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The Dutch online rollerblading magazine [MAG] just released their February Issue. Filled with great pictures and an interview with Jojo Jacobi. Check it out!

Be-Mag has teamed up with Bulletprufe Skate Denim to bring you yet again another prize raffle. This time up for grabs: a brand new Bulletprufe jeans of your choice! 'Blackout', 'Killer Bees' or 'Midnight Blue'? Just a few clicks and one of them could be yours!

After reading all your ideas on how to improve the competition we were able to pick out two winners among the best ideas. The winners are Bekir Mendes from Germany, and Jacob Frausing from Denmark. Congratulations guys! We will send the Tickets to you as soon as possible! Didn't win in this raffle? Dry your tears because there will be another prize raffle soon!

The previous raffle only just ended, but we already have the next prize raffle for you! Yes, yes, be-mag is at it again. This time you can win a brand new set of the Grindhouse Snakers and Parkrats wheels. We have three sets to give away.

We are reporting live from Den Bosch in the Netherlands! Just a couple of minutes ago a local politician handed Sven his first ever Pro model. It took a successful 18 year long career combined with 16 years of riding and working for Rollerblade to receive the crown of it all, a pro skate. This is not the common Pro model story, which should be obvious if you have been following the media over the last few days.

Hi, my name is Erik Burrow and I am a 23 year old Canadian roller from Toronto. The following photographs are a documentation of an amazing year in skating. I have been extremely busy juggling college life, my girlfriend, and a job at Shop-Task. Somewhere in the mix I've found a way to make it all work.

Couple weeks ago there was the first Fiorenza's Blading Jam at Nico's home in Jesi, a wonderful and vernacular village on the adriatic coast of Italy.

After reading a lot of awesome stories telling us why you should win this DVD we were able to pick out three winners among the best stories. The winners are Sebastian Banks from Denmark, Peter Neil from the UK, and Max Cortes from Sweden. Congratulations guys! We will send the DVD to you as soon as possible! Didn't win in this raffle? Dry your tears because there will be another prize raffle soon!

Last December Michael Kraft and I, friends from Be-Mag’s msgboard, embarked on 'BuddyTour'. I brought a new tiny HD video camera to film an edit of our skate adventures, and Michael brought a new tiny laptop to write his thoughts on many aspects of his experience with the trip. What came of it was a twenty-minute edit accompanied by a lengthy essay with elements of drama, heartbreak, rollerblading history, and drunken shenanigans not to mention plenty of undocumented great times with various buddies of ours in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and Tennessee.

As I sit here in Istanbul Airport, ever alert for the need to dash to the bathroom to avoid a calamity, I think about the events that led me here. Over a year ago a friend called me and told me that there was a group of skaters coming from Dakar to do a show in 'Parc de la Ciutadella' as part of a Dakar/Barcelona collaboration of culture. There was a meet the day before, and the skaters asked if I would join them. I arrived at this palace of a house in the centre of Barcelona, and found no-one related to the event. I was underdressed and considering leaving, feeling rather out of place. I decided to wait it out and how glad I am that I did.

There’s yet another movement in blading dubbed, “Powerblading.” I guess it’s skating in the streets on eight wheels. Man, that sounds familiar.