ONE rollerblading magazine

Tri-State Skate Shop, located in Hillburn, NY, is the only rollerblader-owned shop in the New York area. In honor of Tri-State Skate’s growing success over the past year, several big names in the rollerblading industry came to show support for their first anniversary. That included people such as Mac from Razors, Ramelle Knight, Ryan Many, Angelo Ferrer, Tim Franken, John Stephens, and the iRollNY crew. As if this turnout wasn’t enough, Razors and Sunshine Distribution sent WRS World Champion Brian Aragon to give recognition to shop owner Greg Kieffer, an acknowledgment for his outstanding dedication and success in this growing industry. On March 7th 2010, all who attended the session welcomed Brian Aragon with open arms. Here’s some pictures from the session. — Sam DeAngelis

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We were there when Beau Cottington premiered “Forest Fire” in San Diego at ASR in 1999. What a night! This video is just about as legendary as they come, and changed the blade video game when it dropped. Shit, T-Rex himself has the opening clip! Abdiel, Elliott, Santiago, Zamora, Lievanos, Petty, Sagona, Champion, the list could go on forever. Anyone who was anyone in blading at the turn of the century had clips in this joint. If you’ve got it on VHS, watch it for a fun trip down memory lane; if you’ve never seen it, hurry up and get yourself educated. — ONE

Vert skating has never been an American thing, barring Mr. Edwards’ wickedness circa 1990-1994. European and Australian skaters soon dominated this field in the mid- to late ’90s. Their different styles and tricks were a refreshing change for the skate industry. One of these men was Denmark’s René Hulgreen. René was a lot different from most vert skaters — he learned to skate ramps on quad skates or “roller skates,” as most of you might know them. Also, he had a distinct appearance. With his long red hair, and almost always a beer in hand, he was a straight up Nordic viking! The inventor of the viking flip, an awkward mctwist, sort of a side-flip 540, was different, amazing and refreshing. René started skating back in 1988, and his career took him around the world, but after years of touring and traveling he has settled back in his home country and made his second favorite pastime — drinking beer — his second career. At age 39 he is a proud brewmeister and father. “Qua vos vado illic mos usquequaque exsisto beer.” It’s Latin… look it up! — Mike Opalek

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Join the enthusiastic ranks of the AIL at the 2010 season opening event, this Saturday, March 13, at Woodward West. Can’t make it? Lame. But you can check back here after the event for coverage, or find out when an AIL is going down near you. — ONE

This paticular day we had set out to do some hunting, and maybe get a few shots on some big bucks outside the small town of Exeter, CA. Though we didn’t see any big bucks, we did run into a huge cougar, a coyote, and did some varmant hunting. We decided to hit a few skate spots on the hour and a half trip back home. Along the way we ran into these banks, so we waxed them up and Joey Ihara ended up being the only one who skated the spot. This AO Fish was only one of the tricks he layed down on this bank. Shot at 3 p.m., on a Canon SLR with a 70-200mm lens, 2.8l IS, one Sunpak 522 left and back of the camera, and some beautiful clouds. — Joshua Steinhauer

Ricardo Lino and his homies have arranged a tour throughout Portugal in April called the BOOM Tour. Participating bladers include: Al Hooi, Lino, Bruno Santos, Samuel Dias, Rob Pinho, and more. If they’re coming through your area, be sure to meet up for shredding, and if, like us, Portugal is pretty far away, stay tuned for updates from the road. — ONE