We’ve had whole new wheel Brands and teams announced new Pro skates a video of the Year contender in February which is going to be hard to beat another new a skate Julian Kudo has been AB sailing into competitions and also has a new wheel sponsor with Nils and Kaiser have
Done Oran dirty with this pick what’s up with your head let’s get into it all the stunts are performed by professionals do not attempt this yourself sematic Wheels have announced two New Riders Neils Johansson’s and Julian Kudo Nils was previously with bhc anyone remember that mad perception bhc edit where he’s
Getting chased around by the police does some tricks past some construction workers and then gets a toe in off a guy on a motorbike inside a skate park it’s totally Bonkers he was doing ilar type stuff way before I was even doing it myed toe is what I want to see at winter
CL they can even have like a special section where like every Rider has to do it or have a rule that at least once during like the the competition you have to use a moped Julian was previously with famous Wheels the hardest Wheels to get bearings in and out of the promo
Shot of his setup for this announcement is unhinged one of the best parks get his going and he’s gone full caveman setup people need to start calling him Barney Rubble his setup is essentially The Flinstones car just get a piece of wood and two Boulders I think it’s hilarious
That clearly he does not give two about his setup like I don’t even think he probably looks down when he puts the skates on to check his wheels in it he could be rolling around on rocks and he just doesn’t care he’s like I know how
To flip I know how to spin I’ve got a few grinds on me hey doesn’t matter what I put on my feet I’m going to do it the frame doesn’t even fit properly it’s almost as if he’s just started skating because somebody handed him like a lone
A pair of skates that’s been in Lost Property for the last 20 years but he just so happens to be wild at skating a it’s the most oh yeah that’ll do a setup going he should have been looking through one of the holes in the middle for the pick though I see
Again anyway two good signings that team video would be Bob on kid actually recently AB sailed into a special event he best be doing that for winter Clash I kind of think all winter Clash finalist should be doing that like borrow that like from the bit cold Showdown and like
Have everybody like abs in for the finals Joe ainson paraglides in on a hand glider with some skis on like drops into a ramp that’d be amazing man oh and as a replacement for the bowl comp have a meat raffle in the middle of the bowl but what happens is when you announce
The winners you actually announce free and then it’s a race to see who gets into the middle of the bowl first and like they can fight over the steak packs A Min me flying everywhere Neils also did a promo ad with a laan telecommunications brand called bite for
The new Samsung AI really sick Neils is getting deals like this and then the skating is given main stage with the phone it’s not just like someone flying past really fast or doing something novel like a back flip and a flame shirt using a stolen catchphrase this is a
Decent pretty authentic portrayal of rollerblade then I hope Nils gets more opportunities like this I’m sure he was darting around in like a Porsche the other week as well so out of nowhere dream Wheels is sprung up with a fully loaded Pro and amateur team Wheels merch and a video stacked
Like one of those 108 games in one game boy cartridges on Pro you’ve got Michael Craft Matty shro Andrew broom and Brian Freeman plus an urban wheel designed by Chris piaic AMS include ity nay Julia Taylor and Victoria all of which can be seen in their first team video a really
Vari team and that’s a way to kick things off and I think that takes wheel Brands up to about 50 now so you won’t struggle there we got wheels up Yan Welsh is the man behind it with Jeremy Bol and Chris Peele on the creative side between them all we are talking 4×4
Vicious Casper and loads more so some really good pedigree in there exciting to see what comes next it was rumored last year that power slide were create in like a entry level budget skate and it’s uh it’s here it’s called the reactor alternative name was Patrick
Swayy o o come on and is housed under a brand called play Life boot is a version of the sway with a couple of holes punched into the side of it which if you’re a newcomer to rollerblade then you might look at that and think oh
That’s kind of techy kind of like sports Tech like make things neon or put like a regular shaped like air vent holes in them and people are like oh yeah nice SI Sports Tech that’s for a good reason that it’s got a fat so plate on it
Kaiser fluid five frames with a flat setup it also comes in at just under €40 which I believe makes it the cheap cheapest complete a setup that you can get I think the suway 57 comes in at like €185 if you’re already into a getting you probably going to get this way if
You’re not this is marketed a little bit differently and it’s probably like a pretty decent option especially if you’re going to save like 440 tomx seems to be heading him off and he bounces around the power slide Brands like he was on USD then he went to Gods then
Went back to USD then he went to mesma then he went back to USD now he’s on play life and I swear he just posted a clip of in uh usds again as I guessed last week uto got a new skate it comes with the rf1 frame and it’s my favorite
Looking M12 in a while no surprise really that like UT to’s behind this one because like quite clearly he has better taste than the rest of that team yeah it’s just a different color yeah it kind of looks like the brain dead skate but whatever they tried making a new frame
They jumped into the line game surprisingly it’s not actually included with this model I don’t think Roes are currently in a position to be taking risk with like new mold and stuff like that I mean people say they already struggle to pick decent colors for their
