Aggressive Rollerblading?

Can Crowd Funding Revive Aggressive Rollerblading?

  Kickstarter, formed in 2009, may be a relatively new example of crowd funding, but the concept of crowd funding has been around for much longer. In fact, as far back as 1884, crowd funding was used to complete the construction of the Statue of Liberty when the American Committee...
Wheel Scene Issue 8 Online Now

Wheel Scene Issue 8 Online Now

You can now read Wheel Scene Issue 8 online. As usual, it is crammed with loads of aggressive blading interviews, including cover star Allan Beaulieu, Keaton Newsom, Brian Freeman and Marc Moreno. There are also features on Amanda Palmer, James Iha, P.O.S., Esben and the Witch and more. Oh yeah,...
Wheel Scene Issue 9 Kickstarter Update

Wheel Scene Issue 9 Kickstarter Update

We have got just 12 days to go until the end of our Wheel Scene Issue 9 Kickstarter campaign and we would like to thank everyone that has pledged so far. We are currently up to £904 of our £1,500 goal to bring Issue 9 to life. Skaters who will...
Keaton Newsom - All Figured Out

Keaton Newsom – All Figured Out

Keaton Newsom has got his priorities in order when it comes to life on and off his blades. One of the most fascinating things about rollerblading is the steady stream of new talent that constantly infiltrates our culture and challenges our perception of what is possible on aggressive skates. It...
Behind The Industry: Create Originals

Behind The Industry: Create Originals

When Create Originals was founded in 2008, its three owners started with a rock solid vision. New York blading legend Billy O’Neill teamed up with former pro blader Hakeem Jimoh and Brian Lewis to establish a unique company that allowed bladers to customise their frames to their specific tastes using...
Crowning Achievement - Marc Moreno

Crowning Achievement – Marc Moreno

Marc Moreno is no longer the respected underdog of the European blading scene, he is now the fully-fledged Spanish icon and he’s got the pro skate to prove it. Spain may be one of the premier blading locations in the Europe, with exceptional street skating destinations including Barcelona and Madrid,...
Firsts: Wake Schepman

Firsts: Wake Schepman

Firsts: Wake Schepman The past six months have been pivotal in Wake Schepman’s short-but-impressive blading career to date. He was recently added to the Razors amateur team and this year he came third at Bittercold Showdown XIII behind competition juggernauts Cj Wellsmore and Roman Abrate, beating some of the world’s...
Esben and the Witch: Starting From Scratch

Esben and the Witch: Starting From Scratch

Daniel Copeman explains why Wash The Sins Not Only The Face is Esben and the Witch’s first real attempt at constructing an album. It has been almost two years since Brighton-based indie rock trio Esben and the Witch released their debut album Violet Cries and prompted a wave of critical...
Brian Freeman: Back to Where it all Began

Brian Freeman: Back to Where it all Began

Brian Freeman has moved to Oakland, his place of birth, after spending most of his life living in Texas and is slowly coming to terms with his new surroundings. Over the past several years, Brian Freeman has spent most of his time on the road. He has dedicated a large...
James Iha - A Step in the Right Direction

James Iha – A Step in the Right Direction

James Iha may never escape the tarnished memories of The Smashing Pumpkins, but his first solo album in over a decade is a good place to start. Some bands, and some musicians, go further than others can. James Iha grew up in a middle class home in Chicago, Illinois, learning...
Up and Coming: Tony Cheetah

Up and Coming: Tony Cheetah

The cheetah is not only the fastest land animal in the world, it is also the name of a Barcelona native that is steadily making a name for himself in the European blading scene. What do you know about the Spanish blader known as Tony Cheetah? Well, to be honest,...
Amanda Palmer: Power of the People

Amanda Palmer: Power of the People

Amanda Palmer’s fans coughed up $1.2m in order to fund her latest album, and she couldn’t be happier with the finished product. Musician. Artist. Business woman. Reigning Queen of the Twittersphere. Amanda Palmer is many things, most recently a record-breaking Kickstarter user, having crowdsourced over $1.2m to fund her second...
Catching up with Scott Quinn

