Asian X-Games 2011 Live-Update #2
First batch of pics from the contest. Coco Sanchez, Chiaki Ito, Anthony Avella, Chris Haffey, Leo Kamburov, Franky Zhang, Cesar Andrade and many more showing their best of tricks to impress the judges.
Events
Live-Updates from Asian X-Games in Shanghai, China
The Asian X-Games are taking place in Shanghai, China this weekend and the likes of Brian Aragon, Chris Haffey, Takeshi Yasutoko and many more are present to show the audience what they're about. Blading legend Matteo Attanasio agreed on doing some live-updates for Be-Mag while he was over there for the event.
Road to the Panhandle PowWow 2011 (Part 1)
David Johns from Orlando is on his way to the Panhandle PowWow 2011 which is taking place at Kona Skatepark in Jacksonville (FL) this upcoming weekend (April 29th-30th 2011). In tow he has Damien Wilson, Michael 'Gumby' Braud, Andrew Jaccuzi and Keaton Newson. As you can see below the crew detected some decent spots on their trip and left their marks on each one. Check out the first picture Gallery here. More pics are about to follow.
Donate & Skate Competition Report
The first ever Donate and Skate charitable rollerblading event took place in Cedar Park, Texas on April 16th 2011. The goal of the contest was to provide rollerblades to those interested in the sport, but who might not have the funds readily available to buy brand new skates. Instead of a contest entry fee, competitors donated used skates, wheels or frames. Then, during the contest, the nice staff of Rec N Roll Skateshop helped match up the pieces and assembled skates for those in need. It was great seeing so many kids excited about picking out their own parts and trying on their new skates. A few brave kids even tried rolling the skatepark for their first time it was a beautiful sight!
West Coast Contest in Bordeaux, France
The first edition of the West Coast Contest will take place on the 7th and 8th of May at Skatepark des Chartrons in Bordeaux, France. Contest and party ambiance will make for a great weekend near the Garonne river. Bordeaux Rollerblading Association (BRA) and Octopus Association collaborate for their first skateboard and rollerblading contest. The West Coast Contest is also a photography contest open for everybody to participate. The best photos will be chosen by the public!
Foch Invitational in Lyon, France
Street comp taking place on of the most recognizable spots this side of the Ocean, on the 1st of June 2011. It just so happens that it's right in between the NL contest in Strasbourg, and the FISE in Montpellier. It also just so happens that Lyon is precisely on the way from a city to the other!
SUPER SOUL Competition in Leipzig, Germany
For the first time ever the Heizhaus Leipzig hosts a rollerblading contest on the 30th of April 2011. The event is the 1st stop of the World Rolling Series 2011 in Germany. The main focus of the contest is to deliever the German rollerblading scene a memorable event and to welcome rollerbladers from all over the world.
ARO 2011 by Craig Smith/Pavement Productions
Check out this sweet edit of the Australian Rolling Open 2011 by Craig Smith/Pavement Productions. If you liked this edit make sure to check out Craigs DVD project "Seven Rats" with more exceptional skating from Down Under.
Capital Clash at Baysixty6 Skatepark in London on May 8th
On May 8, Baysixty6 skatepark in London will host the Capital Clash. The event is being organised by The Conferences Blake Bird and Roll Cam, and it the first rollerblading event to take place in London in quite a while.
ACHOSEN-FEW.COM Streetcomps Worldwide!
This year ACHOSEN-FEW.COM is putting on 10 street comps all over the world. We're going everywhere to organize awesome street comps. Street is where our sport will always shine above anything else. It is how Rollerblading has evolved and progressed over the years. We organize events like this so all skaters of all ages can come and enjoy a spectacular skate event like they won't see or experience anywhere else. We work hard to put on these events with organizers around the world so any skater can come out and compete in a real competition and feel that awesome adrenaline pumping and exciting feeling we all get when we know something great is about to happen. Enjoy this highlight reel of our five competitions from last year and we hope to see everyone at one or all of our events this year. ACF
WithMe S3T Contest 2011
The 'WithMe S3T Contest' will take place on May 21st in Ukraine. For the third installment of the contest, the organizers invited Richie Eisler and Nick Lomax as special guests.
6th Annual Gladiator Contest Report with exclusive USD Edit
The Gladiator contest was born in the mind of Cédric Duchemin, and along with his partner in crime Stéphane Luchie, they brought this project to life and made it one of the best park contests of the year, eventually earning itself 3 stars on the WRS rankings. Both really good skaters and great people, those we call Duch & Stouf put a lot of work and energy on the line to make this event happen. Originally meant to be a trilogy, the great atmosphere and positive response from the scene kept it going until this year, for its sixth edition. Whether or not there will be another one in the future is still uncertain, but we can only hope the crew finds a way to bring us another incredible event next year!
Australian Rolling Open Report with exclusive Be-Mag Edit
This years ARO was one for the locals. CJ Wellsmore, whose exceptional park skating skills are a product of growing up in the Canberra scene, took first place from his close friend Rhys Bell while Danny Jensen came a close third in the countries premiere Rolling Event. Check out this report and an exclusive Be-Mag edit from Dom West!
Dutch Rollerblading Champion crowned in ‘s-Hertogenbosch
Last Saturday the third and final round of the Dutch Championship series took place. The best Dutch riders were present to compete for the final points. The win in the junior's division took Tasheed Zaalman from Rotterdam and the senior title was taken by Dick Heerkens from Amsterdam. Although both were in the top of the ranking before the final round already, it was still a round full of excitement.
Rollacoasta Sessions Vol. 2 Report
The last years first Rollacoasta Session in Schleswig was still a rather spontaneous get together of rollerbladers from Flensburg, Hamburg and parts of Denmark. At that time nobody thought about advancing this session to a regular gathering of the northern rollerblading scene. But since there hasn't been much going on in terms of events apart from the X-Mas Jam it presents itself as a great opportunity to change that and give the sleepy scene some valuable momentum.
2011 Pow-wow Pro/Am Promo
On April 16, we headed to Kona Skatepark in preparation for this year's Pow-wow Pro/Am. In conjunction with Central Flordia Rolling we held a Box-build, Pre-session to create a little excitement prior to the event. This is a brief over view of what went down, and a teaser of just some of the obstacles added to the course.
This year's Pow-wow is going to be the best yet. So if you have not started planning to attend, you better get on it.Hope to see you there,
Blake Taylor, Pow-wow Organizer
Australian Rolling Open 2011 Best trick comp
Check this edit of the Australian Rolling Open 2011 Best Trick contest. As usual for Australia, Hammers were thrown!
ARO 2011 Live updates #2
It's taken some time but it's worth it. Well, maybe not because of some technical hassles and wireless broadband not being great in the bush Capital. Some pics and clips from through the heats. Headcam thanks to Gav Drumm and Liquid Image.
Australian Rolling Open 2011 Live updates #1
ARO 011 is underway with the big names already in attendance.
