Skate brands don't go on tour anymore.

[u am snookems]

Gas is cheaper now. No excuses.

[Glitter Child]

No one truly cares anymore.

[BMV]

I want the Razors team to come do lines off of my boner.

[remzcore]

speak! i remember when the USD strech tour came to Bladin' action in Philly and it was the biggest deal to me ever. and i missed it :(

[R-MONEY$$$]

I want the Razors team to come do lines off of my boner.

lol

[DanRine]

Valo and Nimh do.. another one of the 7543892045389 reasons you should buy from them.

[u am snookems]

I remember when Jon Julio was flown down to El Paso to do a demo and judge a competition. I was so excited. I had just read my first Daily Bread a few days before and it was the Albuquerque issue, so I asked him if he was from Albuquerque.

[BMV]

speak! i remember when the USD strech tour came to Bladin' action in Philly and it was the biggest deal to me ever. and i missed it :(

BladinAction was by far THE WORST skateshop to order from, holy fuck.

Everytime me or someone I knew ordered from them, something would go wrong, but we would make orders there because they usually had what you wanted when it was out of stock other places, thinking "they can't possibly fuck up again."

I got the yellow Julio 50/50's instead of the red 50/50 frames, my friend got 2 fucking left Shima skates, and my brother waited like 2 months to get some shit they said they had in stock.

[u am snookems]

I waited two weeks for a shirt and never ordered from there again.

Skatestop.com sent me my DL thrones in three days and I remember running home from school to get them at the front door.


God, blading used to be so fun.

[skatecharlotte]

anyone remember sk8house.com???
it was the place for me in 2002 or something like that

[chilltownRolla]

i worked at bladin action back in the day and im the main reason they had everything that everyone wanted and i was the one that started the whole custom skate thing with them. the reason orders got so fucked up was , we sent out like 40-60 skates everyday and only had 2-3 people working there. and all 3 of us were potheads and the owner was a pot head so she didnt care much if we blazed either. and on top of all the orders we had to do , we also had the shop to run, like i dunno if you know bladin action like the shop it self. it was a tiny tiny lil shop that sold mad shit on a daily basis. like i mean in store sales. south philly was the tourist part of philly so people would come in and rent skates for the day and end up buying a new pair right there and mad people would buy rec skates a day and hockey skates and speed skates too. fucking bladin action made mad fuckin cash back then and then stabbed me and other employee's in the back with broken promises. thats my 2 cents on them

[BMV]

anyone remember sk8house.com???
it was the place for me in 2002 or something like that

Sk8house and Rollerwarehouse were my shops of choice.

I think I ordered a video or two from Innovate also.

[Charlie Hustles]

Bladinaction did not just fuck up one order, they fucked up EVERYONE'S order. Every single fucking order, every single fucking time. Just because you smoke weed, does not mean that you have to be retarded.

[humphrey]

i ordered the first red 50/50 ufs frames from bladinaction, no complaints

[Honni]

anyone remember sk8house.com???
it was the place for me in 2002 or something like that

word, sk8house was my shit!

[Darth Monica Geller]

i ordered from blade in action one time, a senate backpack and they took like a month to get it to me and it was the wrong one....

sk8house was the best but then it went away

and now i am all about amall

[941MAN]

i worked at bladin action back in the day and im the main reason they had everything that everyone wanted and i was the one that started the whole custom skate thing with them. the reason orders got so fucked up was , we sent out like 40-60 skates everyday and only had 2-3 people working there. and all 3 of us were potheads and the owner was a pot head so she didnt care much if we blazed either. and on top of all the orders we had to do , we also had the shop to run, like i dunno if you know bladin action like the shop it self. it was a tiny tiny lil shop that sold mad shit on a daily basis. like i mean in store sales. south philly was the tourist part of philly so people would come in and rent skates for the day and end up buying a new pair right there and mad people would buy rec skates a day and hockey skates and speed skates too. fucking bladin action made mad fuckin cash back then and then stabbed me and other employee's in the back with broken promises. thats my 2 cents on them
lol

