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It has been really tough watching Guillaume Roy (owner of Lylac Skateshop) run around town and work his magic to make this competition happen. It makes me proud to be a part of the Montreal Classic. Year after year Danny Laroche and Guillaume Roy continue to organized this amazing event. A lot has changed with the Montreal scene since the very first Classics in 2001.
Stephane and I have been friends for 14 years. I know him as much as I know myself. We have been through so much together, kind of like two soldiers that fought side by side, you know? Steph is an extraordinary human being, he is always there for you if you need help or something. I have seen him going through many faces in his life. He is working hard on becoming a better person and seeing that is such an inspiration for me and all the peeps around him. Skating wise...? Well, I will let the edit speak for itself. All I can say is that skating with him is a true blessing in my life. Thanks Stephane for being a brother to me. I’ll see you tonight anyway at the TAZ session!
Besides a few phone calls as of recent, Mathieu Ledoux was much the same to me as many of you out there. A fresh face, with mind boggling new maneuvers. One difference is I in fact had been following Mathieu's skating for a couple of years now. Not knowing anything of him personally. I viewed each section as a fan, and looked forward to the next.
In April Mathieu went to Arizona to meet up with James and Jon (X-Rated) to film for his Revolution 90 seconds edit. Although Mathieu is pretty busy doing stunt work for the new TV show called 'thirteen' he found some time to create an exclusive edit for be-mag uniting some of the clips from the 90 seconds edit as well as some new footage from Montreal. As you might know already, Mathieu is and has always wanted to be a true innovator. Combining his rolling skills with his acrobatic moves taken from his parcouring experience makes him an exception in the field of rolling.
This past weekend we reported live from the Montreal Classic 2010. Now three days later our Montreal representatives have prepared a full coverage of the action that happened during this epic weekend. You might have seen already Haffey going wild in the REMZ edit. But here we've got some more exclusive action shots and edits. So check this out here and take the next higher dosage.
There were less Pro Skaters than last year but the level was insane and the crowd didn't believe what they saw!!! The final (I mean the warrior heat): 5 guys in the skate park for 15-20 minutes + 5 minutes more, asked by the crowd. Even if Franco was close to break his arm and his back on a fall, he skated like a beast, throwing his body all over the park, doing its toe grind and strong lines. The two frenchies - as professional as usual - killed the park with their own personal style: Adrien doing switch ups and strong grinds around, Roman with so much ease, spinning hard and high. Jerry Butler showed that he deserved to be a real pro, this guy originally from Cleveland but living in Montreal for 4 years now showed everyone that he was at home. Finally, what can I say about Haffey except that he did few tricks to warm up and that he went eat to come back later to land the strongest trick ever laced in this park. Keep an eye on be-mag and wait for the video edit! - Guillaume
After a 3 hours Powernap I (Guillaume) took a bus with my camera stock all the way to Jerry Butler's place to meet Nicky Adams, Chris Haffey and of course Jerry. After some early editing and exporting stuff we had breakfast and then headed back to the Skatepark where everybody were already on fire. The Amateur level was much higher than previous year and I promise you'll be afraid by watching the next video edit. The Pro final is in 30 minutes and I'm sure it's gonna be wild. We can already see the Pro burning the skatepark's wood... see ya. - Guillaume Latrompette
We're always searching for articles to showcase the contributions that people are making for the rollerblading industry from the grassroots level. There are so many people offering so much to the industry who go unnoticed or do not get nearly as much attention as they deserve. These people are the ones responsible for spreading rollerblading to new generations and maintaining the involvement of those already participating while creating a strong network allowing the industry to be more than just a temporary flash in the “extreme sports” timeline. Here is the story of Botique Lylac, The Montreal Classic, Nimh VS Canadian Customs, The Taz Project, and Mathieu Ledoux...
As the Montreal scene seems to have taken about a decade or so off, things are starting back up again. Long gone are the days of Nicky Adams and Jon Bergeron sporting X-Games gold with huge corporate sponsorships at the ground zero of the evolution of rollerblading for a few years: Tazmahal Skatepark.
Really, Montreal Classic is this weekend? How far is it from here? Sure lets go, why not. That’s pretty much how the decision was made to wander into from NYC this last weekend. Although we didn’t have a ride up, or a plan of where everybody would stay, it just seemed like a good idea...
Family Matters started of as a video project with a crew of gypsy skaters from Montreal. The video was filmed with a VX2000 Between the months of April and July 2010 and edited in a day or two. Montreal is a multicultural city with all kinds of people, the skaters here all come from different backgrounds working different careers; French baker, architect, stuntman and plain Gypsies. Skating is the one passion that managed to gather all these individuals together and with it grew friendships behond skating. After sessions are always good times, the night life is really exciting and you can always find a group of the skating scene out partying and most times all the original Family Matters crew out together enjoying this amazing city.
Stephane Alfano spent some time this summer in Montreal and skated with Guillaume Latrompette at the TAZ skatepark. Hit the clips after the jump.
This is Jason's 2011 Profile, where we wanted to do something a little bit different with a lot of lifestyles from our hometown Montreal. This is the result of 6 months of filming. -J.F. Lefebvre
This is Jerry Butlers Montreal 2011 profile. You have seen an edit by Jerry before? Then you know what to expect in this specific edit here. Tune in.
Family Matters is growing into something bigger than just a bunch of friends filming. This year Family Matters is a big project for the montreal scene. To this “Family Matters II” is a bigger more serious project, involving the entire montreal skate scene. This time filmed in HD with more riders, this will be a real representation of Montreal 2011.
An epic bowl battle between Kevin Lapierre and Guillaume Latrompette. Sit back and enjoy the fatalities!
Guillaume Latrompette shopped the second teaser of the Familiy Matters DVD to share it with us.
Montreal's rolling shop "Lylac skateshop" launched a new series: the "Lylac One Minute Mondays". Not every monday, but only on mondays Lylac skateshop will feature a one minute rolling edit. On this monday Kevin Lapierre was featured. Check out his edit below.
As you might have seen Kaya Turski from Montreal took her second straight women's Winter X Slopestyle gold medal at this year's X Games (January 27th - 30th 2011).
Mosaic is the first video of the Lylac Skateshop team in Montreal. Go check it out!
Family Matters is a video project and a series of events in Montreal. Join us on Saturday May 28th to be a part of the first Gypsy Rollerblading event! Horse Game + Best Line + Weird Tricks competitions, lot of prizes to win including magazine subscriptions, stuff etc.
Montreal Classic 2011 is taking place this Saturday (August 13th) at South Parc skatepark, in Brossard, Quebec. Franco Cammayo, Roman Abrate, Adrien Anne and many more already announced to join the event.
After a year of filming the Gypsy Crew from Montreal (Canada) has finally finished Family Matters 2. The video will be premiered on December 16th in Montreal. More premieres in Australia, Germany, France, UK etc. will follow in January 2012. Stay tuned and keep your eyes peeled for a first teaser of this video release.
