Way before he was born, his parents moved from Poland to USA and Dallas, Texas was the city they chose to raise their kid. That was also where he started skating when he was 12 years old and where he started showing his skate skills to the world.
A few years later he started traveling for skating an since then his live has never been the same. My guest on this podcast now lives in Spain and he has been known for his “gipsy living” life style, but does he want to keep living that way?
Well, thats what you will hear today and a lot more like, his relationship with his sponsors Razors Skates and Ground Control, and how plans to help the skating world with his Blading Camps. Ladies and Gentleman, I’m super excited about this podcast with the one and only Josh Glowicki. - Ricardo Lino.
Born and Raised in Latvia, the 25 year old inline skater Nils Jansons has been on top of the game over the last few years.
Nils is a pro skater for Remz, BHC, Ground Control and Hedonskate Shop and is the most loyal skater I know. Listen to this podcast to know he got into skating and what a pro inline skater does on the daily basis. - Ricardo Lino.
Content
- 02:02 - Whats up with Remz?
- 03:25 - How did you got into skating?
- 04:15 - Inline skating or Blading?
- 05:30 - The World Rolling Games in China
- 10:20 - Pump Tracks
- 13:18 - What does a professional skater does on the daily basis?
- 16:12 - The high class blading life
- 16:44 - Gold Remz skates
- 17:30 - The new Remz H.R 2
- 20:45 - Jo Zenk
- 21:30 - why Perception?
- 26:00 - how do you feel about me making a video every day and you doing one or 2 videos per year with so much details?
- 29:45 - Why did you start making marathons?
- 30:50 - the Berlin marathon Fun Pack
- 31:00 - are you getting payed by Remz?
- 32:15 - How did you get into Remz?
- 33:20 - did you ever got offered to skate for other brands?
- 35:30 - Winterclash Finals with Julian Cudot on Xsjado skates
- 38:40 - Your own Brand?
- 42:40 - Powerslide Megacruiser 125mm triskates
- 44:00 - Knee Injuries
- 47:31 - Changing the way of skating
- 49:30 - 540 alley oops topsoul
- 51:30 - Winterclash Madness
- 53:40 - Opinion on new school small obstacle skating
- 55:03 - Stephane mosselman
- 56:40 - Skate setup at the moment
- 1:00:00 - Skate camps in Poland
Originally from NYC, Billy O’Neill also know as Fish, made a name for himself in the aggressive inline skating industry in the early 2000s.
He was never a Pro Skater for Razors, but he had some of the better video parts as an amateur then some pro back at the EGO video from Razors. Billy ended up being a PRO for USD skates and later for Shima’s skate company SSM.
Listen to this podcast to know how most of this happened and what´s happening after the Pro skater life. PLAY
Billy Prislin is a 36 year old American former pro skater who used to skate for brands brand such as Senate Wheels and Salomon skates, in the late 90s and early 2000s Billy’s name was is a lot of of videos and magazines but other then skating, Billy also used to love electronic music and drinking, and i this interview Billy talks about how skating changed his life and what’s he up too nowadays. - Ricardo Lino.
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Matthias Knoll is a 48 year old german who started racing on roller skates at the age of 6, in 1989 after the death of his father he started selling skate products on the back on his car to make money to survive an din 1994 started his own distribution company.
The name of this company was Powerslide and since then they never stop investing in the inline skating market. Powerslide is a skate brand but this group also owns brands like USD, Xsjado, Doop, Matter wheels, Undercover wheels, Wicked Bearings, MyFit Liners, Kizer frames, and a few others.
Hope you enjoy the 80 minute talk with one of the most influential skating individuals in 2017. PLAY.
Ricardo Lino gets up at 5AM to give his honest feelings on rollerblading vs inline skating, UFS, Winterclash, the Trimax frame, Aeons, his background, how we met, Wizard frames, his relationship with MyFit/ Powerslide and some touching words about his late friend Carlos Alexandre. Podcast on Soundcloud.
