Massive shoutout to my homie Randy for wanting to make an appearance at the end. We’re back!… Sort of. We’re off to a start. Not a good start, just a start. Michael Kraft has been gone all summer, so it was nice to see him again. Anthony Medina has been in Europe. Some of the squad was in Oklahoma. And we have some new faces as well. Overall, it was a good day. I’m happy to see the crew back together again. Was very high, mellow handicap rails the best idea for a first spot?… No.

Was the abandoned building any better? No. That’s fine. I just wanted to get back in the groove. I had been stressed to start working on this project again. I had all of these wild ideas over the summer. I thought I wanted to do some really outlandish, very “youtube’y” type stuff. I wanted to kick it up a notch. I felt some sort of pressure to… I dunno. Keep evolving? As the time got closer to start Jumbo back up again, I realized I was trying to do “too much.”

I had wanted to do all of these silly challenges, with consequences… I wanted to do so much more than just skate. That was never the point I’d first wanted to make when starting the channel. This was just for skating… I don’t know why I wanted to make it into so much more than that. Skating by itself is good enough. - Cody Sanders.

Visit Jumbo-brand.com.

The Standard team (Brian Weis, Yandriel Silverio, Stefan Brandow) came to visit this past week from Thursday-Sunday. When Stefan Brandow had brought this up to me a couple of months ago I had warned him: “you need to come before summer. It’s impossible to skate after june”. Working though scheduling conflicts, somehow we got everyone in the same place for a few days here in Austin, Texas. […] - Cody Sanders.

Dream brings together an eclectic mix of skaters from across the world, each with their own distinct style and diverse approach to rollerblading. Founded by Jan Welch, the project has been brought to life through the creative minds of Jeremy Beightol and Chris Peel. Together, we’re proud to unveil our first product line and are excited to expand our range and wheel variety in the future. Visit Dreamurethane.com.

Featuring: Matty Schrock, Andrew Broom, Michael Kraft, Brian Freeman, Taylor Popham, Viktoria Söderholm, Nay Mapalo, Chie Ichi Inoue & Julia Komenda. Cameras: Anthony Medina, Chris Smith, Andreas Belin, Michael Kraft, Zach Leavell, Shintaro Nakayama, Joanna Seybold, Piotrek Gbyl, Sebastian “Basza” Gruba & Patryk Pilch. Editing: Michael Kraft. Artwork: Jeremy Beightol.

Dream Urethane - Pro Wheels

Brian Freeman 60/92 | Andrew Broom 60/90 | Michael Kraft 58/90 | Matty Schrock 58/92.

B-Roll Blade Blog coverage of the Vermont Blade and Camp, 2023 Edition. The 5th Annual Vermont Blade and Camp (formerly known as New England Blade and Camp) took place July 6th - July 10th, 2023.

Previously: Buttertv Presents: the Fifth Annual Vermont Blade and Camp 2023 | Vermont Blade and Camp: More Media. Instagram: @vermontbladeandcamp.

The 5th Annual Vermont Blade and Camp (formerly known as New England Blade and Camp) took place July 6th - July 10th, 2023. Featuring: Michael Kraft, ift, Collin Martin, Czar, Sean Keane, Alex Ryerson, Evelyn Sifton, Eric Michael, Sascha Simms, Cameron Talbott, Brendan Brown, Troy Rank, Kristan, Eric Torres, Jan Welch, Metha, Amber Smilezz, Ariel Surun, Robby Silcox, Phil Ormonovich & JP.

“We stopped by Tustin Skatepark on the Thursday before Blading Cup , Spring 2023. A few clips from a chill session ;).” - OlderBlading.

Skaters: Michael Kraft, Daniela Salgado, Jesus Rivera Dylan Hopp, Mike French, Cedric Tippet, Josh Fields, Melvin Sentman, Thor, Becci Sotelo & more!

Filmed on Sony FX30, Sony E PZ 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS Lens, DJI Mini 3 Pro Drone. Edited and Color corrected in Davinci Resolve Studio 18.5.

Episode 5 - The Short one

It turns out, it’s hard to film a full edit when you show up to the session with only 8% of battery on the camera. Is this my fault? Yes. Do I have a good excuse? Always. But this one is actually good though. I got to go to Disney World last weekend. I didn’t get back until 4am the night before the Saturday session, but I still tried my best to come out and film what we could. It was really fun, for the time I was there. That little bank to rail spot is a hidden gem.

Heath Burley died on the second spot and Andrew got a really sick clip, just playing around (as usual). Overall, not much to say about this one. It’s just skating mostly, but that’s ok. They can’t all be big hitters…. I mean… None of them are, lol. The goal was accomplished. “Wake up, make something.” - Cody Sanders.

Episode 6

Michael Kraft makes me feel like I don’t even know how to skate. I’m pretty sure he did 3 never before done tricks this weekend. Some of them aren’t in the edit (sadly), but I’ve never seen anything quite like it. I feel like I’m watching the doors open to a new era of skating. It’s like watching a new genre of music be created.

Whenever it comes to all the wheel swivel stuff, I get that some people don’t understand it. I mean hell, I barely do and I like the stuff. I can hear those “hammer-types” thinking “I don’t like all the nimbly bimbly dance skating. I feel like the invention of “glides” can change that thought process. It takes the precision movement of flat-ground skating and turns it into a maneuver that looks more umm… classically understood. It’s like a grind… Except it’s a “glide.” What’s a glide, you ask? I didn’t know til last Saturday either. Apparently that’s the genus for the wheel slide stuff:

• Grind: soul plate
• Slide: frame
• Glide: wheel

I kind of like that it takes the letters from both “Grind” and “slide” to create it’s name. Fitting. I’m really just rambling at this point. I’m not even the right guy to be writing about this kind of stuff. Anyways. Only 2 spots on this drizzly day, but they were both super fun. The best kink rail in Texas was uncapped recently. Shoutout to whoever did that. It felt like 2002, watching everyone line up at the top of a kink rail to session it as a group. Overall, amazing session. Great energy all around. Saturdays are the best. - Cody Sanders.

Filmed by Sean Kelso & Colin Kelso. Edited by Sean Kelso. Featuring: Sean Kelso + Colin Kelso + shelly burla + Patrick Ridder + Danny Beer + Soichiro Kanashima + Antonio Alvarez + Roberto Alvarez + Mike Simpson + Michael Kraft + Junkyu Park + Jon Julio + Kayla Dizon + Koda Hult.

Previously: Bacemint - Zephyr3.0 with the Kelso Brothers (November 2021).

Am I Still Doing This? Buddy Tour 7 Remix in 3:10. Featuring: Grant Hazelton, Ian Copp, David Dodge, Michael Kraft, Garrett Slobey, Mike Torres & Rob Squire.

Se7en by Michael Kraft, Full Video (35 min): PLAY (post).
Filmed in: Tampa, St Petersburg, Bradenton, Sarasota, Miami & Lakeland.

Buddy Tour 7 contains: Ian Copp, Grant Hazelton, Mike Torres, Garrett Slobey, David Dodge & Michael Kraft. Filmed in: Tampa, St Petersburg, Bradenton, Sarasota, Miami & Lakeland. PLAY. 1 tip = 1 prayer @ paypal.me/mk666.