Catching up with Scott Quinn

Catching up with Scott Quinn It has been a crazy year for Scott Quinn. The startlingly progressive Scottish blader was promoted to the Razors pro team, which tops an impressive list of sponsors that include Ground Control, Unit 23 Skatepark and RollKings, and apparently that collection is about to improve...
Allan Beaulieu - The Escape Artist

Allan Beaulieu – The Escape Artist

He tried to hide from us for almost two years, but we finally tracked down Allan Beaulieu and it was worth the effort. If Allan Beaulieu ever tires of being one of the most innovative rollerbladers in the European scene he can easily reinvent himself as an international man of...
P.O.S. - It's Time For Action

P.O.S. – It’s Time For Action

Minnesota’s P.O.S. has given up on the US political system, so now he’s fighting for a different cause. When Stefon Alexander aka P.O.S. released his last album Never Better in 2009, he got the word “optimist” tattooed across his knuckles and it seemed to reflect the ideas expressed within the...
The Rumour Mill

The Rumour Mill

A breakdown of rollerblading’s most interesting and ridiculous stories from the past several years. Outdated, sexist stereotypes would have you believe that women are the vindictive, malicious sex and love nothing more than bad mouthing men, and each other, in private. Rollerblading may be a predominantly male pursuit, but the...
2012: Nils Jansons

2012: Nils Jansons

2012: Nils Jansons. Latvia’s number one blading export reflects on some of his highlights from 2012 and offers an insight into his plans for the next twelve months. Nils Jansons is easily one of the most respected rollerbladers in Europe for a multitude of reasons. He has overpowered some of...
Hot Chip Interview

Hot Chip Interview

Until Now Hot Chip’s Al Doyle reflects on over a decade spent as part of electronic indie’s most iconic outfit and offers an insight into their latest offering, In Our Heads. Every two years we are met with an Olympics, mid-term elections, and a new Hot Chip record. This year,...
Dan Collins Interview

Dan Collins Interview

One of South London’s finest blading specimens reflects on ten years of great sessions, new friendships and landmark moments in the sport. Rob Glanville Dan has a boundless enthusiasm and an infectious personality that makes him a pleasure to be around. This enthusiasm is most evident in his passion for...
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Video: Do It For The Ratchets

Video: Do It For The Ratchets

Jeremy Soderburg has uploaded a massive edit, which is essentially a free aggressive blading DVD uploaded online, called Do It For The Ratchets. The video features full sections from Soderburg, Chris Calkins, Steven Cortez and and Daniel Rosado among others. Value for money? Your damn right it is…it’s free! DO IT FOR THE RATCHETS!! from...
Video: She & Him - 'I Could've Been Your Girl

Video: She & Him – ‘I Could’ve Been Your Girl

Male/female duo She & Him are back with a video for their new single ‘I Could’ve Been Your Girl’. It features Zooey at her charming best (for a change) and has a nice little dance number. Tweecore! The video was directed by singer Zooey Deschanel. She & Him’s new album, Volume 3, is out now...
Video: Yuri Botelho for Circolo Wheels

Video: Yuri Botelho for Circolo Wheels

Circolo Wheels have dropped a new edit featuring team rider Yuri Botelho skating various spots across Spain. How psycho was the truespin mizou on that massive ledge? Plus, the hurricane topsoul was pretty amazing too! God knows who filmed and edited it, because it doesn’t say! Read our interview with Yuri Botelho HERE. YURI BOTHELO...
Video: Joe Atkinson - One Hour in Hackney Central

Video: Joe Atkinson – One Hour in Hackney Central

SSM rider Joe Atkinson is back at it again with a quick edit filmed in east London, Hackney to be precise. This rushed effort is not the Yorkshire lad’s best but it’s nice to see he is no longer injured and, as always, it bursts with personality. The video was filmed and edited by Umberto...
Video: Deftones - 'Swerve City'

Video: Deftones – ‘Swerve City’