[BMV]

i worked at bladin action back in the day and im the main reason they had everything that everyone wanted and i was the one that started the whole custom skate thing with them. the reason orders got so fucked up was , we sent out like 40-60 skates everyday and only had 2-3 people working there. and all 3 of us were potheads and the owner was a pot head so she didnt care much if we blazed either. and on top of all the orders we had to do , we also had the shop to run, like i dunno if you know bladin action like the shop it self. it was a tiny tiny lil shop that sold mad shit on a daily basis. like i mean in store sales. south philly was the tourist part of philly so people would come in and rent skates for the day and end up buying a new pair right there and mad people would buy rec skates a day and hockey skates and speed skates too. fucking bladin action made mad fuckin cash back then and then stabbed me and other employee's in the back with broken promises. thats my 2 cents on them

GIVE ME MY FUCKING RED CLASSIC 50/50'S YOU FUCKING STONER FAGGOT

[LordBrian]

Valo is one of the hardest working skate companies in rollerblading. They do alot with updating their website constantly with edits, clips, givong products to contests, holding online contests, etc and also gearing up for an Australia tour. Valo travels across the globe more than just about everybody. I wish I could travel like that :cry:

[Fantastic Feets]

i worked at bladin action back in the day and im the main reason they had everything that everyone wanted and i was the one that started the whole custom skate thing with them. the reason orders got so fucked up was , we sent out like 40-60 skates everyday and only had 2-3 people working there. and all 3 of us were potheads and the owner was a pot head so she didnt care much if we blazed either. and on top of all the orders we had to do , we also had the shop to run, like i dunno if you know bladin action like the shop it self. it was a tiny tiny lil shop that sold mad shit on a daily basis. like i mean in store sales. south philly was the tourist part of philly so people would come in and rent skates for the day and end up buying a new pair right there and mad people would buy rec skates a day and hockey skates and speed skates too. fucking bladin action made mad fuckin cash back then and then stabbed me and other employee's in the back with broken promises. thats my 2 cents on them


You are stupid for many reasons, but especially for owning up to that.

We won't pity your broken dreams, but instead hope you get hit by a taxi.

[Suren]

I remember a friend of mine ordered a pair of cult 3s from bladinaction and it took about a month to get to nyc. I remember ordering from skatestop amongst other older shops and totally rushing home from school to open up a package from a shop. It's true skating used to be so fun, I guess it's just being busy that fucks it. [/u]

[Rotgut]

Bladin Action blew dick. I was supposed to get 16 bearings and you sent me Oxygen metal grind plates. Fuck you.

[BMV]

I anticipated the arrival of my Zamora thrones like the second coming of christ.

[chilltownRolla]

i worked at bladin action back in the day and im the main reason they had everything that everyone wanted and i was the one that started the whole custom skate thing with them. the reason orders got so fucked up was , we sent out like 40-60 skates everyday and only had 2-3 people working there. and all 3 of us were potheads and the owner was a pot head so she didnt care much if we blazed either. and on top of all the orders we had to do , we also had the shop to run, like i dunno if you know bladin action like the shop it self. it was a tiny tiny lil shop that sold mad shit on a daily basis. like i mean in store sales. south philly was the tourist part of philly so people would come in and rent skates for the day and end up buying a new pair right there and mad people would buy rec skates a day and hockey skates and speed skates too. fucking bladin action made mad fuckin cash back then and then stabbed me and other employee's in the back with broken promises. thats my 2 cents on them
hahahah sorry but i quit there a long time ago. and they did fuck up mad orders but got even more orders right. like put it this way they didnt care of they fucked up 2-5 orders a day caus ethey got 45-60 orders right a day. they made mad fuckin dough . everyone and there mom got shit from them. its sad how they owned the market back then. and im very sorry for any and all orders i fucked up , and the funny thing is i think i was the one that took the order for them red 5050 frames ,and remember thing about red 5050's back in the day . this was like 99-01
GIVE ME MY FUCKING RED CLASSIC 50/50'S YOU FUCKING STONER FAGGOT

