Travel Essentials

For as long as I've been involved in blade photography, Sam Cooper has been a growing name, establishing himself as one of the best modern day blade photographers. His lighting always consistent and...

Along with his good friend Nils Jansons, Latvian photographer Kaspars Alksnis has been a great ambassador for the Baltic blading scene. Not only does the ever-smiling young man kill it on the blades, Kaspars...

If you ever encounter Cavin Brinkman at either a blade event, music concert, or just randomly in the streets, chances are you will remember him all the same. His tall stature stands out in any crowd, and his...

No matter how many times blading pays homage to Sven Boekhorst, it is unlikely that the man ever gets the credit he is truly due. Over the last two decades, Sven has won pretty much every major park...

Ever since he moved to Europe last summer, Carson Starnes has made his presence known all over the continent. He won more contests than we can recall, visited more countries than we can count, and banged more...

In the past year alone, Vibralux Denim has released more stunning video profiles on their all-star team than arguably any other brand in the business.Through the lens of media guru Adam Johnson, the blade...

Coco Sanchez didn’t travel to Europe too often in the past years, so when she announced  that she would join everyone for Winterclash 2015, the Euro crowd quickly got excited to see her skate live again....

Unless you live and blade in Texas, chances are you had never heard of Anthony Medina until recently. In the last couple of years, Anthony has been in charge of some of the most interesting projects in...

Chris Dafick is currently enjoying his last weeks in Europe. After half a year on the road, countless stories, crazy nights in so many different cities and settling down in Spain for a few months, his journey...

Brian Krans smokes cigarettes and drinks bourbon. He also writes books, in which you will find a healthy dose of cursing. The word stubborn might come to mind when trying to describe his personality, which...

Every ship needs a captain to be sailed. And every kingdom needs a king to be reigned upon. Felix Strosetzki’s work as a photographer speaks for itself: it’s clean and precise, yet raw and intense. As...

Did you ever think of leaving everything behind for a while? Taking some of your best friends on a wild ride into the unknown? Booking a one-way ticket to the other side of the ocean without knowing where you...

He is the guy that started and ran Frenchy Fries for several years, and now Freddy White is the main staff editor for Be-Mag. Also a judge for Winter/Summerclash, the FISE series, and many more events, he...

As is the case with video these days, anyone can pick up a camera and shoot. Many iPhone holders fancy themselves as photographers but the skill, talent and an eye for a great shot is a rare trait, even more...

Chris Farmer is currently in Europe and even though he got hurt at Summerclash he is still joining everyone at Roskilde Festival, starting tomorrow in beautiful Denmark. Before he left for his 3 weeks...

Jon Julio recently went to Asia for the Valo “Lost in Translasian Tour” together with Soichiro Kanashima. Before he left, we were wondering what his travel essentials look like for such a tour and if...

Chris Haffey might be the most frequent traveler in blading right now. Every other month he pops up at a different corner of the globe, does ridiculous things on the largest ramp existing, posts a picture on...

Richie Eisler took his first flight when he was only one month old to meet his grandparents in Toronto. Today he is a dozen flights away from reaching 400. He has traveled 767,311km in a plane and been in the...

Not many people in European Blading are traveling consistently since the early years of the sport. Dominik is one of them. Since the late 90`s he went on numerous tours, competed in hundreds of competitions...

Traveling is a day to day activity for anybody that works in the Blading industry. Airports, fast food, rental cars, vans full of sweaty dudes, contests and hotel rooms (or blow up beds). This is the life...