Bladies presents: Volume 1. A compilation video featuring Kim Respinto, Becci Sotelo, Amber Rivera, Aarin Gates, Megan Petersen, Martina Svobodova, Brandi Goulet, Shelly Burla, Danielle McCloskey, Pariah Hz, Mari Moura, Mery Munoz, Kamila Probierz, Javiera Garrido, Polly Morris, Mina Lee and Patrycja Najda.

Coordinated by Megan Petersen. Edited by Aarin Gates. Music by Andrea Tafelski. Bladies Volume 1 is focused on mostly street skating. Volume 2 coming soon: a compilation of park skating featuring more Bladies shredding! Huge thank you to everyone involved in Volume 1, to all the girls skating and very stoked to keep this going! Shout out to our friends and filmers too! Sincerely, Megan Petersen.

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Denial team video featuring Colin Kelso, Jon Schmidt, Judd Lorson, Chris Shaw, Martina Svobodova, Malik Kamara, Scott Heinz, Ross Anthony, Lukas Fridrich, Anthony Sereni, Chris Cheshire, Sean Kelso and many more by Chris Majette.

Soundtrack Listing

• Colin Kelso: At the drive in - One Armed Scissor.
• Jon Schmidt: Radiohead - 2+2=5.
• Judd/ Bilotti: Nirvana - Heart Shaped Box.
• Imyta NYC: Notorious BIG - Machine Gun Funk.
• Chris Shaw: Senses Fail - Bloody Romance.
• Martina Svobodova: Obie Trice - Hands on your Feet.
• Malik Kamara: Mr Lif - Because they made it that way.
• Montage: Arsonists - Alive.
• Scott Heinz: Snoop Dogg - 2001.
• Ross/ Lukas/ Anthony: RJD2 - The Horror.
• Chris Cheschire: Goldfrapp - Strict Machine.
• Sean Kelso: At the drive in - Rascuache.
• Woodward: Bad Religion - Incomplete.

Rollerblade has opened the team archives and wondered… “What are they up to now?” The Flashback series of interviews allows us to catch up with former Rollerblade team rider and creative minds that helped grow the brand. We talk about the past, present, and future. In this interview we Flashback with Martina Svobodova from Slovakia.

Martina you started skating in the 90s. Can you tell us how you first started skating?

When I was little my parents bought me a pair of inline skates. I was 6 or 7 years old. At the age 12, I asked my parents to buy me a new skates, and that’s when I started skating street with other guys from my neighborhood. When I was 14 and 15 I won the Slovak Championships. Started at the age of 16 I began travelling to the US.

Full Interview & Photo Gallery on Rollerblade.com.

Pros

1. Erik Bailey
2. Worapoj Boonnim
3. Stephen Swain

Amateurs

1. Giorgio Oehlers
2. Sylvain Humbert
3. Christoph Muller

Girls

1. Martina Svobodova
2. Fabiola da Silva
3. Aurore Costabile

Grindhouse best trick: Hagi Romania

Worst slam: Beethoven Pitanga

Photo: Erik Bailey, Jochen Smuda & Jon Julio by Arpad Zentai (Hungary).