Skates so a new mold might be a disaster people love the M12 it’s a classic skate if it’s not enough for the consumer you’ll soon find out because they’ll just get left behind I think skate Tech is like totally fine at the moment I think the main focus should be comfort
And that starts with like Linus I mean intuition are already smashing it other people are getting into it but that’s what you should do first like get unbelievably good liners and then build the skate out from that not just like throwing molds out all over the place or
New skate Tech that makes it like easier to do grinds we can grind like I just threw that up myself and CAU it if you like the video you like to see me stick around a little bit more I’ve got merch you can buy there’s a patreon YouTube channel membership exclusive
Videos sneak peeks all that kind of good stuff in it genuinely does really help me out to keep this thing going so cheers faction teased up what looks like maybe the Tactical V2 which should be on the site after winter clash and the Richie iser a on leag I don’t think he’s
Been the most visible skater especially compared to like the majority of skaters but there is no denying he is still operating at a high level as much as people complain about USD supporting the older generation over the newer generation like I think they balance it relatively well they gave vitman his Pro
Skate they made the glitch for younger kids and the Rumor on the mill is that two of their younger Riders are getting Pro aggressive skates this year as well USD been one of the longest running boot brands it’s got to be like fairly hard to juggle especially when you have
Skaters like richy eyes there and Chris farmer I mean Chris farmer had an unbelievable 2023 I’ve just seen him do the most legit looking Kong top so and a dead Hot Fish brain like he’s nimble like a mountain goat after an interesting approach to the roll out
Take cor them skates presents tight fre years out for free and it’s absolutely exceptional the the thing is choco block with unreal skaters Mike Simpson Pat Ridder soyi Brosco June Q Marius Steve cus who grinds a tree like a modern day MOG perfect this skting is creative Innovative stylish and done with such
Conviction that anything out of the ordinary or new looks like they’ve secretly been doing it for years and you’re instantly sold on it it’s like we should have all been doing this ages ago and this is only achieved if you’re really good at skating with solid foundations you can watch that video and
Be like now I’ve been doing this completely wrong like that’s what I should have been doing it’s like one of those Turning Point videos like a Road to Nowhere or a KCMO I know some people were even comparing it to Cuda to me to you to me it’s the most complete example
Of modern skating the combination of all the trends and styles that have been brewing for a while but in this it’s somehow jumped up a level in execu ution and presentation of ideas it feels like it’s opening things right up the T Shop is open and there’s all sorts of new
Bootleg Suites in there and although the true difficulty of some of these tricks and their intricacies will be like undervalued and lost in some people what remains really obvious is how fun it all looks it makes you want to skape Brosco is the goat for me and he normally
Steals the show in most videos is in in this he’s definitely like still shows his level especially skating at 100 mph making look way easier than it actually is but I was equally interested in seeing what all the other skaters have to offer like Jun Q aka the
Fishmonger what kind of fish do you like cuz he’s got them all that true fish CES to fish is currently trick of the Year for me at the moment like and how topside is this one also actually that fish from Marius when he’s on the ledge with the impossible squat going on
Keeping people’s attention for 37 minutes he say is a pretty to all order but Ty 3 Nails it and has so much rewatch value it’s the closest feeling to waiting a year for a part to drop on VHS back in the day I’ve seen any Online
Release have in a long time it feels like a very fresh but refined presentation of roller Bing I’m calling it now in fed this is going to be video of the year and it’s definitely like video to beat so far I’ve done a full reaction on my patreon if you’re
Interested in that mesma dropped a trailer for NYC Volume 2 which going to premere at winter Clash today depending on when I like finally get this video up and it looks really exciting loving that little clip of Billy at the end Mesmer also worked with Brian on a book
To go with the release which looks really sick Misty flipping lunatic montre has got a Pro Skate from icon the boot reminds me of the Gods Aton skate a little bit and a bit like ice cream with hundreds and thousands on it some cool sounding features on it free floating
Lacing area designed to get rid of heel lift the new Kaiser Supreme Buckle great have come with two frame colorway and Julian bars win brand are providing the wheels to a full Pro setup I’ve taken a vote for who you think might win winter Clash this year and you’ve gone for
Julan gudo again this year and that’ll be twice on the bounce if he does that he’ll be the first person since Anthony potier won in 2017 and 2018 the second most popular choice was somebody else I think Roman AR could be a sneaky one he’s never won it but he has come second
And third a couple of times and like a true Frenchman was raised on a diet of spins flips and Park type acrobatics I could see him being up for it and maybe getting in there also Joe Atkinson can skate any obstacle and I think the more unorthodox the extra obstacles are the
More likely he is to win cuz he can get a session out of them rather than just like one trick I think seore Dominic Bruce uto Danning are outside options as well but what is the best trick that’s ever happened at winter Clash I listed 15 humdingers from over the years and uh
I let you pick so let’s go through them in 15th Dominic Bruce going Flight of the Navigator somehow getting himself past that protruding pole like keeping himself in a nice position to wait till he got past s to get a massive wall ride I thought that one was a banger Sharon
