blade or die

There comes a time when everyone should stop everything and take stock of what they’re doing with their lives. This includes accomplishments, failures, lessons learned, and knowledge lost. Right now, the members of the Valo team should be really fucking happy with themselves. This is not meant to be an objective review of Valo V […]

I got me a case of the itches. In proper diagnostic terms, I’m suffering withdraws. I often blade before and after work about four times a week. However, I made the rookie mistake of leaving the skates at my girlfriend’s apartment and I haven’t had them on in five days. My palms are sweaty, my […]

Getting older really kind of sucks. Outside of the fact you slowly learn the limitations of your once Wolverine-like healing abilities, it’s about realizing the preciousness of time. Shit runs out every second you’re alive. The friends and family that have died before us are shining examples of that. They’ve left behind their legacy and […]

Hells yeah, it’s summer up in this bitch! It’s time for barbecues, brown bagging beers in the park after a sesh, the girls in their sundresses, and weeknight blading. Well, except for a lot of people who saw snow in the last month. Y’all gotta wait a little longer. But that’s what you get for […]

If you don’t know Kevin Yee, you should take the time to do so. When I got back into skating after a college-themed hiatus, I rented every skate video on Netflix. There was Kevin Yee in VG23, skating trees, his shins, and negative makios down big ledges. My mouth stood agape as it appeared rollerblading […]

Never confuse popularity and talent. They are rarely synonymous, especially when it comes to public perception. Take for example the top three videos of all time on YouTube: Gungam Style, Justin Bieber, and Jennifer Lopez. Rollerblading may not be popular, but damn does it have talent. Whether technical or burly, the sport has produced a […]

The best thing about being American is all the different flavors of bullshit they can serve in your bowl. You name it, we’ve got it. We’ve got enough guns to fight off any army and we have enough young men to die in foreign wars and enough religious people to picket their funerals. We have […]

Let’s face it: Tanya Harding could have come across as a gangster if she wouldn’t have pulled that pussy shoelace bullshit in the Olympics. Why is that relevant? Because there’s a lesson in there somewhere and I’ve had the kind of day that makes you think about that. There’s Taco Tuesday, Throwback Thursday, and Fuck […]