In a few hours (8pm) the big show will start. Chris Haffey had his final rehearsal this afternoon. Everyone is excited for tonight! Are you ready? Come back on be-mag to find out how Chris Haffey did on the world record.
Round 3 Day 2 voting is now live on WRSuploaded.com with Chris Haffey vs. Dave Lang and Alex Broskow vs. Sven Boekhorst. You have 24 hours to vote on these battles!
Yesterday each rider had the chance to test the FISE big air ramp, except those that didn't dare to do it. Yeah, this jump is a serious business as you can see in the pictures below. The riders kicked off the session with a 'small' gap (10 metres). Chris Haffey was kind enough to share all his Mega Jump experience with the other attendees. The riders entered the ramp one by one. Their initial fears have been quickly forgotten: Straight after landing the jump they wanted to be back in the air. Jumping a ramp like this is not an easy task: You have to be fully focussed, even the smallest mistakes aren't allowed here. After a while the riders started to feel more comfortable to this new setting and therefore their jumps got bigger and more risky. This test session made us all pretty excited for the Friday show. To be honest - the world record attempt looks really scary. Only god knows if it's possible. Stay tuned for more action tomorrow.
X-mini Ambassadors Worapoj Boonnim from Thailand, Soichiro Kanashima from Japan and Franky Zhang from China headed to Singapore to compete in the AIL event at the Mettle Games held on 3rd and 4th December at the Xtreme Skate Park.
Round 3 Day 1 voting is now live on WRSuploaded.com with Brian Aragon vs. David Sizemore and Nils Jansons vs. Mathias Silhan. You have 24 hours to vote on these battles!
Photographer Stephanie Barthelmess set up a little photo booth at the X-Mas Jam in Hamburg, Germany last year. These photos are further effort of ours to make it easier for you to decide wether or not you should be attending this year's event which is going to take place this weekend. As if it even needed consideration... there is absolutely no reason not to go. Enjoy the photos!
More and more rollerbladers are entering the Air FISE venue in Marseille to check out the location. But the FISE staff is still working hard to prepare this massive course. We just have to be a bit more patient until the who's who in Rollerblading can roll on these massive ramps. Stay tuned for more updates.
Round 2 Day 4 voting is now live on WRSuploaded.com with Chris Haffey vs. Sean Kelso and Alex Broskow vs. Jacob Juul. You have 24 hours to vote on these battles!
The Fise Team arrived early in the morning to prepare the event venue. But what's the deal about the Air Fise event? Compared to the other Fise events the AIR FISE is not a competition, it's a show. Rollerblading plays an important part in the show. Additionally, we have an own area for wakeboarders which is a big pool set up in the Marseille Ice Ring and equipped with huge FISE ramps. On the other side of the ring there will be a new and exiting ramp set up for the rollerbladers. Brian Aragon, Franky Morales and Chris Haffey already arrived in Marseille to check out the location. French Riders Kevin Quintin, Romain Godenaire and Mathias Silhan are also on site and will enter the course today. As you might have seen on the Air Fise teaser the Air Fise will be the platform for another highlight: Chris Haffey will to try to break the world record for the longest jump. Stay tuned for further updates.
The Air FISE in Marseille is about o go down and Be-Mag will provide live-updates straight outta France. Chris Haffey already arrived in Marseille to monitor the building process for the ramps used for his world record attempt. We're expecting this to get exciting so stay tuned to Be-Mag!
Are you ready for the finals? Then you have to come to Cologne on December 17th! The organizers again rented the large "Braun" spine ramp which again provides a premium setup for finding the German Champion in miniramp skating!
Round 2 Day 3 voting is now live on WRSuploaded.com with Brian Aragon vs Daniel Prell and Erik Bailey vs Nils Jansons. You have 24 hours to vote on these battles!
Round 2 Day 2 voting is now live on WRSuploaded.com with Tyler Hester vs. Dave Lang and Sven Boekhorst vs. Adrien Anne. You have 24 hours to vote on these battles!
Round 2/Day 1 voting is now live on WRSuploaded.com with David Sizemore vs. Dominik Wagner & Kevin Lapierre vs. Mathias Silhan. You've got 24 hours to crack your votes until the next 2 battles! Round 1 Fan Favorite online voting: Jansons, Juul, Kelso, and Prell advance to next round.
One of Europe's longest running contests, the infamous X-Mas Jam, is taking place in Hamburg Germany next weekend. We talked to organizer Jonn Rübcke to see what we can expect from this years event and also how he plans to take the whole thing even further this year. Two days, competitors from all over Europe and 3000 in prize money. This is going to be big!
It's on! Prelim Round 1 consists of Dre Powell, Stefan Horngacher, Nils Jansons, Nick Wood, Daniel Prell, Sean Kelso, Jacob Juul and Matthias Ogger. Watch and vote now!
The World Rolling Series has introduced a new addition to their already successful competitive format. 'Uploaded', a online video format, allows competitors from around the world to upload their own edits in order to win prizes and points within WRS. It combines the concepts of mass generated edits over the recent years with people who want to compete in a different scope. There are those who express their riding best in front of crowds under the pressure of direct competition, which in the past have been the ones able to succeed in a competitive nature. Now, those who work best in front of the camera at their own pace have the opportunity to find competitive success where it did not exist before. WRS representatives Daniel Kinney and Kato Mateu got together with Be-Mag with the intention of answering some questions and cracking open all that is 'Uploaded.'
The date for Bitter Cold Showdown 2012 has just been announced. One of the largest gatherings of Rollerblading is going to go down on the 24th and 25th of 2012 in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. Book your flights!