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REPORT | URBAN SPORTS WEEK AMSTERDAM 2019

Freddy WhiteJuly 1, 2019

Though there's no shortage of solid reasons to pay the extraordinary city of Amsterdam a visit, last week's USWA brought yet another piece of evidence to the ca... Read More...

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REPORT | PANNONIAN CHALLENGE XX

Freddy WhiteJune 14, 2019

By any given standard, 20 years is a long time in the little world of inline skating. Half-baked ideas, short-lived companies & events that come and go, it ... Read More...

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FISE MONTPELLIER 2019 | UPDATE #3

Freddy WhiteJune 4, 2019

What a Sunday! There was so much blade action happening in Montpellier on the final day of the 23rd FISE edition that it was literally impossible to be everywhere and cover everything. In between juniors, veterans, and two women competitions, a best ... Read More...

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FISE MONTPELLIER 2019 | UPDATE #2

Freddy WhiteJune 2, 2019

Saturday is usually packed with action and the schedule incredibly busy here at FISE Montpellier. Not to forget the massive crowds gathered around every course,... Read More...

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FISE MONTPELLIER 2019 | UPDATE #1

Freddy WhiteJune 1, 2019

More than half a million spectators, 2000 registered athletes and too many competitions to keep track of: Welcome to Montpellier for the FISE's 23rd edition! Bu... Read More...

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INSIGHT | ARCENA’S SHADOWS OF MANY NIGHT

Freddy WhiteMay 21, 2019

The French apparel brand Arcena has been at the forefront of the French scene for close to fifteen years now, and with an international team featuring the likes of CJ Wellsmore or Antony Pottier, they also managed to broaden their horizon past the na... Read More...

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REPORT | FISE WORLD HIROSHIMA 2019

Freddy WhiteMay 3, 2019

After a little warm up in Saudi Arabia with their Battle of the Champions in March, the hard-working people over at FISE officially launched their 2019 World Se... Read More...

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REPORT | FISE 2019 – BATTLE OF THE CHAMPIONS

Freddy WhiteMarch 18, 2019

There's about five hours worth of sand between Riyadh, Saudi Arabia’s capital, and the city of Al Hofuf, located at the heart of the country's largest natural o... Read More...

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INSIGHT | CAYENNE BROUGHT ME A NEW VIEW ON ROLLERBLADING

Freddy WhiteNovember 7, 2018

Formosa would have looked extremely different if it weren't for Po-Tsang Lee. The unsung hero of the latest Cayenne adventure in Taiwan, Po-Tsang actually quit his job when his manager refused to give him enough time off to follow our little crew dur... Read More...

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EVENT REPORT | FISE WORLD CHENGDU 2018

Freddy WhiteNovember 5, 2018

Marking the end of the contest season, this last weekend might have been the most important of the whole year for inline skating. On one side of the planet, a t... Read More...

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CONTEST REPORT | SOFIA BLADING OLYMPICS 2018

Freddy WhiteOctober 22, 2018

How much do you know about Bulgaria? Not a lot probably, although you might have heard about murdered journalists and nationwide corruption if you've been follo... Read More...

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PHOTO REPORT | GHETTO GAMES 2018

Freddy WhiteJuly 30, 2018

How a city of barely 40,000 inhabitants came to host one of the biggest action sports events in Europe may remain a source of wonder for a long time. Year after year, seeing the lovely beach town of Ventspils, Latvia, taken over by a bunch of tattooe... Read More...

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ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2017 | IN LOVELY MEMORIES

Freddy WhiteJune 11, 2018

Life moves in circles. And if the only thing that is constant in life is change itself, there is a delightful sense of irony in finding myself writing these wor... Read More...

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FISE WORLD MONTPELLIER 2018: LIVE UPDATE #5

Freddy WhiteMay 14, 2018

After grey clouds came the rain: While the whole week had been warm and sunny, drawing massive crowds to the annual FISE World Montpellier, fate dealt the 2018... Read More...

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FISE WORLD MONTPELLIER 2018: LIVE UPDATE #4

Freddy WhiteMay 13, 2018

And then came grey clouds: With the weekend came the chance of heavy rains on Saturday evening too, and that probability played a big part in how things went for the Pro semi-finals. But with the weekend, also came bigger crowds, a lot of pretty gir... Read More...

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FISE WORLD MONTPELLIER 2018: LIVE UPDATE #3

Freddy WhiteMay 12, 2018

Well, your boys kept on running: Here we are with another Live Update from sunny Montpellier! As we got closer to the weekend, the already crowded FISE site do... Read More...

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FISE WORLD MONTPELLIER: LIVE UPDATE #2

Freddy WhiteMay 11, 2018

Aching bones and sleepy brains: Nothing that a solid breakfast can't cure, and soon enough your favorite team of sleep deprived reporters were back on track, t... Read More...

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FISE WORLD MONTPELLIER 2018: LIVE UPDATE #1

Freddy WhiteMay 10, 2018

Too little sleep and too many things to do: It's official, FISE opens to the public today, and the people of Montpellier were already posted at the site's entrance as we made our way through for another visit! Sunny skies and the smell of sunscreen,... Read More...

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FISE WORLD MONTPELLIER 2018: LIVE UPDATE #0

Freddy WhiteMay 9, 2018

The start before the start, the day before FISE: Welcome to Montpellier, where after picking up Latvian wonderboy and Be-Mag photographer Kaspars Alksnis from ... Read More...

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TOUR LIFE: MIGUEL MARTINEZ GOES TO JAPAN

Freddy WhiteApril 19, 2018

First, Belgium's Antony Pottier got sick the night before he was supposed to leave the country, and therefore had to cancel his whole trip to Japan. Then, the b... Read More...

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REPORT: FISE WORLD HIROSHIMA 2018

Freddy WhiteApril 10, 2018

Words like "amazing", "great" or "outstanding" get thrown around a lot, but when it comes to the FISE event which took place in Hiroshima last weekend, it is safe to say the latter deserved all of these superlatives, and then some. The first official... Read More...

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