The Future of Rollerblading, Grandmaster of Skating, Can Yuto Goto retain Skater of the Year?
from Tom Moyse on 3 Nov 2026
Generational inline skaters in action. We are talking about one of the grandmasters of rollerblading, Soichiro Kanashima, his new pro THEM skate and video. The guy he inspired and current skater of the year Yuto Goto and his new pro skate. The generation below them two, the young skater who is maintaining the elite level of Japanese skating, Noboru Katayama. Rising Korean star Dj Kang and his continued ascension. All in the news.The skate awards are back! We want to recognise a years worth of effort and celebrate out best skaters, incentivising and inspiring great skating. This year the poll will be hosted by Loco Skates https://www.locoskates.com/. The GoalFor 2026, we aim to raise 6,000 to help celebrate and support the people driving inline skating forward.Heres how we plan to allocate the funds raised, if we hit the target:Male Skater of the Year: 2,500Female Skater of the Year: 2,500Youth (Under 18) Skater of the Year: 1,000 You can contribute here: https://gofund.me/aa6c134d300:00 inline skating news00:30 rollerblading wheels 26mm wide – Undercover02:37 Rollerblading Grandmaster – Soichiro Kanashima04:39 The Inline Skate Awards 202605:49 $47500 raised for rollerbladers07:18 The next generation of elite skaters – Noboru Katayama08:23 Skater of the year Yuto Goto – Roces M12 Impala 6210:06 Orange Wheel Company Panot – Skate Tour14:15 The future of rollerblading – DJ Kang16:12 So much skates news.THEM SKATES presents | Soichiro Kanashima Graphite: https://youtu.be/1JB6xj-9Cpg?si=J0TNqVYbJQtDKqjmYUTO GOTO – IMPALA – ROCES SKATES: https://youtu.be/vGzoKEYgjx4?si=tX-rQXCvhYd52NDKMFT 2026.10.23 Noboru Katayama: https://youtu.be/mdhjAhhUkVg?si=O9fuQ4VRmmxF2VBPOrange Wheel Company and Contempoline Panot: https://youtu.be/MicnTE8t9g4?si=ksdSPR6n5HuELgav+82: https://youtu.be/_DYJLsgdHdQ?si=9B8a-a46eSl-fp1THomies T1USD Skates: https://powerslide.com/pages/usd-homepageIQON: https://powerslide.com/pages/iqonRollout Inline: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4464990/Rollout_Inline/TNEC: https://theneweverythingcompany.com/Homies T2Mesmer: https://mesmerskates.com/Undercover Wheels: https://powerslide.com/pages/uc-homepageDead Wheels: https://www.bladingisdead.com/Standard Skates: https://www.standardskate.co/Mercado NYC: https://mercadonyc.co/Muzzle https://muzzle.site/Pmulo https://www.pomulo.store/
