Competitions

For three years the Skate Association Germany has organized the Grindhouse Miniramp Masters. The German rollerblading club is a nonprofit organization whose members spend their free time voluntary to organize the series across Germany. It takes a strong volunteer effort to set up a nationwide series. In its first year, the Grindhouse Miniramp Masters had five tour stops, mostly held in Northern and Western regions of Germany. The second year’s series spread the five tour stops across a wider area of the country. As a non-profit organization, SAG depends on strong partnerships with its partners to put together the best possible competitions. The Grindhouse Miniramp Masters kicked off with its first tour stop in Leipzig, Germany on April 14th.

Leo Donhauser checked in with event organizer Werner Schumann to talk about the upcoming 'Rollinz 2012' competition as well as the state of blading in Austria. Check it out after the click!

Welcome to the island of Falster! The island that hosts this years Danish Championships in Aggressive Inline, the competition that bears the honorable name of "Pony Cup". The competition this year was the pinnacle of three years of really good Pony Cups. The Pony has grown from a competition next to a horse stable, to a proper Danish championship involving a lot of sponsors and a lot of international rollerbladers attending.

Hawke Trackler was responsible for one of Be-Mags official edits covering Bitter Cold Showdown 2012. And he delivered. Check out his piece after the click, complete with the infamous awards!

May we present to you the trailer for the se... Wait a minute...? A trailer... for an edit? A trailer for the second Be-Mag BCSD edit before the first one has even dropped? Does this even remotely make sense? And what's with the uber long headline for this post? Is all that really needed? See for yourself...

Our contributor Vincent Morretino sent us some snaps from his Bitter Cold Showdown 2012 experience. Vincent covered some of the skating and also gives you a glimpse on what being at BCSD felt like this year. Thanks, Vincent!

Part of the accompanying program of Bitter Cold Showdown 2012 was Michelle Gerards 'The Rollerblading Project' art show at Tanget Gallery in Detroit. Vincent Morretino covered an event for Be-Mag every blading enthusiast wouldn't want to miss. Great photography, good atmosphere. And there also was some skating.

Walk around with Brian Krans and Sam DeAngelis as they interview the industry's biggest names at the Bitter Cold Showdown 2012 Tradeshow. This edit includes exclusive news on all up and coming products and services in the industry. Meet with Jon Julio, Eric Bailey, Jeff Stockwell, Ivan Narez, and many more as Brian and Sam tour the tradeshow and ask the questions everyone has on their mind. Stay tuned for the official Bitter Cold Showdown 2012 edit from Be-Mag!

Alex Broskow has already shown in the past that he has got what it takes to be a world-class competitor. With podiums at some of the most important rolling events around the globe including NYC Street Invite, Blading Cup, Montreal Classic, World Rolling Series Finals, high expectations are usually placed on Alex. Alex was able to meet the high expectations this year.

It's Friday night and the qualification round is underway. Nine of 140 qualifiers compete to make it to tomorrow's AM event for a chance to move onto the Pro finals. As the combatants practice their runs, I met with JC Battle from Canada.

It's Friday and the crowd is coming in. With the qualification round tonight, more and more bladers are showing their faces to warm up at Modern Skate Park.

Last night, after a day full o filming and skating, some Pros and friends came by the room to sit back and unwind. Demetrios George, Anthony Williams, Erick Rodriguez, and Rachard Johnson came by and agreed to snap some portraits. Stay tuned for more photos and video from Bitter Cold Showdown!

Erick Rodriguez and I met up Thursday night to check in with Be-Mag and throw down some warm up clips. All the way from Long Beach, California, Erick makes a point to represent at Bitter Cold Showdown year after year. We out here.

It's Thursday and we found John Fromm ripping through the park warming up for the upcoming weekend. Here are some quick clips and short interview with John as he plans to take home the hammer at Bitter Cold Showdown 2012.

Welcome to Bitter Cold Show Down 2012! After a long drive over night, through hail and rain, we finally made it to Detroit, MI. Drive safe and get here! The park opens soon for open session.

The morning of Laced was freezing cold. While the rest of England was gripped in snow, it seemed to just rain ice in Liverpool. No amount of layers could save you. Inside, Rampworx was no better and we clung to our cups of coffee for the illusion of warmth.

The Hedonskate Team took the trip to Eindhoven, Netherlands, to not only bring some green flavour to the competition but also to updrade the competition with one of their top athletes, Nils Jansons. Here is the official Hedonskate view on the Winterclash 2012.

Yet another Winterclash edit you can chew on. This one is made by the boys from Electrique Production from France. Filled with the sickest tricks and the party vibe that defines Winterclash, this is one edit you shouldn't miss. Enjoy!

Filmed over Friday and Saturday at 'Winterclash 2012' and then edited in 6 hours back at home, heres my perspective on the competition at Area 51 Skatepark, Eindhoven mid-February. There was some nasty bails, some huge tricks, massive transfers and a hell of alot of FUN! -Ryan Goold

After the Pro Finals SSM second blood rider Remy Meister woke up again and got his own Winterclash session started.