Three years ago I moved to Monterey, California to not be a rollerblader. I had lived in Phoenix for many years, a place with no shortage of talented and passionate skaters to meet up with whenever. The downside was I found myself falling into the same old stereotypical patterns of behaviour...

It's high time for skateboarders and skateboard industry to really come to terms in a sense with in-line skating. I've seen and heard enough ignorant stupidity over the last five or six months from the mouths, fists and pens of certain skateboarders and industry types...

Your time on the earth is important. You’re going to die and life’s too short to have shitty sessions. Here are some things you can do to make your experience of making memories with wheels on your feet more enjoyable.

ABC’s of rollerblading: Mclusky - to hell with good intentions, Intro: Can - Yoo Doo Right, Burrard Station: Nathan Fake - Grandfathered, Pacific BLVD: Can - Spoon, GM Place/Brian/Leon: Can - Spoon (Live)/ Can - Halleluwah, August18th 2007: Danny Breaks - Duck Rock...

There are sections by Dustin Latimer, Brian Shima, Jon Elliot, Pat Lennon, Julio, TJ Webber (etc etc) that will be discussed for decades to come… and there are sections that have been forgotten… Usually with good reason...

At first the hero slumbers unreflectively within the conventions of society like the rest of us. To a large extent, the culture’s conventional beliefs are accepted as reality, its morals deemed appropriate, its limits seen as natural....

I was always under the impression that skateboarders were naturally creative people. But as things get more popular, more people will pick it up and it will get more watered down. Not everyone can see things differently or have a creative outlook....

I'm feeling good. I've connected with an old friend in Austin, Texas. He's the kind of friend who gets me super stoked every time we hang out. We enjoy an unbridaled kind of honesty, and can say just about anything to each other. This strong connection, coupled with about 9 beers...

The main idea for the forum zine began as a reaction to blading media that was 'available' at the time. I say 'available' in quotations because I think 'forced upon' is more accurate. I was disgusted that things were being released by corporations as unapologetic...