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We have just received the first update from our Montreal correspondent Guillaume Latrompette. Guillaume had a nice session with Quebec's finest Mathieu Ledoux and Kevin Lapierre at the South Park today! An hour later he comes up with that first pre session edit which will make you hungry for the Montreal Classic tomorrow!

Well it was supposed to rain today, so Billy, Blake and I got up at 9 am to...

Swankrolling just posted up some rad pics of the Spanish NIMH Team (Mineroh, Enanoh etc.) that joined the VLC Open contest in Valencia.

Recently a recent guest of our city ran an article entitled “San Diego Scene Report” that ruffled a few feathers around here. His article featured very few of the skaters, industry and importance that san diego has in rollerblading. I’ve lived here my whole life and have been a part of the SD blade scene for over 15 years. So when the boys over here asked me to do the real scene report, I thought that I could do a little better, and pay some tribute to perhaps the most important city in our sport.

Today we decided to shred Billy’s old stomping grounds, Staten Island. We first cruised to Brooklyn to his favorite bagel shop. When we got the first spot, decided to skip it and continue to the second spot.

I am very exited to announce that on July 1st shop-task will be moving to a nice little...

Kind of got a late start again, grabbed some bagels and cream cheese, cup of joe, and hopped...

Billy O’Neill, Jeph Howard, Michael Garlinghouse, Blake Cohen, and Chris Farmer drove 19 hours Minnesota to New York...

Here we go with second part of our new format on be-mag.com, the up and coming format. As...

Demetrios' interview was the main feature in issue 30. An Am skater turned Pro in a long list of amazing personalities who would have long deserved to make a living with their skating. Now a seasoned pro, Demetrios had a lot to say about his am status, tours, idols and skating in general.

Looks like Joey G and the folks from Casualty are about to release some new stuff.

Jon Julio visited the Valo factory in Italy and met up with friends from Germany, good to see that Bruno Löwe is still around.

Hello again from Sweden! Here we go with a last update from the rollTogether session that took place this past saturday (June 5th). As said before the level of skating in Sweden and in Scandinavia is pretty high. There are a lot of undiscovered talents. You will hear from them very soon! Be sure about that! The people of the skatepark, especially Lasse and Fredrik Andersson, gave all skaters a warm welcome and helped to make this rollTogether session to one of its best. Lasse (skatepark manager) and his team are doing a great job at the ZeroOneSix-skatepark - not only by managing one of the best Rollerblading skateparks in Europe but also by setting up a new big work force of Rollerbladers!

The International Razors Pro Team will be on tour through Germany from July 2nd to 9th. On July 8th Brian Aragon, Chaz Sands, Mathias Silhan and Stefan Horngacher will come to one of Western Germany's finest Skateparks, the Rheinpark Skatepark, located in Duisburg (Germany). The Razors Team is looking forward to meeting you.Austria's finest Gabriel Hyden will be joining the Razors Team on their trip as the tour filmer. He will make sure you get your clip with your Razors idols. So come out, say hello to the Razors Team and have a chilled and relaxed session with them. See you on July 8th in Duisburg!

The latest "Let's Roll New York" weekly session recently went down at the new Pier 62. Ryan Loewy and Cesar Macay delivered this great photoset of all the action - including the announcement of Create Originals' newest pro, Montre Livingston!

We are now introducing you to yet another new format on be-mag.com, the up and coming format. We sent out our scouts all around the world to find the up and coming skaters that define skating scenes all around the world.

Kaltik is a skater owned / run company from Ireland, started by Conor Manweiler in 2002 At present the guys at Kaltik are in the last stages of releasing there second frame, with a total new concept that has not been done before, to allow rollerbladers skate with a flat set-up of up to 60mm with the advantage of still having your centre h block free from rubbing of the wheels.

Razors has just announced the release of the Don's pro model, congrats.

We want to show you the local skateshops that keep skating alive on a grassroots level. We want to show you their dedication and what they do for the local scene since they are the staples of the skating scene. Enjoy a look into this world with Bad Duffys one of the first shops in Germany, and see many more shop profiles.

What was your first contact to aggressive skating? Everything started in early 90’s. I was fascinated with the...