Alt metal veterans Deftones are back with a promo for their new single ‘Swerve City’. The VERY literal video features a woman and a horse…a woman and a bloody horse! Remember when Deftones used to make amazing, atmospheric videos like ‘My Own Summer’, ‘Change’ and ‘Be Quiet and Drive’? This is a little depressing. The...
Video: Swag - Mason Richard

Video: Swag – Mason Richard

Anthony Medina has uploaded Mason Richard‘s section from the 2010 video Swag. The dubstep remix is horrendous but Richard is an absolute beast. 360 and 540 variations on rails, but gaps and tonnes of hard switch-ups. Don’t act like you can do half this shit! Remz are lucky to have this guy. SWAG (2010) –...
Video: Kanye West - 'Black Skinhead' Live on Saturday Night Live

Video: Kanye West – ‘Black Skinhead’ Live on Saturday Night Live

The Kanye West promotional trail for his forthcoming album Yeezus is underway and here is his performance of ‘Black Skinhead’ on the series finale of Saturday Night Live. The song samples the Marilyn Manson track ‘Beautiful People’ and shows Yeezy at his aggressive best. If this is an indication of what we can expect from...
Video: Yeah Yeah Yeahs - 'Mosquito'

Video: Yeah Yeah Yeahs – ‘Mosquito’

New York indie rockers Yeah Yeah Yeahs finally got around to releasing the official music video for their new single ‘Mosquito’. What was that you say? Not a lot happens? Yeah, we noticed that too. The video was directed by B. Shimbe Shim. Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ new album, also called Mosquito, is out now via...
Video: Jon Fromm - Burnt

Video: Jon Fromm – Burnt

Raw footage alert! Following from his exceptional online edit for wheel sponsor Scribe Industries, Jon Fromm has backed it up with this impressive video for SoFloRoll. Despite the fact that it is made up of leftover footage from 2012/2013, there are still some serious hammers in here. Our personal favourites include hurricane topside acid and...
Video: Lana Del Rey - 'Young and Beautiful'

Video: Lana Del Rey – ‘Young and Beautiful’

Lana Del Rey continues with her endeavours to take over the world one sultry pop ballad at a time with her latest single ‘Young and Beautiful’. The track is lifted from the Jay-Z curated star-studded Gatsby soundtrack that also features Beyonce, The xx and Florence + The Machine. The video was directed by Chris Sweeney...
Video: Ground Control - Gabriel Hyden

Video: Ground Control – Gabriel Hyden

Simon Mulvaney recently uploaded Gabriel Hyden‘s section from the debut Ground Control video GC.1. The Austrian street skating prodigy now rides for Create Originals, but I think we can all agree that this fact is of little consequence when you see how incredible he is on a pair of aggressive skates. Seriously, some of the...
Video: Summerclash 2013 Trailer

Video: Summerclash 2013 Trailer

Summerclash will take place once again at Mellowpark in Berlin on June 21/22. The event is being organised by non other than Jojo Jacobi, the genius behind the iconic Winterclash event, so you know it is going to be good. We weekend of camping, partying and blading, of course. Plus, you will get to see...
Video: RipNRoast Official Edit

Video: RipNRoast Official Edit

Themgoods have released an official edit documenting the action at the first ever RipNRoast event that took place at Paramount Skatepark in California recently. A lot of big names were there, including Jeff Stockwell, John Bolino, Brandon Smith and more. If only the weather didn’t suck in the UK all the time, we could do...
Video: Noiya Jam 2013

Video: Noiya Jam 2013

If you didn’t attend this year’s Noiya Jam, check out this edit from Josh Morrison to get an idea of what went down. It seems that a lot of people got technical on the new rail box section at The House Skatepark, including Joe Atkinson, Alex Burston, Joe Harvey and Sam Kew. However, we were...
Video: Janelle Monae feat. Eryka Badu - 'Q.U.E.E.N.'

Video: Janelle Monae feat. Eryka Badu – ‘Q.U.E.E.N.’