[formerly galenaskater]

bladingaction had a cool tihng going with custom skates but it would be so hard to keep shit inventoried (i'm assuming) and it probally didn't help that a bunch of burners were running shit :roll:

my first order was from team paradise - they fucked up and never refunded my moms money
then a few from rollerwarehouse - no problems
2 times from amall - no problems
8934758348537 times from erolling - no problems and shit is at my door by like 2 the next day if i order by 2 the previous day

[chilltownRolla]

i worked at team paradise too. those were the days would work there in the day and then go skate all night with elliott and whoever else was around. back in the wasteland days

[michaelgarlinghouse]

Skate companies still go on tour...

there were like 6 vibralux tours that went into filming ON TOP.

and Valo tours the world.

[gygy322]

Bladin Action blew dick. I was supposed to get 16 bearings and you sent me Oxygen metal grind plates. Fuck you.
haha, such a big fail :D hahahahahah

[QCSKY]

Skate companies still go on tour...

there were like 6 vibralux tours that went into filming ON TOP.

and Valo tours the world.
u need to drag aj to iowa this summer

[s.]

i worked at bladin action back in the day and im the main reason they had everything that everyone wanted and i was the one that started the whole custom skate thing with them. the reason orders got so fucked up was , we sent out like 40-60 skates everyday and only had 2-3 people working there. and all 3 of us were potheads and the owner was a pot head so she didnt care much if we blazed either. and on top of all the orders we had to do , we also had the shop to run, like i dunno if you know bladin action like the shop it self. it was a tiny tiny lil shop that sold mad shit on a daily basis. like i mean in store sales. south philly was the tourist part of philly so people would come in and rent skates for the day and end up buying a new pair right there and mad people would buy rec skates a day and hockey skates and speed skates too. fucking bladin action made mad fuckin cash back then and then stabbed me and other employee's in the back with broken promises. thats my 2 cents on them

GIVE ME MY FUCKING RED CLASSIC 50/50'S YOU FUCKING STONER FAGGOT :D

[ZachFisher]

i remember a remz tour from like '03 or '04 where i met shima, carlos pianowski and haffey.. shit was so cash.

[fergus_oi_oi]

i dunno roces??

[| B |rian]

I remember when Salomon came to a place called Shady Skates that used to be open around here. I missed it though and that was when i worshipped Aaron Feinberg. I also missed when Razors came while doing a tour. I was there when Deshi came though and that was pretty damn fun watching Iain Mcleod and Louie Zamora skate.

[jsboyd]

You guys should order from www.shop-task.com


8)

[Tatersalad]

anyone remember sk8house.com???
it was the place for me in 2002 or something like that

Sk8house used to send me some insane coupons back in the day. I think the biggest I got was a 40% off any order over $100 or some shit. I got a $300 setup for under $200 with free shipping. I fucking loved that shit.

[Honni]

i worked at team paradise too. those were the days would work there in the day and then go skate all night with elliott and whoever else was around. back in the wasteland days

ed? is that you?

[Jake The Snake]

what about the ball for real tour?

[ryan williams]

speak! i remember when the USD strech tour came to Bladin' action in Philly and it was the biggest deal to me ever. and i missed it :(

I was there!

[chilltownRolla]

i worked at team paradise too. those were the days would work there in the day and then go skate all night with elliott and whoever else was around. back in the wasteland days

ed? is that you?
yes it is

[KILLGORE]

denial tours.

touring to POW WOW.

been to.. rochester/buffalo/conneticut/boston/new hampshire/holland and seattle this year already..

[basshole]

like put it this way they didnt care of they fucked up 2-5 orders a day caus ethey got 45-60 orders right a day. they made mad fuckin dough . ]


thats fucking horrible. do you think other businesses actually think its acceptable to fuck up 10% of their orders a day?

[chilltownRolla]

no not anymore and im sorry that i was careles back then i dont conduct myself like that anymore, i take more pride in my work nowadays

[basshole]

no not anymore and im sorry that i was careles back then i dont conduct myself like that anymore, i take more pride in my work nowadays

well, as long as youre sorry

[Coopnasty]

Bladin Action blew dick. I was supposed to get 16 bearings and you sent me Oxygen metal grind plates. Fuck you.

I can see how somebody can fuck up by sending you different bearings, but that's just awful when you don't even send the right skate part :lol: :lol: :lol:

[rollerbreaker003]

Skate companies still go on tour...

there were like 6 vibralux tours that went into filming ON TOP.

and Valo tours the world.

also, if you look at the top of the page, there is a banner that says "vibralux and heat tours".

[formerly galenaskater]

i worked at team paradise too. those were the days would work there in the day and then go skate all night with elliott and whoever else was around. back in the wasteland days

ed? is that you?
martinez????

i remember you now. you were in bmc 2 and some other philly sections

[chilltownRolla]

yea thats me, i made that philly section

[remzcore]

yeah they go on "tour" but you dont see clips in those videos like you did in lets say, USD tour video, where you see skaters like dominic and dustin at REAL street spots surrounded by TONS of kids. it seems like they just market this shit like they used to, or maybe im out of the loop? i dunno i thought i kept up with this fruitbooting shit pretty well, my friends who skate dont even know what UHMW is......

[drew_amato]

The Truth guys (Austin, Sean, Colin, Jero, Franco, and Murda) toured all over the east coast last summer.

[KILLGORE]

yea thats me, i made that philly section

Only thing you did was push yourself off the LOVE ledge. hahahahahahahah HILARIOUS

[jomu]

The Truth guys (Austin, Sean, Colin, Jero, Franco, and Murda) toured all over the east coast last summer.

thats a bit different than a skate boot company travelling the country on a promotional tour.

[Gegy Boy]

Hahaha such an awesome thread :lol: Sk8house was THE shit!

[KingDirty]

I think the idea of a skate company doing a US tour is rad. I havent heard of a Pro Demo Tour in a long time. I used to get so stoked when razors would come to Skaters Xtreme! Bruno Lowe doing 30 mph tru fish on the mini is what made me buy flats. Valo tours the globe, cant we get some love in the states though? If the Truth guys went on a tour to skateparks it would make kids so happy! Fuck it, that would make me happy.

[al dolega]

Seems to me that Neo is talking about demo tours... the kind of tours you used to see years ago... a bunch of pros going to parks, doing demos, hanging with kids, product toss, etc... maybe going street skating too. Not filming/photo trips, which is what most of the "tours" people have mentioned in this thread are. When you're just hooking up with a select few locals to get taken to the best local spots and get clips and photos, I don't consider that a tour, at least not in the classical sense.

[jay cocain]

Valo is one of the hardest working skate companies in rollerblading. They do alot with updating their website constantly with edits, clips, givong products to contests, holding online contests, etc and also gearing up for an Australia tour. Valo travels across the globe more than just about everybody. I wish I could travel like that :cry:

true!

[basshole]

al and k dirty nailed it. demo tours FTW

[formerly galenaskater]

tours like rfcc was the bomb

old tours like sunshine and pound for pound were some of the best things to happen to blading

[al dolega]

Well I was just clarifying what we're talking about here. Not saying that the tours should be happening or not.

There aren't enough skate scenes in the US that are large enough to make it worthwhile for their local skatepark to pay for a demo. Most rollerbladers are older now and aren't going to pay $15 or whatever just to watch pros skate. They either don't care to do so or are too cool to admit that they do.

The reason skate companies don't do demo/promo tours nowadays is because the payoff just isn't there anymore, and they can't afford to anyways. They can't even pay their team riders anywhere near a decent wage; how do you think they can afford to spend $10,000+ on a national tour?

[KingDirty]

Well I was just clarifying what we're talking about here. Not saying that the tours should be happening or not.

There aren't enough skate scenes in the US that are large enough to make it worthwhile for their local skatepark to pay for a demo. Most rollerbladers are older now and aren't going to pay $15 or whatever just to watch pros skate. They either don't care to do so or are too cool to admit that they do.

The reason skate companies don't do demo/promo tours nowadays is because the payoff just isn't there anymore, and they can't afford to anyways. They can't even pay their team riders anywhere near a decent wage; how do you think they can afford to spend $10,000+ on a national tour?

They wont need a hotel room in Atlanta...

Make that $9,800.

[al dolega]

Haha, ok, $9,800.

Regardless, there's no kids in blading right now, people. No kids means nobody to attend (aka pay for) demos, which means no tours. You want to see Chris Haffey and Franky come through town, get enough little kids started skating in your area and all the other areas the tour would go through to pay for it.

[KingDirty]

Haha, ok, $9,800.

Regardless, there's no kids in blading right now, people. No kids means nobody to attend (aka pay for) demos, which means no tours. You want to see Chris Haffey and Franky come through town, get enough little kids started skating in your area and all the other areas the tour would go through to pay for it.

We have up to 50 people on random tuesday night sessions...

[al dolega]

Well I wasn't addressing you specifically, Kevin. I know ATL has a strong scene, at least of older people... are those 50 people kids or older dudes? How many of those 50 would realistically pay to attend/skate at a pro demo at the park? How many would think they're way too cool for that, or just couldn't afford it? And what scenes within a day's drive could match those numbers?

[KingDirty]

Well I wasn't addressing you specifically, Kevin. I know ATL has a strong scene, at least of older people... are those 50 people kids or older dudes? How many of those 50 would realistically pay to attend/skate at a pro demo at the park? How many would think they're way too cool for that, or just couldn't afford it? And what scenes within a day's drive could match those numbers?

I am pretty much the only old dude. All my friends are too lame to come to the park with me on Tuesday Night. Every time I go to the park there are 2 or 3 new mini faces... I would say that 80% of those kids would pay to see a demo and there are loads of lame corporations that would be down to throw a couple thousand on Van Stickers and Custom Helmets.

If I stay Sober long enough I may have to do something about this...

Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Greenville, Philly, NYC, Boston

[al dolega]

Well then maybe the problem is just that perception is different from reality- meaning everyone thinks a tour would lose money while in reality it might at least break even. I think another hurdle is that everyone is scared to invest in anything risky right now... they're all just sticking with the minimums because they're barely selling any product. You're the man in ATL to get it done though, so hopefully you can get something moving.

[KingDirty]

Well then maybe the problem is just that perception is different from reality- meaning everyone thinks a tour would lose money while in reality it might at least break even. I think another hurdle is that everyone is scared to invest in anything risky right now... they're all just sticking with the minimums because they're barely selling any product. You're the man in ATL to get it done though, so hopefully you can get something moving.

And if it gets going I will be giving you a call to handle the logistics in Detroit :D

[:(]

rollerblading is dead/coming back

[u am snookems]

Look guys. You can probably get government money to buy a bus and turn it into a veggie bus. Then you can drive city to city on vegetable oil obtained for free. Furthermore, if enough hype is generated around the skateparks, little kids will probably show up. Kids who have parents who will spend money on things for them. If the demo is publicized along side something else it could draw even more attention. Like free Tofutti Cuties. And if the clothing isn't awful, non rollerbladers would even buy it. I sell so much Peachcake merch to kids who have never heard the band just because they like how it looks.[/savedrollerblading]