Athletics was always “it.” When my peers were busy socializing or sneaking notes around class about their current crush, my crush was the rail setup I wanted to slide on my rollerblades later that week. [..]

Check the Full CBC Sports Article on Cbc.ca.

Flashback: Kaya Turski section by Brandon Negrete.

Music: The Boys – Independent Girl ; Modern English – Melt With You.

Road to Nowhere (2005) by Brandon Negrete: Full Video + Soundtrack Listing.

For those of you that don’t know who Kaya Turski is I’ll give a bit of background on her. At just 14 years old she turned ASA Pro, and continued to dominate Womens Rollerblading, street and park.

She would reach the podium in pro Men events, and put out street sections that would put most men to shame. At the age of 17 she discovered skiing (thanks to D-Structure selling both rollerblades and twin tip ski’s).

After working a job at two Subway locations she saved up just enough money to work on her skiing in Whistler. Within the year she signed her first pro contract. At age 28, she has now been a professional athlete for half of her life. […]

• Video on Vimeo: PLAY
• Full Interview on Montrealblading.wordpress.com.

I do have the best wife in the whole wide world and i have no doubts about it! Imagine you get home and after work and your wife, girlfriend, partner (whatever…) tells you: “let’s skate our rail?” so thats what happened! - Ricardo Lino.

Ricardo and his wife are using CHAYA skates with Octo wheels and Wicked Bearings and ENNUI protections.

Filmed by Jeremy Melique, edited by Roman Abrate.

A photo by Sebastien Audige (Votrevieenmouvements.fr). Larger Picture on Imgur (via). Check the official edit of the Lausanne Urban Festival 2017.