Them Skates is proud to announce the release of Japanese legend Chihiro Azuma’s first Pro Skate. Shot and Edited by Soichiro Kanashima.

Chihiro Azuma - Blading Cup 2024 Champion. Shot and cut by Ivan Narez.

Chihiro Azuma - Them Skates, Pro Skates

Them Skates is proud to announce the release of Japanese legend Chihiro Azuma’s first pro skate. Chihiro has always been known for her signature style while always pushing the boundaries of technical street skating.

Chihiro has traveled all over the world winning all the major world class contests. This pro skate is a long time coming. Very much deserved.

Photos: Soichiro Kanashima.

The Faction Skate Company Team went to Eindhoven to experience Winterclash 2024. It did not disappoint. See what we saw at Winterclash 2024. The community is strong!

Featuring: Chynna Weierstall, Eric Michael, Matt Lyon, Cameron Card, Stephanie Bennett, Shredpool, Ben Sanders, James Cisz, Aniek Kerkhofs, Viktoria Soderholm, Nils Jansons, Chihiro Azuma, Levi van Rijn & more.

Imyta 2003 Paris, Ez Goezy Letter Banners, Amall Forum Raids, Hawke Trackler Awards. There are things you’ll never forget. Luckily, Tonee is still kicking, and here the 2023 opus, Winterclash edition.

“Took a jump across the pond to document the biggest and longest running rollerblading contest in the world. Enjoy”. - Hawke Trackler.

Featuring: Joe Atkinson, Josh Nielsen, Martin Danning, Krystian Zarzeczny, Emilia Parejo, Jo Zenk, Bruce Dobbie, Sven Boekhorst, Daniela Salgado, Sem Croft, Eugen Enin, Russell Day, Amber Rivera, Hood Panda, Victor Daum, Yuto Goto, Robert Spassov, Fabio Enes, Zachary Pollak, Chihiro Azuma, Julien Cudot, Billy O’Neill Alex Broskow, Jaro Frijn, David Sizemore, Montre Livingston, Brian Aragon, John Bolino & more!

Winterclash 2023: Full Results | More Media.

The Catch Up! Winterclash 2023 in 4K! Skaters in order of appearance: Julien Cudot, Amber Smilezz, Chihiro Azuma Diako Diaby Ren Fujiwara, Daniela Salgado, Armelle Tisler, Bobi Spassov, David Sizemore, Yuto Goto, Eugen Enin, Michael Witzemann, Soichiro Kanashima, Austin Paz, Jaro Frijn, Justas Karcauskas, Noboru Katayama, Sven Boekhorst, Krystian Zarzeczny, Joe Atkinson & more.

FILMED ON BMPCC 4K. Rokinon 50mm T1.5 AS UMC Cine DS. Rokinon 24mm T1.5 DSX High-Speed Cine Lens. Venus Optics Laowa 7.5mm f/2. DJI MINI 3 Pro. Edited and Color Graded in Davinci Resolve Studio 18. **Music: Touch Touch Touch - Ava Low, Twilight’s Last Gleamin - High Contrast.

Winterclash 2023: Full Results | More Media - Visit Olderblading.com.

Winterclash is back. After three years without real-life hugs, screams, incredible riding, tears of joy and the overall typical Winterclash atmosphere - we did it again. We have no words. You travelled from 54 different nationalities to make this another never-ever-forget-experience. Thank you for keeping this event and its spirit alive for 18 years already.

PRO Results

1. Julien Cudot
2. Joe Atkinson
3. Jaro Frijn
4. David Sizemore
5. Bobi Spassov
6. Krystian Zarzeczny
7. Eugen Enin
8. Martin Danning
9. Yuto Goto
10. Juninho Morais

Amateur

1. Victor Daum
2. Ren Fujiwara
3. Justas Karcauskas
4. Lenny Jourda
5. Lauric Picard

Women

1. Daniela Salgado
2. Chihiro Azuma
3. Armelle Tisler
4. Kaili Randmae
5. Carla Pasquinelli

Junior

1. Fabian Mathie
2. Liam Gratwohl
3. Jakob Esselmann
4. Michal Pietrzak
5. Tijn van Gaalen

• Faction Skates Best Trick competition: Joe Atkinson
• I Roll NY Most Creative Trick Competition: Yuto Goto

Photos: Flak Photo.

Winterclash 2023: More Media.

Chihiro Azuma was given 60 seconds in an amusement park to display his skating skills. A video by Hi Five Magazine (Japan) - PLAY.

Filmed at the Suntopia amusement park in Niigata (Japan).

Previously: Chihiro Azuma x Super X (2021) | The amazing techniques of a world champion inline skater.

Chihiro Azuma, one of Japan’s leading professional inline skaters. She has won many world championships, such as FISE, the World Roller Games and Winterclash. Azuma, who boasts an excellent success rate in the world of inline skating, will participate in a one-time performance with the advice of the world champion and her mentor, Soichiro Kanashima.

Super X is a YouTube channel dedicated to showcasing unique and talented performers from all over the world. Seize your moment. Don’t miss it!

World Competition Results

• 2015 Pow-Wow girls Winner
• 2016 Blading Cup girls 2nd place
• 2017 World Roller Games Nanjing (women) Winner
• 2017 Blading Cup (women) 2nd place / (Am) 5th place
• 2018 Winterclash (women) 2nd place
• 2018 FISE Hiroshima (women) Winner
• 2018 Chuncheon ASC (mixed) 7th place
• 2018 FISE Chengdu (women) Winner
• 2019 FISE Montpellier (women) Winner
• 2019 World Roller Games Barcelona (women) Winner
• 2019 Blading Cup (women) Winner
• 2020 Winterclash (women) Winner

Media Appearances

• 2018 SHIBUYA109 seasonal visual 「GO！GIRLS GO！」
• 2021 SUBARU Brand new「BRZ」 promotional video

MFTbrand, 2018.7.28 clips featuring Chihiro Azuma.

Photo: Greger Flak.

Pro

1. Diako Diaby
2. Nils Jansons
3. Dominic Bruce
4. Robert Spassov
5. Antony Pottier
6. Tomek Przybylik
7. Yuto Goto
8. Maxime Genoud
9. Diego Guilloud
10. Gabriel Hyden
11. Montre Livingston

Women

1. Chihiro Azuma
2. Armelle Tisler
3. Patrycja Najda
4. Daniela Andrea Salgado Martinez
5. Mery Munoz
6. Emi Parejo Escobar
7. Misaki Katayama
8. Liene Nulle

Junior

1. Noboru Katayama
2. Szymon Ziemicky
3. Samuel Obst
4. Valter Kreiss
5. Max Arthur Collier
6. Kristofers Rudzats
7. Carl Emil Melander

Amateur

1. Sven Ischen
2. Stefan Selders
3. Nils Rinas
4. Ren Fujiwara
5. Andreas Johansson
6. Tomasz Kwiecien
7. Ilia Savosin
8. Kamil Gruba
9. Michael Müller
10. Jan Fehlmann
11. Jacob Jansson
12. Jaylton Karllus
13. Ivan Chanchikov
14. Leandre Fabri
15. Zachary Pollak

Awards

• USD Best Trick Award: Dominic Bruce
• Sola x Dead Most Creative Trick Award: Jacob Jansson
• Skatepro Best Sign Award: Pascal Gastrock

Judging Winterclash is difficult. But just like every year, Winterclash judges took the time to write a detailed report about their work to give you an idea about the how, why and who. The extensive judging report can be found HERE as a .pdf. Judges: Friederike Charlotte Reisch (Ger), Michael Buhl Jonassen (DK), Sebastian Gruba (PL).