Competitions

This year I attended the March madness 2011 at Shield Skatepark in Flemington, NJ where the only thing that came to mind was "Go big or go home". With every pressure of getting to the top and keeping your spot for the ultimate WRS this year, there was no lack of disappointments. Everyone from beginners to advance showed massive innovations that built this sports to where we are today.

There are only a few rollerblading competitions in Austria. The Rollinz is by far the biggest of them all and gives rollerbladers all over the country the opportunity to meet and of course to battle each other in the nicest skatepark Austria has to offer. Rollinz 2011 went down on the 5th of March this year and the event lived up to everyones expectations and beyond!

The Goulburn Fruit Jam, held in outback Australia for the second time running, never ceases to surprise me. We pick quite a good skatepark, in the middle of nowhere, and a whole bunch of rollerbladers turn up from all over Australia. This is the type of dedication we see in rollerbladers all over the world, we'll mission anywhere to just make it to a comp and catch up with our mates. This year was no different, with even more rollers coming from even further corners of Australia than last year.

Jason Reyna went to Bitter Cold Showdown this year and made an edit. Here you go.

With a huge event such as the 2011 Bitter Cold Show Down, photographers are never too far away and ready to get that epic shot. This year it would be no different for me. During our 13 hour drive from NYC to Royal Oak, MI I had ample amount of time to contemplate how my shots of this weekends events would differ from others. The shots that make headlines would of course be taken on the floor where all the action happens. But sometimes we forget that these competitors are also fans of rollerblading themselves.

Stephane Julien, Yan Lecomte, Jason Segeleski, Charles Nantel, Tim Jones, Jerry Butler and Nicky Adams from Montreal embarked upon a trip to Cleveland to this years BCSD 2011. Check out what happened when you live the life on the road as a rollerblader.

Jamie has been at the Bitter Cold Showdown to promote one of Be-Mag’s latest releses, the Sideshow Rodeo...

More photos from the Trade Show, showing off the people and products behind the booths.

Here comes the Rollerblade view on the BCSD 2011 contest. Experience the contest from the TRS Team perspective. Enjoy it.

The Valo Team at Bitter Cold Showdown 2011. Brandon Smith, Soichiro Kanashima, Erik Bailey, Alex Broskow, Victor Arias and the Valo Ams doing what they do best.

Vinny at it again with his signature steady cam clips and the planned out lines. This is only the clips he got at the pre-session so watch out for more!

Troy DeZeeuw and his friends recently embarked on a journey to frozen Detroit, Michigan for the 2011 Bitter Cold Showdown at Modern Skatepark in Royal Oak. This is pre-competition footage from Friday.

Brazil coming through with his Bitter Cold Showdown 2011 edit. Turn on the lights!

Our first view on the BCSD 2011 action. We sent Daniel Lefebre and Aaron Wheat of RollToronto.ca to film the edit exclusively for Be-Mag. We still have tons of good photos left. Stay tuned for more coverage from the BCSD 2011!

Well, the dust has settled and cash has been collected. While we get ourselves together, Ryan Loewy comes through with some photos of the Am contest. Enjoy.

Ever wanted to skate Modern Skatepark? Well, then jump onto Kaytu Alex' shoulders as he filmed his run with a GoPro helmet camera. Wild...

Here are the results of this year’s Bitter Cold Showdown competition. Congratulations to the winners!

Collin Martin filmed the finals auf BCSD XI and uploaded them to youtube. This is part 2!

Collin Martin filmed the finals auf BCSD XI and uploaded them to youtube. Some amazing tricks went down!