It’ll be my first time on skates that was a rock okay I hope that this performance puts focus on how they’re not just skaters but Street artists That’s how you know we’re in the Philippines if you ask people they might say I am an actor celebrity I’m a singer a manager but if you ask me I am James Reed and I’m an artist at the height of my fame I took a big
Shift and I moved away from the acting the telenovelas and went into music which is something that was much more personal to me my management and the people I was working with they told me this is never going to work you know at that point I was like okay I’m gonna
Stock my own label I just wanted to be with like-minded people that believed in taking risks and that’s how we move forward I’m really excited for this collaboration I hope that it’ll kind of change people’s mindsets you know make them more open to exploring out of the box ideas
I’m Steffi and I’m a Filipino roller skater I’m part of a group they’re called Escape Bomb Girls and we are local skaters who are starting a community here in the Philippines not all people understand what roller skating is some might see us as Rowdy but honestly all we want is like self-expression and
Freedom to like be who we are when we skate being a roller skater in Manila it’s a challenge not all roads are ascatable as they seem when I’m skating I feel like the vibrations and there’s always that chance of flying away I wouldn’t want that that doesn’t get me Bruce so I hope
To have more spaces for free skating this collaboration I think that is just such a power move it’s one step closer to getting more people supporting the community here in the Philippines Hey hey what an entrance nice to meet you I’m Steph James nice to meet you Steph let me just take off my skates I had to roll over here to make it faster do you have a walk or you just skate everywhere oh I like a rolling if I can
But I have no choice anymore okay I really didn’t know much about the roller skating Community until this collab happened I can take care of that right now oh that is that was a hard fall so we like have these videos of us just skating and
Having fun oh that’s cool you guys look like you’re just free to do anything the freedom to just be yourselves and like be creative I think that’s that’s super important that’s the reason why I do music do you write about you know stories you write about your own
Experiences so I can see there’s a problem that we can work with I would love to see how we can incorporate your moves and that kind of free-spirited energy with my music and try and create some kind of performance I think it’ll be really cool I can already think about
A lot of things for that you fresh that the company in Lights music like a band it’s quite hard to skate at spaces here in Manila and I want to tickle that idea with some unique location it’ll be my first time on skates but I’m a fast learner get
Your skates on them yeah let’s do it Welcome to the skate park it may be like awesome these are hey girls hey girls James are you mean are you me Saku Saku and it’s nice to meet you guys when we started it was just a few of us and we started with a few people 50.
We’re at 10 000 members now oh wow okay that’s pretty big we want more Filipinos to experience and get aware of this art form you can sexy really you can pull your helmet you know what I feel super sexy right now the first thing that we really
Need to teach you is how to fall maybe you’re gonna show me how to move first okay to the right and then go to the left wow okay skate inclusive spaces here so hard to find because people think roller skaters create vandalism that’s why we also post some videos
Online so that they can understand what we do It’s cool I’ve never seen anything like this before so in the Philippines so I think there’s a lot we can do I already have kind of an idea for the music but like I want to see your best moves you better be ready are you ready okay I’m you guys are doing it Welcome to the office it’s called the careless complex I have the perfect song already I think it fits with you guys just because you guys are about like self-expression individuality You’re So Fire I love how the words go so far because that’s that’s also the energy we feel while we’re on Wheels since you’re getting me on some skates I need to get you girls on the mic let’s do it it’s like there’s a motorcycle there’s a man there’s a truck damn
Time one more time one more time how do you see or Envision this collaboration to be I really want to highlight this subculture of roller skating I don’t think we see much of it and I think you know it’s really like a new flavor that we’re bringing into pop culture so it’s
Something I want to try so you have some ideas ready for the cardio I’ll start off with some some downtown the struts the Ina Bauer one of our goals for this project should be making you feel like your skates are an extension of your body I’m so excited for this To me yeah yeah well thank you so much this is this is awesome thanks guys let’s get bonify this place no this is gonna be fun let’s do it What you want To make you my lady baby oh I can drive you crazy Thank you I honestly hope that this performance puts focus on however not just skaters but more like Street artists we use skate as a platform for authenticity and Escape not for Destruction we’re coming from two different worlds it made me see a lot more when it comes to like Street culture and how it
Inspires them seeing all those girls together and then the way they back each other up just seeing how they work together it’s really daunting when you try to like break the mold and you’re by yourself but when you do it with a group of people and you have a community
Around you magic happens
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