14th you’ve got diabi with a 450 aloop Soul spinning like away from himself spinning Ali oop as well like spinning away from the direction you’re actually traveling although the alternative would have been to spin like into it which would have been truce spin which would have been Bonkers CJ wellsmore 270 back
Roy to the 270 Ali s off that massive extension and all the way off the thing as well like a risky maneuver at that height and the third person in trick in 14th which I thought was going to be well higher cuz I absolutely love it is
Nick Lomax doing that top so transer cost 270 back backslide to budget acid to be able to transfer across to that thing and land back backslide and keep it up it’s got like Rhino strength in his legs or something just one absolute ton leg like busting out of the holding
Him up there and then to get it to the budget acid as well like incredible 11th Julian doing that top s to like back flip 180 I think it is out of the thing I swear he gets to the end of grind and he just gets like restless legs and his
Legs just go let’s go for it man off he ends up upside down it’s like a Jack Russell just going loose man I’ve done the grind here we go montre Livingston with a soul top Soul Misty flip he’s another one just like C whenever they get to the end of
Something they’re like right got a few options here I can just leave or I can flip I can do a flip oh is that the end of the film sitting there in the cinema all nice and comfy there you go montree bio over for somebody’s head ninth and
This one really appeals to my sensitivity is David seore doing the 360 W ride to back Royale just so good like really Tech he gets so high on the wall ride as well like he hits the proper top bunk of the thing and then like managed
Just get the Roy out of it just like Tech control loveliness have had that way higher on the list e is Iconic skater Brian shim with this enormous maio sto right at the top of the building man like the only people that have been up there are like him the
Person who probably built the building in the first place and the window cleaner who definitely hates going up there like I really should invest in one of those big sticks with the wiper at the end of it rather than this lad bucket and sponge I hate it mad seventh
The prince Brian Aragon now before he did it in the street he did it at winter Clash a fakey 540 top so perfect like absolutely unbelievably pristine like the landing out of this thing like as if it was nothing Prince levels Neil johanson’s 2011 disaster hurricane fish
This is unbelievable it’s kind of like it’s almost blind and it has to go up and over the thing like and he’s in this lovely little like Cannonball shape and he gets to grab in so early such a brilliant trick and he uh he got third
In the amateurs for that one what fifth m San with the full monty so the backside to the aliot fish to the torque to the maio and he does it all the way off the end of the thing as well it’s like how rare is that trick I suppose
It’s a little bit more common like these days but like how rare is it to see in a competition under all that pressure to knock out that thing unbelievable fourth 2023 Joe ainson absolutely lighting up the winter Clash course dead of the heat he tried it a few times I definitely
Heard a few like our fathers being said some holy water was being thrown around like blessing people come on like bless you Joe let’s do this man the big backslide that he absolutely worked for people just willing it to happen unbelievable scenes when they landed the thing whole place lifted up the toilet
Stores were shaking beer was flying everywhere incredible moment third 2019 was absolutely bongers for amazing tricks you two go to hair braided up in sports mode already taking a knock to the chin determin to put on some sort of Clinic fakey 3 grabbed by the way as
Well Dark Side alley Topo so he can’t even see the thing can’t even see the rail that he’s aiming for and has to keep himself like leaning back over the Box drops back in safety grab as well into this like veral thing unbelievable like how the has he done that that
Was a half year he didn’t actually place or even get like best trick or anything second 2013 another absolute Bonk his years CJ wellsmore was kicking off Neils was kicking off the year prior he’d actually done a 540 prawn on the rail but in 2013 he upped it and did an absolutely
Audacious super rare 540 alley top s absolutely madri for first place it’s back to 2019 probably one of the most insane winter clashes ever actually well it’s definitely up there mental tricks going off all over the place and the person you have voted number one has actually got like best trick five times
Through the winter Clash history is Joe Atkinson he was absolutely terrorizing that Rose’s extension box tricks all over it but the one that has won the top prize is to backslide up the thing to sto to jump back in Mad absolutely insane trick to get that to ver grind
Vertically and balance up there like everybody going bloners people everywhere distracting him but he’s still got the job done that’s your best trick will there be any tricks this year that break into the top 15 top 10 maybe even top five if I had to put money on
It it would depend on the obstacles but Jo again like he’s got a history of just pulling out unbelievable tricks now if you’re not going to going to be able to make it to Winter Clash Le I with the support of winter Clash put on a really
Good live stream production of it is absolutely brilliant and loads of new edits have come out recently ludus put out hobby 30s have a tour video Wizards getting put out NYC Advan filmed all in portrait which is a little bit different for them and up to something is coming
Soon that’s that enjoy winter Clash massive thank you to my patrons I simply couldn’t do this without you so I love you to bits and my YouTube channel members as well here’s couple of other videos you can watch in the meantime and I’ll see you again soon Spy Dog
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