blade or die

I don’t know if I still work here. Someone cleared out my desk, or one of the other 15 employees that keep or Blade or Die running stole my shit when I was gone. See, I’ve been out on a bit of a sabbatical. For the past six weeks, I’ve been through both horrible and […]

If you’ve never heard of Brandon Smith, it must be like your second or third day rollerblading. So, yeah, welcome to the family. This entire post is dedicated to the heavily-bearded, Harley Davidson-riding, world-traveling, bowl-crushing, spot-destroying, thought-provoking, JSF-juicing, (Level 3) and artistically-diverse Valo pro known as B. Smith. B. Fucking Smith! (Check out the full […]

Holy balls, let’s talk back-in-the-day type shit here! Hokay, so… Blading.info, Jon Julio via his latest Tumblr page, and a shitload of other places have been dipping their hands heavily into the sport’s hayday, especially retro ads from our classic magazines ONE had slew of déjà vu-type journalism trend with some great pieces put together […]

I had been off the whiskey for a minute. I learned it let the devil out of me. Last weekend at the 12th Annual Bitter Cold Showdown the devil didn’t need to come out, I was already in Detroit. It wasn’t as cold as it was in years past. Fuck, there was barely any snow. […]

In 1966, a book came out that publicly displayed the inner workings of a fringe culture involving regular gatherings of hundreds of slobbery drunken hulks of muscle and steel. They regularly risked their lives and safety to live and do as they saw fit, even if they didn’t fit into the larger society. Most importantly, […]

Zac Hutchings is back again, this time even happier and more optimistic, a charming thing we hope our young Australian friend never loses, unlike the rest of us jaded old bastards here at Blade or Die. Again, he comes away with a strong, passionate message about what we all love. Without any other bullshit, here’s […]

Cruising around San Francisco, you’ll see some weird shit. It’s actually the only reason why anyone would build a city on such hilly terrain: you can get some good views of all said weird shit. The weirdest—WEIRDEST—thing I’ve been seeing a lot more of these days looks something like this: Every time I blade to […]

‘Twas a good year, surely it ‘twas. We had some laughs. We made some new scars. Our hearts raced at finding new spots, and they sank when old ones were destroyed. We’ve made some new friends, and maybe some new bladers. We may creak a little bit more when we wake up, but we’ll keep […]

We here at Blade or Die were starting to lose faith. Thankfully, anytime we got down our buddy Zac Hutchings would always cheer us up with funny and insightful comments. Zac asked if he could write something for the site and, well, he fucking did. He gave us a great, heartfelt story about how he […]