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The Day of the Rope is more than just a skate video. Make no mistakes, it does contain the best footage of the best rollerbladers in the world, but its purpose is greater than just that. Consider the Senate riders, not just as the best team of rollerbladers ever assembled on the face of the Earth, but also as the messengers of a new era. With the release of this video begins the official countdown to THE DAY OF THE ROPE. So to anyone who has ever crossed a rollerblader, beware. To anyone who has ever raised a fist, shouted an insult or even so much as directed a disapproving look towards a rollerblader, your days are numbered. We are gathering our troops. Our numbers are already strong, and they are growing. To rollerbladers, this is a call to arms… To everyone else, this is a warning… THE DAY OF THE ROPE IS COMING.

Mirrors: Youtube Playlist (Sections) | Vimeo.

Day of the Rope is a Senate team video released in 1996. It was directed by Arlo Eisenberg and Brian Konoske, and produced by Mark Heineken for PRN.

Soundtrack Listing - courtesy of Blading.Wiki.

• Eric Schrijn: A Tribe Called Quest - Youthful Expression.
• Louis Zamora: The Prunes - Cantona Style.
• Mike Scott: Misfits - Last Caress.
• Brandon Hardin: 311 - Next (311 Sessions).
• Alex Miranda and Nick Leggatt: Jimi Hendrix - Castles Made Of Sand.
• Eitan Kramer and Matt Mantz: Metallica - Dyers Eve.
• Friends: The Herbaliser - Mr Chombee Has The Flaw.
• Kevin Gillan and Santiago Azpurua: Pete Rock & CL Smooth - All The Places.
• TJ Webber: Morcheeba - Tape Loop.
• Arlo Eisenberg: The Rolling Stones - Sympathy For The Devil.
• BMX: Rooftop, Dennis McCoy, Rick Thorne, and Dave Mirra: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - I Love Rock ‘N Roll.
• Brian Konoske, Brooke Howard-Smith, Scott Bently, Tasha Hodgson, and Mike Opalek: Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain.
• Randy Spizer: The Spice Girls - Wannabe.
• Josh Petty: Apollo 440 - Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Dub.
• Credits.

Rolling Along, an inline movement, a documentary by Richard Audley Vaughan. Starring Chris Edwards, Mike Opalek, Tom Hyser, Jon Julio, Franky Morales, Coco Sanchez & Brian Bfree Freeman.

Trailer on Vimeo: PLAY. Coming June 16, 2017 in stores and online. Visit Rollingalongdoc.com.

In the 1990s alternative sports proliferated. One sport that captured the vibe of this era was Aggressive Inline. Considered by many analysts to be a billion dollar industry it all but vanished at the end of the decade. Rolling Along: An Inline Movement is the story of this sport from its birth to its rapid accent, crash and current underground status. […]

Quoting Doug Urquhart:

I have been shooting for Black Market II : Barely Dead for a little over a month so far. This new flick is a documentary about the history of skating. Featuring interviews with Arlo Eisenberg, Mike Opalek, Jess Dyrenforth, Jon Elliott, Brian Shima, Chris Haffey, Shane Coburn + more!

All the skating content is shot on super 16mm motion picture film. Below are a few still frames from my recent California trip. These are freeze frames from the film transfer to HDCAM 1920×1080 10-bit uncompressed files… I have cut the file size to 50% of those dimensions so that they will be visable on your monitors.

Just remember… still frames don’t do much justice for how smooth & organic the film looks in motion! Also, all these shots were filmed at 48fps… so they are all true slow-motion… - Doug Urquhart.

Get ready for a full-blown trailer being released during Super Hick 2006 (first weekend of May).