We collaborated with Be-Mag and USD to put together a two part piece of New York City’s Justin Brasco.
Be sure to visit http://www.bemag.com and read the full article on Part 1: Bear Market featuring some back story from yours truly as well as Justin coupled with some great photos taken by Ryan Loewy.
“Rollerblading is still the most amazing thing in the world. Take this vibe we’re feeling right now, take it home with you all year and we’ll see you guys at Blading Cup 2019.” —Matt Mickey
Santa Ana, California – November 2nd-3rd, 2018. Two full days of skating in sunny downtown Santa Ana at the East End surrounded by skaters/spectators from all over the world. 180 participants from 18 different countries, vendors from your favorite companies, plenty of food and drink options, and two cinema premieres after each night of skating. An event that has been going strong for nine years and still running that brings nothing short of a good time. Again, it’s one of those events where videos and photos don’t do enough justice—you really have to come and enjoy the experience in person. Huge thanks to Jon Julio and Co. for putting together another great year of Blading Cup. CHEERS!
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Eindhoven, Netherlands – February 16-17th 2018. Our first Winterclash and it was everything you could imagine and more. No video or photo can ever do this event justice—it is truly something you should experience at least once in your life. As always with every event: good vibes all around with people from all over the world. Beers, cheers, and amazing skating. Tons of respect to Jojo and co. for organizing and bringing us these huge events for 15 years. Aside from watching everyone tear through Area 51 skate park, we were also treated to different panel discussions supporting the theme of this year’s clash. Afterwards, most of us would stop in at the Blue Collar hotel next door where we’d continue the celebration over many drinks only to do it all again the next day. Rather than going on and on about how great of a time we had—how about we just see you at the next one? CHEERS!
Episode 02 – I spent a few days with Jordan this past summer and followed him around as he skated, picked up soft goods for Ghetto Community, ripped through Manhattan on his motorcycle, and showed his son how to be a better skater.
Jordan is RAW. People often say that gritty New York City culture died when all of the transplants from different states showed up but Jordan proves that it’s still alive and well here and that you soft. He also helped put together the blading scene on Lower East Side by encouraging long time friends and neighbors to strap up some skates as well as holding an annual street event called the 12th & D comp located in the Jacob Riis housing projects. This behind the scenes glimpse is just a little taste of what Jordan has been cooking up lately as he continues to push the scene forward and bridge the gap between rollerblading and everything outside of it.
