Intro 0:00
New Stuff 8:34
Current Setup 12:10
Compass Swiss 29:20
Your Questions 38:45
Classic 50/50 Frames 50:36
More of Your Questions 1:14:24
Wrap Up 1:43:20
Back to Blading #79 - I Don't Want to See Your TikTok
Ben and Law have all the details on Woodward 2021, the Them x Braindead drop, Eugen Enin Shadows, B Free Oysi frames and much more.
Then And Now Podcast #1 - Chris Peel
For the first episode of the Then And Now Podcast, I interviewed the legendary rolling artist, Chris Peel. Chris played a huge behind-the-scenes role during the late 90s to mid-2000s in the aggressive inline skating industry. Growing up in Wakefield, in the UK, he started designing t-shirt's for Puberty Clothing before landing a job with DNA magazine. He then made his way stateside to San Diego, California, in 2000 to work for and design Daily Bread Magazine. In San Diego, he created the initial branding, image, and logos for Ground Control, Rat Tail Distribution, 4x4 Urethane, Vicious Bearings, and Nimh skates. Chris is a long-time friend who also designed the Big Wheel Blading logo for me in 2017. We haven't had much contact these last few years, so I thought it would be fun to contact him to catch up and reminisce on our years in San Diego, working at Daily Bread together and teaming up on many projects for Rat Tail, and it's brands.Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
03:55 - When Chris and I first met at the 1999 British Nationals
04:42 - The beginnings, The Jaggers and Re-Hab Skatepark
08:50 - Chris's Interest in Art, Designing for Puberty Clothing and DNA Magazine
14:28 - Moving to San Diego to design Daily Bread Magazine
18:28 - Meeting Jon Elliott, Jon's Daily Bread Interview, Ground Control
22:55 - What the Ground Control sickle represents
25:29 - The Rat Tail Years
28:35 - Favorite Daily Bread Cover?
29:42 - Moving back to San Diego, his favorite memories of living there
34:50 - Leaving Daily Bread, moving to Orange County, and working for Haymarket
40:00 - Moving to Richmond, aggressive skating less, getting big wheel blades, living in Alameda
44:50 - Reminiscing on the crazy party we ended up at when visiting the Bay Area
47:14 - What Chris is up to now, working at One Medical
49:00 - Favorite projects that Chris has worked on
51:30 - On becoming a United States citizen
52:35 - The start of Vicious, the first tour, the Medusa stencil
54:51 - Rat Tail, the state of the industry in the 2000s, Them Skates
1:02:20 - bigwheelblading.com
1:09:57 - Jan's Vermonting YouTube channel
1:14:15 - Outro
Jump Street Podcast #100 1/2 - Chris Haffey Commentary
“Our commentary series is an exclusive series for our Patreon supporters where we take guests from our show and watch some of their past epic parts. For more exclusive content, go ahead and join our Patreon Community, we appreciate the support!” - Jump Street Podcast
The Powell Movement #242 - Tom Hyser
“Tom Hyser was born into the quad culture of the rinks around Atlanta and went from rink rat to skate rat. His family's move to the Midwest was life-changing when he first discovered inline skating. Tom is an original X Gamer, a product visionary whose designs have sold millions of units, an internet pioneer, and through it all he’s lived the struggle of being an inline skater. On the show, we talk about the love of skate, the hate received for it, and everything in between.” - Mike Powell
Gear Talk #81 - Core Frame Market
This week Law talks about the new 50/50 Core Frame market. Recorded live on 9.1.2021
Rollerblade Podcast #2 - Soft or Molded Boot
“Episode 2 of the Rollerblade® Podcast: a series where we talk about everything that’s important in the world of inline skating. Watch or listen as we speak with folks impacting our sport with their passion and dedication. In this episode, two Rollerblade® athletes, Danish speed team athlete Viktor Thorup and urban athlete Danny Aldridge discuss molded skates and soft-shell skate. These two athletes meet up on the top of a mountain in France where Viktor trains for the Olympic Games.
If you are questioning which set up is best for you, this Rollerblade® Podcast will give you plenty of input to consider. There is no wrong set-up, but one may suit your needs better than the other. When considering speed, control, and stability the Rollerblade® collection of wheels, frames, and skates will meet your skating needs. Hit play and get educated by these two inline professionals.” - Rollerblade
Platform #46 - Mike Scott
“'90s competition wunderkind Mike Scott is the latest guest on Platform. The former Roces and Senate pro team rider talks about competing on the NISS tour and earning the respect of his idols, being chosen by Arlo Eisenberg to skate for Super Computer Robots and what happened with the ill-fated brand. He also discusses how his pro skating career was cut short by injury and a downturn in the industry, but how he never stopped skating despite several knee surgeries and persisting injury issues.” - David McNamara
Blader Union is proud to sponsor the Platform podcast.
Platform is also available on Spotify and iTunes.
If you haven't seen the excellent documentary about Mike Scott that is referenced throughout this episode, The Legacy Series, check it out below: