Top 10 Rollerbladers of all time

[mike99mccarthy]

1.Chris Haffey
2.Aaron Feinberg
3.Alex Broskow
4.Brian Shima
5.Chris Edwards
6.Dustin Latimer
7.Brian Aragon
8.TJ Webber
9.Louie Zamora
10.Arlo Eisenberg
11.MAYBE YOU?
http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/2959/22668542.jpg

[Wu-Tang]

Stupid.

[xjc813x]

seing chris edwards name over latimer is pissing me off

[mike99mccarthy]

seing chris edwards name over latimer is pissing me off

Chris edwards invented grinding on inline skates. He started (created)aggressive skating in like 1988.
He Had THE FIRST EVER pro skate. Not many Rollerbladers will ever be as good at vert as he was/is and the vert skaters
that where better then him couldn't Hang with him on street. We get good by copying shit we see on videos. He just busted the shit out of nowhere(blah blah I know he emulated boarding blah who cares).......

[wujcik]

seing chris edwards name over latimer is pissing me off

why? no doubt DL should be on the list but chris started this shit. Up until a few years ago edwards would land the biggest shit in any given park. Walk in, stretch, try the biggest stunt possible, land it and retreat back to what ever vehicle he came in.

EDIT: Edwards wasn't a beast, he was THE BEAST.

[DanielBond]

Missing Roadhouse and Julio. Not sure this list can exist without those two.

Also, Farmer over Aragon, IMO.

[mike99mccarthy]

why? no doubt DL should be on the list but chris started this shit. Up until a few years ago edwards would land the biggest shit in any given park. Walk in, stretch, try the biggest stunt possible, land it and retreat back to what ever vehicle he came in.

EDIT: Edwards wasn't a beast, he was THE BEAST.

Well put fucking beastly
http://www.believeinone.com/wp-content/images/edwards/rocket2.jpg

[wujcik]

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

went looking for pics to show how beastly CE is and this came up in the first line:
http://www.skatelog.com/photos/skaters/chris-edwards/2034825-280x350.jpg

[xjc813x]

no shit

and

no shit

i am referring to their skating. not life achievements, im sure you would really rather watch flying squirrels and vert toe drags for eternity over latimers skating. im not even gonna get into it further

[mike99mccarthy]

Missing Roadhouse and Julio. Not sure this list can exist without those two.

Also, Farmer over Aragon, IMO.

I kinda despise aragon myself... I always have, But I gotta give him props. In raw skill and consistency its between him and haffey.
but there is no originality. He just watches what other people do and 1UP's them lol

Farmer, julio and roadhouse never seemed to me like they really fucking go nuts during contests and do crazy ass stunts.
Skaters like haffey, broskow and feinberg have the same creativity and street style but then on top of that KILL competitions

[mike99mccarthy]

no shit

and

no shit

i am referring to their skating. not life achievements, im sure you would really rather watch cess slides and peyote spins for eternity over edwards skating. im not even gonna get into it further
*Fixed

[Muppet4Eternity]

1. Chris Farmer
2. Alex Broskow
3. Don Bambrick
4. Sean Kelso
5. Billy O'Neill
6. Colin Kelso
7. Elliot Stevens
8. Marc Moreno
9. Jeph Howard
10. Richie Eisler

Obviously, I haven't been around that long, but those are the best from my era.

[mike99mccarthy]

1. Chris Farmer
2. Alex Broskow
3. Don Bambrick
4. Sean Kelso
5. Billy O'Neill
6. Colin Kelso
7. Elliot Stevens
8. Marc Moreno
9. Jeph Howard
10. Richie Eisler

Obviously, I haven't been around that long, but those are the best from my era.
Good list. you forgot haffey tho lulz

[zale]

I'm kinda outraged because I don't see Sagona anywhere in this thread.

[Muppet4Eternity]

Good list. you forgot haffey tho lulz
Chris is an amazing skater, but I just get bored watching him, it's just too standard. That's why he's not on my list.

[andrew nemo]

FARM?

[DanielBond]

1. Chris Farmer
2. Alex Broskow
3. Don Bambrick
4. Sean Kelso
5. Billy O'Neill
6. Colin Kelso
7. Elliot Stevens
8. Marc Moreno
9. Jeph Howard
10. Richie Eisler

Obviously, I haven't been around that long, but those are the best from my era.

I assume your era is the last 5 years, right? Even so, the last five years, you cannot put Jeph Howard and Marc Moreno in that list (depite being great bladers) when you have left off Haffey, Aragon, Shima, Montre, Jon Jon and Franky. Even in the last five years Dom Sagona has popped up numerous times and killed everyone.

PROBABLY WOULD PUT FEINBERG AT THE TOP OF A GREATEST OF ALL TIME LIST.

[Bazodazo]

CJ
Haffey
Broskow
CK
Fetty

[DanielBond]

Chris is an amazing skater, but I just get bored watching him, it's just too standard.

You are killing me. You may not love his blading, but nothing he does is standard. Those 720 grinds he did first were not standard. That mega-ramp double backflip thing wasn't standard. His drip drop and Vlux profiles were nothing short of top-level blading, with tricks in there no-one else would do.

[DanRine]

1. Chris Farmer
2. Alex Broskow
3. Don Bambrick
4. Sean Kelso
5. Billy O'Neill
6. Colin Kelso
7. Elliot Stevens
8. Marc Moreno
9. Jeph Howard
10. Richie Eisler

Obviously, I haven't been around that long, but those are the best from my era.

*your favorites from your era. And who is Elliot Stevens?

[DanRine]

You are killing me. You may not love his blading, but nothing he does is standard. Those 720 grinds he did first were not standard. That mega-ramp double backflip thing wasn't standard. His drip drop and Vlux profiles were nothing short of top-level blading, with tricks in there no-one else would do.

Haffey's style is soooo solid and perfect that some people don't like it because those insane tricks don't even look hard when he does them. I like to see some fall clips in Haffey sections just to show that hes human and that he actually has to try.

[DanRine]

Haffey
Farmer
Broskow
Franky
Shima
Feinberg
Edwards
DL
Julio
Takeshi

Thats the best I can do at boiling it down to 10.

[Imagination]

You are killing me. You may not love his blading, but nothing he does is standard. Those 720 grinds he did first were not standard. That mega-ramp double backflip thing wasn't standard. His drip drop and Vlux profiles were nothing short of top-level blading, with tricks in there no-one else would do.

LOL @ the "first" and at the "no-one else would do"

Plus those top 10 lists are pretty relative, I just can't believe you guys are still comparing rollerbladers nowadays...

[DanRine]

LOL @ the "first" and at the "no-one else would do"

Plus those top 10 lists are pretty relative, I just can't believe you guys are still comparing rollerbladers nowadays...

Who was doing 720s into grinds before Haffey then?

[Muppet4Eternity]

I assume your era is the last 5 years, right? Even so, the last five years, you cannot put Jeph Howard and Marc Moreno in that list (depite being great bladers) when you have left off Haffey, Aragon, Shima, Montre, Jon Jon and Franky. Even in the last five years Dom Sagona has popped up numerous times and killed everyone.

PROBABLY WOULD PUT FEINBERG AT THE TOP OF A GREATEST OF ALL TIME LIST.
I know most people would disagree with my list, but I have a really strange perception of great blading.




You are killing me. You may not love his blading, but nothing he does is standard. Those 720 grinds he did first were not standard. That mega-ramp double backflip thing wasn't standard. His drip drop and Vlux profiles were nothing short of top-level blading, with tricks in there no-one else would do.
By standard, I don't mean bad, but not thinking out of the box.


*your favorites from your era. And who is Elliot Stevens?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy4JZxgBh-4 1:50, Disaster front sav. Probably the best trick I have ever seen, in real life and edits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IRT_GyR9sM
Don't understand why he isn't pro.

[Imagination]

Who was doing 720s into grinds before Haffey then?

I knew someone would ask it, have been a thread about this, and it was done a long time ago! I don't like to repeat myself so read this page http://www.be-mag.com/msgboard/showthread.php/3991-First-540-to-grind/page4 or the entire topic if you want to learn more, Peace!

[DanielBond]

Interesting that you say haffey doesn't think "outside the box" when most of his shit is beyond comprehension for even his peers.

Elliot Stevens is a good blader, but to put him on a level with even half the other people in your top ten is ludicrous. He's above average, but no where near pro level and he's hardly legitigimised his status in blading with any big video parts or hugely popular online edits.

[DanRine]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy4JZxgBh-4 1:50, Disaster front sav. Probably the best trick I have ever seen, in real life and edits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IRT_GyR9sM
Don't understand why he isn't pro.

That looked like a royale.. and he isn't pro because his skating is average and nobody knows who he is. People throw around this "_______ for pro" shit so much now. This dude has some cool tricks but really that's not even flow or am level skating let alone pro.

[DanielBond]

Did you see Aragons 720?

Way harder, way more impressive.

Not that i would disaster that rail though, thats way sick. I'm not bagging on Elliot. He's really good.

[wujcik]

this could have become an Edwards appreciation thread....






















just sayin'.

[Shahiem]

I'm not making a list, just putting 10 people out there.

Franky Morales, Brian Aragon, Chris Haffey, Brian Shima, Dustin Latimer, Chris Farmer, Dominic Sagona, Colin Kelso/Sean Kelso, Alex Broskow, Jon Julio

[Rotgut]

Not enough Roadhouse in this thread.

[blake kelly]

Not enough Roadhouse in this thread.

^

[Josh_Morrison]

this thread is so dumb

[redneb]

1. Ramelle Knight
2. Ramelle Knight
3. Ramelle Knight
4. Ramelle Knight
5. Ramelle Knight
6. Ramelle Knight
7. Stephane Alfano
8. Ramelle Knight
9. Ramelle Knight
10. Ramelle Knight

[Guy Bulleid]

I know most people would disagree with my list, but I have a really strange perception of great blading.




By standard, I don't mean bad, but not thinking out of the box.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy4JZxgBh-4 1:50, Disaster front sav. Probably the best trick I have ever seen, in real life and edits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IRT_GyR9sM
Don't understand why he isn't pro.

fucccking hell that nass edit was sick. Every other edit I'd seen was just mad euro chucking - it's sick seeing guys like elliot and tuffnell balancing it out. Elliot's a rad skater, he gets around to a lot of uk events and, personally, from seeing him skate against other big names, I'd say he has a lot of potential to get further with his blading.

Ramelle Knight would deff be in the top 5...

[MBennett]

2 pages and not one mention of Matt Salerno completely boggles my mind. You can not say of all time, and then leave people that made everything happen.

Arlo ?
Salerno?

[codyreffner]

idiots for sure

1. Chris Haffey
2. Richie Eisler
3. Brian Aragon
4. Roman Abrate
5. Montre Livingston
6. Dustin Latimer
7. Brian Shima
8. Murda
9. Franky Morales
10. Alex Broskow

[MBennett]

idiots for sure

1. Chris Haffey
2. Richie Eisler
3. Brian Aragon
4. Roman Abrate
5. Montre Livingston
6. Dustin Latimer
7. Brian Shima
8. Murda
9. Franky Morales
10. Alex Broskow

Past ten years... maybe..

[codyreffner]

@MBennet yeah for as long as ive been rollerblading

[bobgross]

1. Latimer
2. Feinberg
3. Sagona
4. Haffey
5. Aragon
6. Broskow
7. Farmer
8. Stockwell
9. Colin Kelso
10. Sean Kelso

[CL347BV]

here is my list in no particular order

spizer
prislin
arlo
latimer
julio
haffey
feinberg
edwards
shima
jon bergeron

my list, not yours

[nameant]

With a Matt Salerno mention it's obvious there needs to be a vert and street list.

[Mudhut Jollyrancher]

bad thread

[MBennett]

With a Matt Salerno mention it's obvious there needs to be a vert and street list.

If you classify Matt Salerno as a vert skater, i apologize. Matt Salerno is the best all around skater EVER!!!
(Vert, Park, Street)

(Note: i will not argue with anyone who wants to debate on Feinberg.)

[macon deals]

you can't have a top 10 list... it just isn't practical, with the LACK of documentation being kept up with rollerblading past it's not like it matters anyway. yea whats his name was great then, or whoever is fucking amazing now, but the only thing records wise available to people, are the videos that are online. and that is only for the time being until whatever site goes away and so do the videos. why is there nothing that i can go to and see who won what competition when?

[Flandangle]

you can't have a top 10 list... it just isn't practical, with the LACK of documentation being kept up with rollerblading past it's not like it matters anyway. yea whats his name was great then, or whoever is fucking amazing now?

I concur

[Dr. Zaius]

1. Roman Abrate
2. Fabio Enes
3. Julian Bah
4. David Sizemore
5. Nick Uhas
6. Quin Feldman
7. David Jones
8. Yuri Botelho
9. Julien Cudot
10. That one dude who mooned everybody

[greg is cool]

1. Roman Abrate
2. Fabio Enes
3. Julian Bah
4. David Sizemore
5. Nick Uhas
6. Quin Feldman
7. David Jones
8. Yuri Botelho
9. Julien Cudot
10. That one dude who mooned everybody


i agree 100%

[nai]

1. Roman Abrate
2. Fabio Enes
3. Julian Bah
4. David Sizemore
5. Nick Uhas
6. Quin Feldman
7. David Jones
8. Yuri Botelho
9. Julien Cudot
10. That one dude who mooned everybody

...

[jakeordie]

Edwards
Tom Fry
Arlo
Julio
Petty
Dustin
Shima
Feinberg
Elliott
Haffey
Broskow

[delroca]

CJ
Haffey
Broskow
CK
Fetty

http://www.funnyforumpics.com/forums/i-see-what-you-did-there/1/i_see_what_you_did_there.jpg

[Guy Bulleid]

1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Mkbp8OWfw

2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2t74kn8SKY

3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cChBQIXbG1U

4.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FonV1dyQbc&feature=fvst

5.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Gl74cVbPI

[bobgross]

1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Mkbp8OWfw

2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2t74kn8SKY

3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cChBQIXbG1U

4.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FonV1dyQbc&feature=fvst

5.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Gl74cVbPI

#4...the kid...the song...the tricks...
http://www.inameri.ca/erm/25ad8-slow_clap.gif

[Guy Bulleid]

haha I haven't got volume on this computer. Just looking at him is enough to know he belongs in the list

[bobgross]

haha I haven't got volume on this computer. Just looking at him is enough to know he belongs in the list

Song is 25 to life by Eminem.

[Guy Bulleid]

6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqBhlVLLew&feature=fvsr

[RobiRobb]

Edwards
Tom Fry
Arlo
Julio
Petty
Dustin
Shima
Feinberg
Elliott
Haffey
Broskow

Took 3 pages to get a Petty mention.

[erautour]

@#4 that dirty motherfucker... I cannot put my skates on if my socks are dirty. Fucking disgusting



Top 10 list fail w/ no mention of either Yasutoko brother

[delroca]

1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Mkbp8OWfw

2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2t74kn8SKY

3.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cChBQIXbG1U

4.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FonV1dyQbc&feature=fvst

5.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Gl74cVbPI

/thread

[machtroua]

6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqBhlVLLew&feature=fvsr

Thank you mister for saving this thread.

[snowleopard]

like someone before me previously stated, this is a never ending debate built on individuals preferences, that being said Elliot Steven's couldn't make it onto the top ten list, he's not even the best skater from his area !

like Mr Bond said,not hating on him he's just not top 10 category.

Personally though i'm a bit sad not to see a mention of Abdiel yet though.

[zale]

Muppet4Eternity obviously doesn't understand the difference between "Top 10 of all time" and "favorite top 10".





There are really loads of great skaters out there, but in my opinion, some of the people who really pushed the rollerblading industry and made it what it is today are
Haffey
Sagona
Fish
Brian (aragon/shima),
Farmer
Arlo
Broskow
Fabio Enes

and many others.



jk abot fabio ofc

[Dr. Zaius]

lol but seriously:

1. Shima
2. Latimer
3. Haffey
4. Feinberg
5. Farmer
6. Aragon (not a fan personally but he does belong here)
7. Murda
8. Stockwell
9. Broskow
10.Sagona

By no means is this list definitive and really putting all of rollerblading's greatness into a list of 10 people just doesn't work. There are so many people who belong on this list that just don't fit (Fish, Walt Austin, Dem, Dre, SK).

[mike99mccarthy]

Haffey
Farmer
Broskow
Franky
Shima
Feinberg
Edwards
DL
Julio
Takeshi

Thats the best I can do at boiling it down to 10.

This one is the best although I would bump feinberg up to #2
Great job

[Teh Nap]

I know most people would disagree with my list, but I have a really strange perception of great blading.




By standard, I don't mean bad, but not thinking out of the box.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy4JZxgBh-4 1:50, Disaster front sav. Probably the best trick I have ever seen, in real life and edits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IRT_GyR9sM
Don't understand why he isn't pro.
not enough kurb skating

[alanchrishughes]

Jon Julio
Aaron Fienburg
DL
Arlo
Ryan Jacklone
Josh Petty
Walt Austin
Roadhouse
Haffey
Aragon
Julian Bah
TJ Webber
Jeff Stockwell
Franky Morales
Rachard Johnson
Mike Johnson
Chiaki Ito

side note: Matt Salerno easily had as much potential to become a Feinburg/Haffey/Aragon but didn't seem to have the right mind set and he just disappeared.

[Kurbles]

chaiki ito
brandon campbell
rob thompson

[jakeordie]

Took 3 pages to get a Petty mention.
"All Time" means whoever's hot right now on Be-mag. :lol:

[Apsley Cherry-Garrard]

lame thread is lame.
you can't do a top 10 of all time list because it's going to be totally skewed.
of course Arlo and Roadhouse are top 10 bladers of all time, but there are people nowadays that would murk the shit out of arlo, roadhouse, petty, sagona (yea, i said it), latimer, etc. who don't show up on any kind of all time top 10 list. what i mean is this, Jon bolino could destroy arlo and petty and sagona at skating, but arlo/petty/sagona would be on a top 10 all time list, and jon jon probably wouldn't be found on the same list, even though the others can't do a single trick that jon wouldn't be able to match.

the skill level of some of today's bladers is outrageous. a real top ten list would just be like: haffey, aragon, farmer, mcleod, broskow, bolino, feinberg, eisler, etc.

"normal" top 10 lists are like the ones with arlo, julio, roadhouse, feinberg, salerno, shima, sagona, etc. - all of whom would be crushed at blading by the actual "best" rollerbladers there are.

[jakeordie]

I said the same thing last time this thread got posted.....you can't compare skaters from different eras.

But it doesn't say "Best 10", it says Top 10.

[MyGlockGoPopPopPop]

I know most people would disagree with my list, but I have a really strange perception of great blading.




By standard, I don't mean bad, but not thinking out of the box.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy4JZxgBh-4 1:50, Disaster front sav. Probably the best trick I have ever seen, in real life and edits.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IRT_GyR9sM
Don't understand why he isn't pro.
ELLIOT STEVENS?

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU ARE NOT TROLLING RIGHT NOW YOU ARE THE WORST FUCKING HUMAN BEING ON THE PLANET, IF I HAD 2 BULLETS WITH YOU AND OSAMA BIN LADEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME I WOULD SHOOT YOU IN YOUR DICK AND THEN IN YOUR FUCKING HEAD. I HOPE YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE BLOODLINE DIE IN A FIRE YOU WORTHLESS SCUM.

[TRON.]

ELLIOT STEVENS?

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? I SWEAR TO GOD IF YOU ARE NOT TROLLING RIGHT NOW YOU ARE THE WORST FUCKING HUMAN BEING ON THE PLANET, IF I HAD 2 BULLETS WITH YOU AND OSAMA BIN LADEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME I WOULD SHOOT YOU IN YOUR DICK AND THEN IN YOUR FUCKING HEAD. I HOPE YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE BLOODLINE DIE IN A FIRE YOU WORTHLESS SCUM.

This!

And:

Latimer
Feinberg
Shima
Haffey
Farmer
Broskow
Chris Edwards
Roadhouse
Petty
Aragon

[Dberg]

1. Chris Haffey
2. (This is where it gets hard, It's a toss up between Chris Farmer, Brian Aragon, and Alex Broskow) I would have to say Brian Aragon(though I am not a fan of his skating he is comparable to Haffey, or was at least...)
3. Chris Farmer (for his innovative skating)
4. Alex Broskow
5. CJ Wellsmore
6. David Sizemore (540 Kindgrind urvry-day B)
7. Montre Livingston (but just recently, he really cleaned up his style and significantly improved his trick vocab)
8. Erik Bailey
9. Erik Perkett (Probably the most underrated skater of all time)
10. Colin Kelso (That Truth 2 section was just a bad dream)


Honorable Mention List:
1. Nick Wood (Actually he might be the most underrated skater of all time)
2. Cameron Card
3. Don Bambrick

There is no Feinburg on there because I didn't really know any Feinburg. He was before my time.

[bobgross]

There is no Feinburg on there because I didn't really know any Feinburg. He was before my time.

You can watch so much Feinberg footage online if you make an effort.
NO EXCUSES

The only skaters that you really can't know much about are those whose footage was mostly on videos that no one has bothered to upload.

[DanielBond]

There is no Feinburg on there because I didn't really know any Feinburg. He was before my time.

Dberg, go to your browser and type in "www.youtube.com".

Type "Aaron feinberg" into the search bar on Youtube.

Watch every video on that site of Feinberg. Pay close attention to the sections from Words, BFG and anything where he is riding salomons.

Re-write your list without Sizemore in it. Replace with Feinberg. Re-order to put Feinberg at #1.

JOB DONE.

[DanielBond]

...there are people nowadays that would murk the shit out of ...sagona (yea, i said it)...

Some people might out perform sagona on some obstacles, but this isn't athletics. No-one has touched Sagona for ultimate style in a long time AFAIK.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q89Erq0AwZY


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmxGxxRF6a0

[bobgross]

Sagona epitomizes style.

[chefkoch]

1. Latimer
2. Feinberg
3. Sagona
4. Haffey
5. Aragon
6. Broskow
7. Farmer
8. Stockwell
9. Colin Kelso
10. Sean Kelso

there can't be a list without Shima.

[bobgross]

there can't be a list without Shima.

Fuck
How did I forget Shima?

Shift everyone down one, with the Kelso Bros tied for tenth.

[George Amos]

1. Shima
2. Feinberg
3. Haffey
4. Arlo
6. Farmer
7. Murda
8. Jackalone
9. Lievanos
10. Jake Dotson?

[Brenmannn]

Shima
DL changed the game.
Jon Elliott changed the game.
Chris Farmer changed the game.
Dunkle had a solid influence too, in my opinion. One of the very best in terms of imagination/spot selection.
Feinberg because of Words. Hero status.
Haffey, bro.
Jon Julio for innovation and crazy longevity.


I am too inexperienced to appreciate many bladers previous to these dudes, so I can't really add much on. There's a lot of other "favourite bladers" but I guess that's different.

But yes this is a silly thread.

[BrickDynasty]

10.Jeff Stockwell
9.Dre Powell(Underrated)
8.Santiago Azparura
7.Ian McLeod
6.Dustin Latimer
5.Jon Julio
4.Jon Elliot
3.Abdiel Colberg
2.Brian Shima
1.Aaron Feinberg

[RobFromFlint]

Are we talking skills or the influence on blading? You can't combine them.

[RobFromFlint]

Influence
1. Chris Edwards
2. Arlo
3. DL
4. Julio
5. SHima
6. Feinberg
7. Farmer
8. Sagona
9. Fade Hurricane
10. Roadhouse


Skill
1. Aragon (go ahead and hate)
2. Haffey
3. Broskow
4. SK
5. Fish
6. Montre
7. CK
8. Frankie
9. jon jon
10. Bah

[jakeordie]

Are we talking skills or the influence on blading? You can't combine them.
Edwards dominated his era more than anyone has dominated theirs.....Joe Louis don't need to knock Ali or Tyson out to be a better boxer than both.

[Muppet4Eternity]

My list was based on how people look at skating, not talent/influence. Hence no Aragon, Haffey etc. But there's just too many factors to decide who are actually the best.

[bksteezin]

1. Aaron Feinberg (Haffey... before Haffey.)
2. Chris Haffey... Goes bigger than you and can do just about any trick you can. See Disaster Fakie 7 KG when fakie 3 kg was hot shit... and honestly im not even going to list his historic stunts.
3. Alex Broskow (if you include just old broskow or just new broskow he isnt this high on my list but the fact that he is still amazing after a complete change in his skating puts him up here.)
4. Dustin Latimer
5. Brian Aragon. I'm not a fan of his skating really, but he is too good to not be top 5... and he is smoother than a baby's bum.
6. Chris Farmer (Watch Through The Looking Glass and you'll understand.)
7. Ian Mcleod (Can do everthing Haffey can do.. but not on as big an obstacle.)
8. Richie Eisler (Everything switch and natural and no matter how hard the trick is the landing is perfect. BEST landings of all time.)
9. Brian Shima
10. Josh Petty

[bksteezin]

John Bolino will go down as one of the best ever by the time he is done... as in he will be Top 3 skill wise.

[someguy]

I'm not making a list, just putting 10 people out there.

Franky Morales, Brian Aragon, Chris Haffey, Brian Shima, Dustin Latimer, Chris Farmer, Dominic Sagona, Colin Kelso/Sean Kelso, Alex Broskow, Jon Julio

... that's eleven people.

[Caddywumpus]

"Best" lists really kind of bug me. Like on drums, I'm a huge Bonham fan. I know he's not the best in terms of technical skill, but he's way more interesting to watch/listen to.

So my top 10 FAVORITE rollerbladers would be:

Brian Shima
Jeff Stockwell
Chris Haffey
Erik Bailey
Joey Chase
Alex Broskow
Mike Johnson
Julian Bah
Brian Aragon
Jon Elliot

[daniel.farmer]

1. Brian Aragon (hate on me, aragon will still be my favorit skater of all time)
2. Chris Haffey
3. Brian Shima
4. Iain McLeod
5. Chris Farmer
6. Julian Bah
7. Jeff Stockwell
8. Dustin Latimer
9. John Bolino
10. Sean Kelso

[RobFromFlint]

Edwards dominated his era more than anyone has dominated theirs.....Joe Louis don't need to knock Ali or Tyson out to be a better boxer than both.

With how much this sport has evolved since Edwards time, your analogy sucks. The tricks and overall talent in the present day is ridiculous. It's like comparing Joe Louis and Chuck Liddell. I'm not knocking Edwards one bit. The man created rollerblading. All I'm saying is Haffey, Aragon, Broskow, etc. Amyone in my top 10 for skill would take him. BUT no one can touch him when it comes to influencing the sport. With everything he has done he should probably take up the first 5 slots in my Influence top 10 by himself.

[jakeordie]

With how much this sport has evolved since Edwards time, your analogy sucks. All I'm saying is Haffey, Aragon, Broskow, etc. Amyone in my top 10 for skill would take him.
Could Haffey do what he does on Lightnings with zero sole and flat Hyper 72s?

This ties into my point about new tricks.....Edwards had to make that shit happen when no one imagined it was possible. When a skater today adds 1/2 a spin onto a trick that's been done by thousands of skaters for more than a decade, it's not the same as imagining a new trick and being the one to make it work.

You can't judge skaters from that era from the perspective of this one, you can only judge them against their contemporaries.....and no one since has dominated their peers to the extent that Edwards did.

[avichai_from_israel]

Chris is an amazing skater, but I just get bored watching him, it's just too standard. That's why he's not on my list.


nah bro.

[TEEN IDOL]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpdarEcs2dw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5y17PF_flI
Mostly for B Bell, and Burke, but Nick Riggle gets pretty loose.

Some honorable mentions in my book.

[TEEN IDOL]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5REl3V2LcE

[Apsley Cherry-Garrard]

Could Haffey do what he does on Lightnings with zero sole and flat Hyper 72s?


haffey can't do what he does NOW with Lightnings and flat 72mm's, but he could do everything edwards did back in the day with the same skates (including the airs). could edwards do ANYTHING haffey does, even if he had the best equipment and high level of peers? who knows... i'd bet not, because none of haffey's peers can do it, either.



no one since has dominated their peers to the extent that Edwards did.

http://rootzoo.com/uploads/1237826472.JPG

[Teh Nap]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpdarEcs2dw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5y17PF_flI
Mostly for B Bell, and Burke, but Nick Riggle gets pretty loose.

Some honorable mentions in my book.
http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/pict/3603231587734040_1.jpg

[jakeordie]

haffey can't do what he does NOW with Lightnings and flat 72mm's, but he could do everything edwards did back in the day with the same skates (including the airs). could edwards do ANYTHING haffey does, even if he had the best equipment and high level of peers? who knows...
I've already said that I don't consider Edwards better than Haffey, but saying that Haffey could do everything Edwards did is pure speculation.....because he hasn't.

And because he wouldn't be inventing it.

[Apsley Cherry-Garrard]

at least we both agree that:

this entire thread is pure speculation

[uribe]

Eleven with no order;


Chris Edwards
Chris Haffey
Aaron Feinberg
Chris Farmer
Alex Broskow
Jon elliot
Jon Julio
Arlo Eisenberg
Dustin Latimer
Bryan Bell
Brian Shima

[xGREENxCLOVERx]

I don't think I saw Pat Lennen mentioned. For shame, Be-mag.com/msgboard. For SHAME.

[Jar]

http://www.be-mag.com/uploads/media_files/picture/670x420/1265851914986a89eb6877e1c1e55177e19db0ebaacd833ad3 b0.jpg

I think this guy deserves a spot in the top 3 of everyone's list.

[Apsley Cherry-Garrard]

most epic trick ever^^^

[Chamique Holdsclaw]

Hon. mention: Sagona, Spizer, Zamora, Webber, a couple more

10. Arlo
9. Chris Edwards
8. Alex Broskow
7. Chris Haffey
6. Jon Elliott
5. Brian Shima
4. Jon Julio
3. Chris Farmer
2. Dustin Latimer
1. Aaron Feinberg

[gatsby]

so i've been around since... VG14 at the earliest. and i stopped a few years in high school.

-the Yasutokos. They only get one spot.

-Feinberg. Rollerblading machine. Undeniable greatness.

-Shima. Definition of quality longevity.

-Haffey. VG 20 and the years afterwards, he was defining the game. Although he is still at the top i just don't feel like he is having the impact that he had in those years, but his impact back then was so huge that he is automatically on any top 10 list.

-Farmer. his technical game is unmatched, throughout his entire career. jon jon might carry on the torch in this respect. they both became famous for their technical skating and that is where they excel and attain greatness.

-I lied. Farmer's technicality has been matched by another person, and he is the most under-the-radar skater of all time. Iain Mcleod. Next level technicality. Technicality to the point where his tricks are so fucking technical that they render every obstacle that he skates dangerous, obstacles that otherwise might not be particularly dangerous (life threatening dangerous if I were to attempt them) Everyone is always one step behind what he is doing.

-Latimer. He really ended his career with a bang, steadily built himself up and retired on top.

-Broskow. his entire fucking career he's been floating near or at the top because he has achieved that mindblowing mix of hammers and technicality

-Zamora. he was the embodiment of style, and a constant reminder of the role that style plays in rollerblading

-Sagona for the same reasons as Zamora


I can't really rate them. I could rate them if it was based on criteria, like technicality or style or dangerousness. But it is subjective to give priority to technicality over danger, or style over technicality, so I will stop right here.

One interesting thing to notice. Some people are great purely because of technicality, like farmer and mcleod, zamora and sagona because of style. Mcleod (spelling) is a good example because he would never make a top ten list based purely on style. But others are great because they achieved a balance between all the different factors: style, technicality, danger; like haffey, broskow, feinberg, latimer

[gatsby]

creativity is a factor that others might consider the most defining aspect of greatness

what we should really do are four different all time great threads:

1)style
2) hammer
3)technicality
4)creativity

god, you could even do
5) image

which is super important although nobody wants to admit it

[Muppet4Eternity]

I cannot stand Iain Mcleod, I'm bigoted against people who skate with their buckles almost undone. Looks outrageously sloppy.

[Mudhut Jollyrancher]

I cannot stand Iain Mcleod, I'm bigoted against people who skate with their buckles almost undone. Looks outrageously sloppy.
but... you don't...
wat

[Sean G.]

chris farmer
alex broskow
chris haffey
brian aragon
stockwell
richie eisler
brian shima
colin kelso
cj wellsmore
rian arnold

[Muppet4Eternity]

but... you don't...
wat

I used to just tie the laces as tight as they would get on my CK's, but on my new skates the buckles are as tight as they go without cutting off blood supply.

[Mudhut Jollyrancher]

fair enough