Competitions

We had a good hour of session, and the sign-ins of skaters in the competition was finally over. The new spot at the SEB buildings was just as we expected it to be: great for rollerblading. The surface made of smooth concrete turning and tossing like a river down a lazy sloped hill, with the occasional curb to skate and a big two meter gap in the ending made it a rollerblading fantasy.

Saturday September the 3rd, Lausanne, Switzerland. It's time for the skaters to get qualified! Amateurs and girls had the chance to skate under the sun, but for the pros it wasn't the same, the rain came as a trouble maker and only 2 of 6 heats could skate. This edit by Adrien Anne is worth watching nonetheless!

According to our Be-Mag filmers and photographers Beat Schillmeier killed it all day. Due to rain setting in 10 minutes after the pro comp started the contest was evacuated into the skatepark of Lausanne. We'll see how it goes from there and what the bad weather means for tomorrow.

Check these contest impressions Claudio Antonelli just sent us. At the point in time the photos were taken the weather still looked promising...

An event is nothing without the people that attend as spectators as well as the ones that make everything happen behind the scenes. Check these impressions from the contest!

Claudio Antonelli just sent a few snaps of riders warming up for the contest. Beat Schillmeier seems to feel the obstacles that were added for the comp.

The infamous Lausanne contest is taking place in Switzerland this weekend. Be-Mag has a team of filmers and photographers on site and will try to keep you in the loop of what is going on at one of the most anticipated events in Europe this summer.

On the 6th and 7th of August in the city of Hamburg it was time for the annual Summer Jam at the I-Punkt Skateland. As in most of Europe the weather this summer has not been the best but it held out for us to hold this contest. Over the weekend the park saw talent from Skateboarders, BMXers and Rollerbladers! Sunday was the day set aside for the Rollerblading contests. The day kicked off in traditional fashion with the Limbo contest, something fun for the kids and a good warm up for those looking to compete in the following grind box, bowl and best trick contests.

It has been really tough watching Guillaume Roy (owner of Lylac Skateshop) run around town and work his magic to make this competition happen. It makes me proud to be a part of the Montreal Classic. Year after year Danny Laroche and Guillaume Roy continue to organized this amazing event. A lot has changed with the Montreal scene since the very first Classics in 2001.

"There is a rollerblading festival going on under the highway bridge here in Brooklyn" I heard someone saying when we entered the venue. "People jumping over cars, grinding on a truck – you have to see this, it's crazy". Yeah the New York City Street Invite 2011 was an unique experience for everyone involved. Billy O'Neill and Daniel Kinney (founder and organizer of BCSD) don't talk much – they are doers and do things the right and professional way. I guess people recognize this and that's why the NYC Street Invite gathered bladers from all over the world to battle it out on some real street one-of-a-kind obstacles especially created and set-up for this contest. So Billy and Daniel did not only take care of the obstacles for the contest, they also made sure that they've had all permissions and insurances needed for the contest. We at Be-Mag also felt that this contest was going to be a big deal, so we decided to send a team to New York to cover the event properly. But good things take time.

A couple of weeks ago I ended up in Brighton after craving another little trip down south after the weekend adventure that was Nass. Unfortunately the weather wasn't as kind as the weekend before and it seemed we brought Manchester's good old wet weather with us to Brighton.

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The #1 gratification for doing these street comps is recognizing the great talent the rollerblading world has to offer. Achosen-Few likes to personally recognize the talents of each of the top 3 competitors from all the Chosen Few competitions this year. If you or your friend finished top 3 at any ACF comp expect to see his name in this article. Curtains up for Tyler Hester, Anthony Luna, Russell Day, Cyril Daniel, Daniel Henderson, Lucas Landthaler, Arsenio Patterson, Mark Wojda, Shane Thompson, Eugen Enin, Beat Schillmeier, Iain McLeod, Alex Burston, Michael Braud, Dylan Hopp, Bartek Zgrzeblak, Jon Erickson, Chris Murphy, Jose Henriquez, Dan Mclaren, Robin Weber, Russell Dineen, Tom Burch, Jon Fromm, Bartek Kasprzycki, Pat Curran, Blake Taylor, Cameron Card, Elliot Stevens, Danny Figgz and Stephane DeFreitas.

On the 14th of August the EC Halfpipe Contest went down in Rotterdam, Netherlands. If you appreciate good vert skating – or maybe haven't seen it in a while and want to catch up – you need to check out this edit!

More and more edits are popping up from the NYC Street Invite. Here we've got an edit for you from the Skatelife.TV crew who were also pretty close with their lense to the action that took place under one of Brooklyn's bridges.

Usually ODNY wasn't suppose to cover this competition but a good friend was awesome enough to hook up the media pass. Immediately when looking at the obstacles, the NY Invitational sets it self apart from all other comps. Offering unique spots to skate like an old beat up Cadillac, constructions tubes, U-haul trailer, and a huge dumpster to name a few. Not to mention that this comp was very reminiscent of the old IMYTA competitions. The obstacles were all put together by the craftsmanship of Jose Disla & the C.O. team along with other NY locals that showed up the day of construction to support and offer a helping hand. New York owes such a great competition to the Bernal Heights Collective - a medicinal marijuana shop from San Francisco whom sponsored the events large prize.

After all big competitions around the world there is always those people that were not at the competition itself and that did not witness the madness first hand. For all those people we have the edits! Enjoy the numerous edits documenting this crazy event!

We sent one of our photographers out to Brooklyn to document the construction of the course for the NYC Street Invite. Take a look at who was involved with the whole process.Photos by R.Loewy

One of the biggest and sickest skate contests located under a Brooklyn bridge is over and out. Alex Broskow is the man of the weekend taking home 5.000$ and the highly coveted title of the first NYC Street invite champion. One of our core filmers Sam DeAngelis is already going through 5GB of footage he gathered over the past weekend. To ease the waiting he comes up with a short trailer for the upcoming be-mag edit. Keep your eyes peeled for more gold clips coming out of his hands.

Hawke Trackler made his way out New York City to document the NYC Invitational 2011 for Be-Mag. In the most competitive city in the world and with a charismatic host, Billy O'Neill, this contest was set up for success. If you take a look at the riderslist and the heats then you realize that this was something extraordinary. Check out this edit, see the hammers feel the vibe and book your tickets for next year. With a riderslist of such caliber and situated in one of this worlds most magnificent cities this contest could step up into the realms of legendary contest around the world. Enjoy...

Here is another edit from the NYC Street Invite 2011. David Bryan was closer than everyone else to the action that went down at the unique obstacles during the NYC Street Invite. Keep your eyes glued to the screen. You won't regret it.