The 2016 K2 Street and Freeride Collections
Collection changes are always an interesting time to determine what direction brands will take. In 2016, K2 seems interested to rebond with urban skates. Here are the 2016 K2 Street and Freeride lines...
View ArticleGlimpse on the new 2016 Fila skate collection
Each fall, we go around every big skate brand catalogues to discover next season's models. The 2016 Fila skate collection presents few surprises but still reveals promising skates...
View ArticlePresentation of the 2016 Powerslide Collections (2/2)
A second article on the 2016 Powerslide Collections. Overview of the off-road, slalom and freeride skate models...
View ArticleTesting The Powerslide Imperial Megacruiser Pro 125
The Powerslide Imperial Megacruiser Pro 125 is the flagship of the German brand for Freeride Skating with three wheels. We tested the model, which is meant to rise the common standard.
View ArticleTesting Powerslide's Kaze Freeride Skates
Powerslide has sent us a pair of their latest freeride skate models, the Kazes, mounted on 4x80 mm Trinity frames. Test bench...
View Article2016 World Freestyle Skating Championships: Back to Asia With the 10th Edition
The 10th edition of the World Freestyle Skating Championship is currently taking place, from November 18th to 21st, 2016. After two European editions, in Paris 2014 and Turin 2015, The WFSC are back to...
View Article2016 WIFC Opening Ceremony & WSSA Season Award Ceremony
The opening ceremony of the 10th world championships of freestyle skating (Bangkok, Thailand) took place after the speed slalom finals, at the end of the first day of competition...
View Article2016 World Freestyle Skating Championship: Classic Freestyle Slalom (Day 2)
The second day of competition at the 2016 Worlds of Freestyle Skating started with the qualification phases of the Senior Men's category, then followed by the Pair Freestyle Slalom Competition, and...
View Article2016 World Freestyle Skating Championship: Battle Freestyle Slalom (Day 3)
During Day 3 at the Worlds of Freestyle Skating in Bangkok, Thailand, China dominated the Junior Categories of Battle Freestyle Slalom, while Russia took hold of the Seniors'...
View Article2016 World Freestyle Skating Championship: Battle Slide & Freejump (Last Day)
The 2016 World Championships of Freestyle Skating come to an end after four days, with the events of Battle Slide and Freejump...
View ArticleTesting the Rollerblade Metroblade 3WD Freeride Skates
We had the opportunity to test one of the key-models of Rollerblade's freeride range: the Metroblade 3WD, a 3x110 model designed for freeskating. Feedbacks...
View ArticleRecap of the 2016 World Championships of Freestyle Skating in Bangkok...
The 10th World Championships of Freestyle Skating finished on November 21st, 2016, after 4 days of intensive competition. Here is the sports and organizational recap on the event...
View ArticleHow to clean and take care of your bearings?
As an essential part of your skates’ performance, your bearings have to be closely looked after. You don’t always necessarily have to dismantle them. But if this is the only option left, here are a...
View ArticleA sneaky look into the future: What could roller sports be like in 20 years?
New years are opportunities to look to the future, so why not imagining the evolution of our ways of practicing skating in the upcoming 20 years? Here are our forecasts...
View ArticleHow to Choose Your Skates?
Esthetics set aside — being a very personal criterion —, choosing a pair of skates, inlines or quads, lies on many objective criteria, varying according to several parameters: type of practice,...
View ArticleInterview with Mathilde Monneron an excellent and multifaced skater
Mathilde Monneron is part of a little group of skaters that doesn't only compete in one discipline. Every discipline allows her to develop her technical skills and learn more about skating. The...
View ArticleSlalom tip: The rocker set-ups
Wheel placing can modify the properties of your skates, according to whether you are looking for reactivity, handiness or speed. Non-flat alternative wheel set-ups are called 'rocker' set-ups...
View ArticleVisiting the World Roller Museum in Nanjing, China
While visiting the facilities of the next Roller Games in Nanjing, we had the opportunity of visiting the FIRS World Roller Museum, which opened for the Speed Skating World Championships in September...
View ArticleInterview with Enrique Rubio, Spanish Slalom and slide Champion
Interview with Enrique Rubio, Spanish Slalom and slide Champion
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