Windy City Riot, 2023 edition (july 22), coverage by Hawke Trackler. Featuring: Luke Naylor, Happy Tooth, Brad Magnuson, Yandriel Silverio, Paul John, Sean Darst & more. Photo: Ruthardtphotography.

Results

1. Sean Darst
2. Luke Naylor
3. Yandriel Silverio

Awards

• Best Trick: Yandriel Silverio
• Best Style: Sergio Sotskov
• The Hole Pole: Paul John

Photo Gallery: First Spot | Spot 5 (by Ruthardtphotography, Instagram Links).

Aggressive skating emerged in the 1990s as a flashier, niche style of roller skating. Like other ’90s trends, it has emerged again.

On a May afternoon at a Venice Beach skate park, the drooping sun cast an amber glow on Kayla Dizon as she shot her way across the pavement on a pair of in-line skates.

Ms. Dizon, 25, had not come to cruise leisurely along the Pacific Coast like many spandex- and swimsuit-clad skaters do. Wearing a T-shirt and cutoff shorts that revealed a massive purple-yellow bruise on her leg, Ms. Dizon instead was scraping her skates’ wheels on the edges of the park’s sinuous curves and sharp dips as her dyed-red hair thrashed in the air. […]

Check the Full Article on NYtimes.com. By Max Berlinger. Photographs by Ben Pier. Reporting from Los Angeles (June 8, 2023). Thanks Intuition.

The Fall 2022 Blading Cup Edit by OlderBlading. “As always, I have a ton of footage. More edits to follow! Huge thanks to Jon Julio and his people for putting together another awesome event! See you in Spring?”

In order of skating appearance: Seoa Jang, Daniela Salgado, Mike Dempsey, Jon Julio, Kevin Lee, Michael Briggs, Scott Crawford, Randy Spizer, Catherine Reyes, Tina Vallarta, Mina Lee, Byeolhee Choi Becci Sotelo, Emi Parejo, Nils Jansons, Sean Darst, Colin Kelso, Michael Witzemann Hayden Ball, Ariel Surun, Dominic Bruce, Jay Yoon, Jesus Rivera & Andrew Broom.

FILMED ON BMPCC 4K, Rokinon 50mm T1.5 AS UMC Cine DS, Rokinon 24mm T1.5 DSX High-Speed Cine Lens, DJI MINI 3 Pro. Edited and Color Graded in Davinci Resolve Studio 18.1. MUSIC: Odd - Heyson ; Swoosh (You Move Too Fast) - Dylan Sitts ; SUPRA - STRLGHT.

WKND Skateboards x Them Skates (2022) - Promo Video - PLAY.

WKND Skateboards x Them Skates (2022) - Promo Video.

Join us at NYC’s biggest Aggressive Inline skating event BPSO. This year’s event also includes a Quad skating competition. Winner: Sean Kelso.

• Check the Blade in NY (BINY) Photo Gallery on Ko-fi.com.
• Previously: BPSO 7 (NYC) - Coverage by Hyper Mike.

DEAR AUDREY. Starring: Alex Broskow, Dean Coward, Tony Cheetah, Jon Julio, James Bower, Leon Humphries, Juwon Kim, Daniel Malm, Parker Richardson, Christian Delfino, John Vossoughi, Junkyu Park, Marius Gaile, Patrick Ridder & Sean Darst.

Filmed by: Pat Ridder, Marius Gaile, Leon Humphries, Alex Broskow, John Vossoughi. Edited by: Pat Ridder. Animations: Parker Richardson. Location: Los Angeles, San Francisco.

Music: Real Life Send me an Angel ; Confines Oro Y Mieter White Ring Remix ; Wyatt Smith I thought the world was pushing me down ; MC Lethal Rave Digger ; Eddie Billups Ask my heart.

Featuring: Michael Witzemann, Alex Broskow, Justin Chad Anthony, Cj Wellsmore, Damon Franklin, Diako Diaby, Dustin Jamieson, Gav Drumm, Jeremy Soderburg, Jett Rennert, John Bolino, John Vossoughi, Jon Fromm, Lauric Picard, Leon Humphries, Martin Danning, Michael Braud, Montre Livingston, Nils Jansons, Sean Darst, Tim Franken, Tomek Przybylik & Jon Julio.

Why “spring” you may ask? Because there will be a second edition of the Blading Cup 2022 in november this year :). November Blading Cup Dates Are Confirmed.

The Blading Cup - More Media.

Too Easy: Memory Leak with Sean Darst. Also featuring Alex Broskow. A video by Gregory Preston.

Them Skates presents : Time to Ignite. With Alex Broskow, Sean Darst, Marius Gaile & Danny Beer.

Featuring: Randy Spizer, Alex Broskow, Sean Darst, Jon Julio, Alex Miranda, and Nolan Jun. Filmed by: Adam Johnson and Alex Broskow. Edited by: Adam Johnson. Graphics by: Nicholas Stahl. Design by: Arlo Eisenberg and Nicholas Stahl.

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