Janelle Monae returns with her latest single, ‘Q.U.E.E.N., featuring neo soul icon Erykah Badu. The Kansas-based performer is looking fierce in this one. The video was directed by Alan Ferguson. The track is taken from her forthcoming new album The Electric Lady, which will be released via Atlantic.
Video: BG$1HDB

Video: BG$1HDB

9 To 5 Mixtapes are back at it again with another Blader Gang edit featuring bladers from the east and west coast of America. There are some nice Murda clips in there, as well as notable appearances from Rachard Johnson, Erick Rodriguez, Coco Sanchez and Julian Bah. Plus, Haffey’s ender is pretty nuts. The video...
Video: Wolfpack - Final Trailer

Video: Wolfpack – Final Trailer

Arcena have released the final trailer for their forthcoming debut team video Wolfpack. The video will feature full sections from Allan Beaulieu, Louis Vilar, Clement Boucau and more. Plus, as you can see from this advert, the production quality looks incredible. Wolfpack drops later this month, with premieres in France and Canada. Read our interview...
Video: The Stepkids - 'The Art of Forgetting'

Video: The Stepkids – ‘The Art of Forgetting’

Psychedelic soul outfit The Stepkids are back and they can be seen performing their new song ‘The Art of Forgetting’ in The Redbull Studio. The Connecticut-based group are soon to release their sophomore album Troubadour through Stones Throw later this year. Cheeky! Read our interview with The Stepkids HERE.
Event: Unit 23 Unders 2013

Event: Unit 23 Unders 2013

Unit 23 Skatepark in Dumbarton, Scotland will host the third annual Unit 23 Unders competition on June 1, 2013. This rapidly growing event aims to promote aggressive rollerblading among skaters aged 16 and under by creating events specifically catered to them. There will be an under 16, under 14 and under 10 category. Plus, a...
Video: Joe Atkinson - PIM PAM

Video: Joe Atkinson – PIM PAM

Balas Perdidas, the Spanish crew fronted by Marc Moreno, have released a new online edit featuring England’s Joe Atkinson. The Yorkshire lad can be seen skating an indoor bowl at Nevermind Bar in Barcelona, Spain. He laces some nice tricks before swapping his blades for a skateboard. Who knew he could so easily bounce between...
Video: Fabien Elettro - Street Edit

Video: Fabien Elettro – Street Edit

A new edit has appeared online featuring relatively unknown French blader Fabien Elettro. There are some seriously technical tricks in here and a few nasty slams too. This guy is not afraid of going big! The video was filmed by Allan Beaulieu. Read our interview with Allan Beaulieu HERE. Fabien Elettro – Street Edit –...
Video: Franky Morales Hits the Streets of Cali

Video: Franky Morales Hits the Streets of Cali

The Conference have uploaded YET ANOTHER edit of USD pro team rider Franky Morales and this time it is a street edit in his current home, California. The veteran has been at the top of aggressive blading for well over ten years now and if you look at all the technical transfers, full cabs out...
Video: Nick Lomax - Kizer Fluid 4

Video: Nick Lomax – Kizer Fluid 4

The Conference dropped a new edit featuring team rider Nick Lomax breaking in the Kizer Fluid 4 frames. Mr Lomax has been firing out edits at the speed of light recently but he still manages to pack a few surprises. We will leave you to discover those delights for yourself. Surely it’s about time he...
Video: Ground Control - Alex Burston

Video: Ground Control – Alex Burston

Simon Mulvaney has uploaded the third chapter from his online installment of the debut Ground Control video GC.1. This little gem features Stockport’s finest Alex Burston tearing through the streets of Europe and the USA and bringing some seriously progressive aggressive blading to the table. Prepare your eyes from a truespin topside tsunami and a...
Event: Street Side Games 2013

Event: Street Side Games 2013

The Street Side Games 2013 will take place at Skatepark Kladino in Prague in the Czech Republic on June 15. The event has a bunch of sponsors, including Grindhouse, The Conference, Razors and more. Check out a video from last year’s event below. Street Side Games 2012 Official Video from honzahytha.com on Vimeo.