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Welcome to the midwest. Witness the endless spread of corn. The tilled earth reborn. You are now traveling through a story about rollerblading – a story about what it’s like to be a rollerblader in a small town, about the bonds between bladers, about the confusion of growing up, about really bad skate spots. You are entering another dimension. That’s the sign post up ahead...

On May 7th, a few good friends and I headed down to the Neglected Truth Skate Shop 7th Annual Birthday Box Jam. The jam was held in an empty parking lot down the street on just about the grittiest piece of black top you could ask for. The lot is sloped downhill and provides for a perfect street course; minus the hike back up every 3 minutes. This year the jam had more obstacles than ever and lived up to its expectations. The NT Birthday Box Jam seems to improve each year and maintains support from some of the gnarliest of bladers.

Friday 6th of May around midnight Joe Atkinson arrived in Linköping as our secret guest rider for the Skateweek comps and demos. Joe has been a good friend of mine for years now and I'm really happy to have him over for this event. As it was getting late we just chilled for a bit then went to bed since Saturday was gonna be a busy day for us.

Joachim Wall, Richard Karlsson and me have had countless meetings and email conversations about how to do this and we have finally agreed on everything. On Saturday we started off with a mini-ramp demo outside Linköpings biggest shopping mall called Ikano-Huset. Our guest from England Joe Atkinson will also be on the demo team and stay the whole week (big thanks to Oli Benet and The Conference!). We expect sick skating and good times during the whole week.

Mathias Silhan & Jon Matter were in Zurich for a day. An occasion for 21Lifestyles to learn a little more about their mindset and the driving force behind these two friends hailing from Strasbourg (France). Involved with the scene for a long time now, they told us about their personal experiences, talked about their vision for streetskating, as well as their future involvement with the GTK Tour 2011

As you may have already heard, the City of Escondido is in the process of deciding wether the our skatepark is worth keeping open. Help us preserve a landmark in Southern California blading, please post this flyer wherever you can to help us promote our rescue session, this Saturday at Escondido Skatepark, May 7th from 4pm - 7pm. You'd better believe that all the legends and local rippers will be out to support, so even if you aren't able to skate, it'll still be great to watch! Let's show the city how important our park is to us. They've got the funds, we've got the numbers! Save Escondido Skatepark!

On a rainy Tuesday night in April, I dropped my plans and headed south to skate a quick session with Franco Cammayo and Dominik Wagner at Shields Skatepark in Flemington, NJ. Dominik had spent several weeks of April in NYC to work on the second installment to his published photography book titled "Forever Now."

It’s Friday the 22nd of April, time for the world premiere of Australian DVD ‘Seven Rats’. It was in a dark and filthy cobblestone alleyway right in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD that the red carpet was rolled out for all who attended. The appropriately named ‘Rancho Notorious’ was the venue for the evening. Inside on the first level was an old warehouse converted into a gallery showcasing talented Melbourne artists, but this didn’t take importance away from the bar which was serving the finest local and imported beers, wine, and an enormous cheese platter (real rat food). Like most who attended, Josh Clarke strolled in with his eyes set on the bar. The event and venue was one that Melbourne rollerbladers had not experienced before for a premiere, and everyone knew this meant something special.

We are sad to bring you this announcement. One of our long companions in pushing skating is closing as of now. Ignition has been supporting Be-Mag since the very first day they launched. Thank you for all your support! We will also do a more in-depth story with ignition once the dust has settled.

Here is yet another edit featuring Alex Broskow, Brian Freeman, Killa Kai, Dave Lang, Montre Livingston, Jimmy Shuda and many more. Peep it.