For the fourth episode of the Then And Now Interview Series, I chat with Brian Freeman. Like myself, Brian started his skating career in Austin with Texas legends like Jason…
Jan Welch began inline skating in 1989 in Austin, Texas. He founded Scum Magazine in 1995, which won Best Sports Website at the 1999 SXSW Interactive Media Festival. That year, Jan moved to San Diego to join Daily Bread Magazine and later co-founded Rat Tail Distribution, behind 4x4 Urethane, Vicious Bearings, and Nimh Skates. In 2017, he started Big Wheel Blading to promote the sport, and in 2024, he launched Dream Urethane. Jan's extensive experience has made him a leading expert in the inline skating industry.
Jan Welch Presents The Vault Episode 4
Welcome to the fourth episode of The Vault on the Then And Now YouTube channel. Each episode of The Vault features raw footage from one tape in Jan Welch's collection.…
Unboxing Anew Co., Drux, Lowlife, Then And Now, Big Wheel Blading
In this video, I unbox packages from Sayer Danforth and Tory Treseder's new company, Anew Co., the Julian Forever x Lowlife T-Shirt, the Vibralux X Drug Receipts collaboration Drux enamel…
Chad Hornish Discusses Skating and Going Pro for Iqon
For the third episode of the Then And Now Interview Series, I chat with Chad Hornish. I first met Chad back in 1997, when we drove to Phoenix, Arizona to…
Jan Welch Presents The Vault Episode 3
Welcome to the third episode of The Vault on the Then And Now YouTube channel. Each episode of The Vault features raw footage from one tape in Jan Welch's collection.…
Caleb Smith Discusses his Ultra Skating, Camp SkateIA, Aggressive Inline, and More
For the second episode of the Then And Now Interview Series, I chat with Caleb Smith. Caleb is an aggressive inline skater who fell in love with big wheel blading…
Unboxing Kaspa, 4×4, The Comedown, Manchestuhhh, Yancy’s Fancy Pants
In this video, I unbox packages from Jeremy Beightol's 4x4 classics collection and Kaspa. I also unpack a shirt designed by Jeremy for The Comedown t-shirt by Timona Kasue, Hunter…
Jan Welch Presents The Vault Episode 2
Welcome to the second episode of The Vault on the Then And Now YouTube channel. Each episode of The Vault features raw footage from one tape in Jan Welch's collection.…
Jan Welch Presents The Vault Episode 1
The Vault features raw footage from one tape from Jan Welch's collection. He has nearly 400 VHS-C, Hi-8, and MiniDV tapes that I am archiving on my computer and sharing…
Unboxing Powerslide Phuzion Argon Cloud and Powerslide Arise RD Inline Skates
In this video, Megan and I unbox a package from Powerslide that includes the Phuzion Argon Cloud for Megan and the Arise RD for myself. We are very impressed by…