blade or die

Last week, rollerblading lost one of its most influential filmmakers, Brandon Jesus Negrete. Negrete had been making rollerblading videos from before he could drive, and the skaters he featured in his videos became household names, or at least the houses that held bladers. While Brandon’s death stunned our global family, his memory is sure one […]

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I turn 32 in a few hours. In some parts of the world, I’m already that age and getting older already. Age is a funny thing. Thirty is cute and has the novelty value. “I don’t feel 30,” I said. Then there’s 31. There’s nothing cute about it. If there’s anything I’ve known about 31-year-olds, […]

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If you’re as big of a fan of Breaking Bad as I am—which I truly hope you are—you’ll be stewing a soup of deliciousness at how the show has built itself into its fifth and final season. As the continuation of series five debuted on AMC Sunday night, a record-breaking 5.9 million people turned out […]

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You’d have to be new or dumb to think the blading industry isn’t more broke than the average rollerblader. But before you go investing in your sport, let me tell you the importance of always reading the labels. Case in point: the “skate” in Bulletprufe Skate Denim is now meant for skateboarders. That really sucks […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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