Skatepod 30 featuring Tom Hyser. Somehow within two hours, Tom Hyser was able fill in some pretty big blanks. Obviously Pun intended! Hang out with me & the boss, as we take it back to 1975 & a learn how a young art influenced boy moved from Georgia to Wisconsin one year, and brought back home to Roswell aggro skating. Seriously, Thank God his mom became homesick & they went back to GA. Where would we be with out The Fatty’s or the Fastslide or the digital takeover of Skatepile or freestyle jam session of Superhick or Blank skate products or Fiziks frames, or sheesh really anything Tom has done for street skating. - Justin Chad Anthony.

Check Skatepod Episode 30 with Tom Hyser on Spotify | Video on Instagram.

Skate Culture Wisdom, with Director Brazil - PLAY.

“Join us as we sit down with Chris Edwards, a true pioneer in the extreme sports world and the first person to ever perform a grind on rollerblades. Chris played a significant role in shaping the skate culture that we know and love today. In this conversation, we show our gratitude by honoring and recognizing Chris’ contributions to the sport. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from a forefather of the industry”. - Brazilionaire.

It’s my birthday on the 8th and I’ll release this early and go blading if I want to. Filmed from mid April to end of May, in-between work, weather, and day to day life. On the solo missions. Here’s to 20+ years of blading and hopefully till the end of my days! Stay rad and keep shredding. - Kelvin Wong (Shred City Skates).

Kelvin Wong - Cave Crew Shodcast

The man behind Shredcityskates.com, NZ’s only skateshop dedicated to all things rollerblading & rollerskating is our fifth guest on the shodcast. Kelvin has done so much for the sport in recent years sponsoring events and bringing product to our shores that was unattainable for most before he was around all the while bringing the much needed hype to the NZ skating scene.

Kelvin also has some long history in the sport and we are interested in shedding some light on his skating origin story. We cant forget he’s a killer on skates as well and can spin both ways and can fakie 540 everything.

Previously: Cave Crew Shodcast with Slug Lord A.K.A Ryan Roulston (New Zealand, 2022).

Our guest on the Cave Crew Shodcast is the infamous Sluglord, one of finest exports from Wainuiomata (New Zealand). He’s one of the few sponsored skaters in this country with a progressive style and uniquely savvy approach to content creation and use of Instagram. Weve been a fan of his skating for a while so were super happy to chat to him and find out more about the man behind the long hair.

Check some edits of Sludglord - PLAY: WOW.vod Street Section | WELLY TAPES VOD. More podcasts with the Cave Crew on Youtube.

Cave Crew NZ Rolling Shodcast: “It isn’t a podcast as we aren’t pro enough to be a podcast. Interviewing NZ Rollerbladers a Joss & Niam Kerr-Bell production”.

In this episode I talk with Pieter Wijnant from Adapt Branch about their 2022 line, including new logo, Adrian Deck Brutale and GTO pro skates, new removable heel liner piece, changes to the Symetrics flat and Quattro frames and the soon-to-be-annouced Superleggera SP model.

Podcast on Soundcloud.

Marco de Santi came to the US with $100 in his pocket and he spoke no English. It was both comical, inspiring and sad… Until he became a World Champion. And when skating died, Marco went to the Cirque du Soleil.

Check the podcast on Libsyn | Itunes | Thepowellmovement.com.

Marco de Santi has the most interesting journey of any athlete I’ve had on the podcast. Born in a less than desirable situation in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Marco did what every kid does; he played soccer until he found skateparks. Marco quit team sports and headed to the USA at age 15, with literally nothing, to make his pro skating dream happen. While Marco eventually became a world Champion, inline was dropped by X-Games, and the organizing body of his sport didn’t include Marco in future events. So the first skater to land a triple was forced out of competition and into a life of LOVE, which he performs in every night with the Cirque de Soleil. It doesn’t get more rags to riches than this one.

TIMECODES: 03:30: Issues around his backyard vert ramp, growing up in Sao Paolo, and family life 10:00: Soccer, finding skating, stereotypes, roller rink skateparks, how does he pay to get to the US, and how does he stay 21:00: Not speaking English, meeting me, seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, and problems with judging 32:00: Mountain Dew, other sponsors, never wearing pads, and spending time at Woodward 34:00: The Yasutoko, the triple, and what’s cool about X Games 39:30: Rollerblade: Ski season may be over, but that feeling lasts all year with inline skating 41:30: Nerves, Silver at X Games, losing X Games, and then getting screwed by the ASA 47:00: Winning World Championships, all things Cirque de Soleil’s LOVE (skating, money, injury, perks), building his Vegas empire, and day trading 54:00: Inappropriate Questions with Hardcore Brazil, Carlos Pianowski.

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For the first episode of the Then and Now Podcast, I interviewed the legendary rolling artist, Chris Peel. Chris played a huge behind-the-scenes role during the late 90s to mid-2000s in the aggressive inline skating industry. Growing up in Wakefield, in the UK, he started designing t-shirt’s for Puberty Clothing before landing a job with DNA magazine. He then made his way stateside to San Diego, California, in 2000 to work for and design Daily Bread Magazine. In San Diego, he created the initial branding, image, and logos for Ground Control, Rat Tail Distribution, 4x4 Urethane, Vicious Bearings, and Nimh skates.

Chris is a long-time friend who also designed the Big Wheel Blading logo for me in 2017. We haven’t had much contact these last few years, so I thought it would be fun to contact him to catch up and reminisce on our years in San Diego, working at Daily Bread together and teaming up on many projects for Rat Tail, and its brands. - Jan Welch.

Tom Hyser was born into the Quad culture of the rinks around Atlanta and went from rink rat to skate rat. His family’s move to the Midwest was life-changing—He first discovered inline skating there. Tom is an original X Gamer, a product visionary whose designs have sold millions of units, an internet pioneer, and through it all he’s lived the struggle of being an inline skater. On the show, we talk about the love of skate, the hate received for it, and everything in between. The podcast ends with a laugh out loud “Inappropriate Questions” segment with Andy Kruse. Photos: Hyser Archives.

Check the podcast on Libsyn | Itunes | Thepowellmovement.com.

TIMECODES: 4:00: Covid travel, skateboarding, and Wisconsin 17:00: Jamie Thomas, skateboard hate, and incidents 21:45: The decline of inline, growing up outside of Atlanta, roller skating, and wrestling year-round 26:00: Getting sponsored, high school, qualifying for the pro tour, and college 33:00: Hoax 2, blowing his knee at the first X Games, and going in house at K2 41:00: Peter Glenn Ski and Sports: 43:45: The Fatty, crazy opportunities, no rules, going to Korea and recalls 51:00: The end of K2, Skatepile, Fiziks, and the scary future 61:00: Rollerblade and business is booming 65:00: Inappropriate Questions with Andy Kruse

Josh Clarke had a mini profile in VG6 (full video: PLAY), he shared a split section with Dustin Latimer in Future Of Rollerblading 1 (PLAY), travelled America on the famous T-Bone Films bud in Hoax 5, featured heavily in many a Spencer Franks film and he starred in and helped create the iconic Australian Roces.

The Coping Box Podcast, hosted by Chris Pullar & Paul Kreutzer.