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How to grab // Thisissoul Tricktips // Aggressive Inline Skating
from Thisissoul on 19 May 2019

Ring of Fire at the Raclette Jam in Switzerland // Jelle Briggeman and Jaro Frijn // Thisissoul Team
from Thisissoul on 12 May 2019

Jelle and Jaro made a visit to Switzerland for the yearly Raclette Jam in Bielle.

More info about the Thisissoul Team can be found at http://thisissoul.com/team

Rollerblading vs Inline Skating // The name of our sport
from Thisissoul on 5 May 2019

Last month we asked the question: “what is it that you call what we do, and what is your best argument for it”

In this video Ivo Vegter explains his best arguments and rebuttals the others..

OLD vs NEW // Roces Impala 62 and Sola frames
from Thisissoul on 28 Apr 2019

In this video I explore the differences and the similarities of the Sola Street frames from 2018 and the Roces Impala 62 frames.

My friend Sjoerd walked in with this beautiful pair of Roces Impala skates. The frames on these skates are super simulair to the current Sola frames.

I noticed the frames on this edition had a different raised part in the back. The cup can be taken off to make this frame UFS! This means it would fit any modern aggressive inline skate.

Our industry is going full circle on the technology. There are so many things coming back that have already been made before. This does not mean the products are not great, it just means they are different.

For example: The USD Aeon skate has a unibody design. This means the frame, soulplate and shell are one piece of plastic.
Back in the 90’s the Roces 5th Element and the K2 Fatty both already had an integrated soulplate and frame. In the 00’s all skates were made with more and more replaceable parts. Frames, soulplates and even backslideplates had to be replaceable. Now with the release of the Aeon our industry had made a full circle.

Skates with replaceable parts are great because of their options.
Skates made from less parts are great because of how strong they are.

With some of these things there might not be a right or wrong, just different.

Element 2 – Angry Youth Cinema – Aggressive Inline Skating
from Thisissoul on 22 Mar 2019

Element 2 is an American Aggressive Inline Skate movie created by Joe Navran and released in the year 1999.

Released in 1999.

Starring:

Kevin Gillan
Billy Prislin
Brian Shima
Josh Petty
Dre Powell
Vinnie Minton
Randy Spizer
Dustin Latimer
And many more

Aggressive Inline skating emerged in the VHS era.
In these old video’s you can really see the progression of the sport.
The first inline skate video was Dare to Air, made in 1993.
In this video the skaters are using 72mm recreational skates and they can barely grind.
And a few years later the skaters are doing insane combo’s on REAL aggressive skates!

We created a movement called #angryyouth, all about showing the roots of our culture.
We do three things:
– We digitalize old VHS tapes and we will put them on http://Angryyouthcinema.com so that you can watch them there.
– The physical VHS tapes will be available for purchase on Thisissoul.com.
– And once every month we will get together in a creative studio in Amsterdam with a group of skate enthusiasts. Specially for this occasion we created a little cinema and a bar in his studio.
Each month we screen one of the tapes and drink beers afterwards.

Check our This is Soul Facebook for more information about the upcoming Angry Youth Cinema events! Entrance is free!
https://www.facebook.com/thisissoul/events/