Si Coburn has been skating for nearly 25 years, first as an aggressive skater, then taking those skills and adapting them to big wheel blading. Si is constantly evolving and…
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.
NYC Finally Has a Skate Shop: A Conversation with Kinetic Expression’s Arnav “Sonic” Shah
More and more people have been getting into (or back into) inline skating since the start COVID-19. Numerous magazines and new media have produced segments and published articles about inline…
Improve Your Skating Skills: Camp SkateIA Virtual Weekend Takes Place August 14-16
Inline and quad roller skaters from around the world will again be gathering August 14-16th for the annual Skate Instructors Association Camp. However, this year due to the global pandemic,…
Tom Hyser Discusses the Design and Creation of Rollerblade’s Forthcoming Aggressive Inline Skate
Tom Hyser is a 45-year-old inline skater, creator, and innovator living in Huntsville, Alabama. Tom has been involved in the inline skating industry since the early 1990s as a professional…
Ray Mendez of Bronx, New York on Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19
For the 100th and final daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19 series we talk to Ray Mendez. Ray is a 45-year-old inline skater and “Bronxerican” from the…
Gabe Holm of Boston, Massachusetts on Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19
For the 99th daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19 series we talk to Gabe Holm. Gabe is a 35-year-old inline skater living in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is…
Jason Howard of Austin, Texas on Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19
For the 98th daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19 series we talk to Jason Howard. Jason is a 39-year-old inline skater and operations manager for a wine…
Maureen Cohen Harrington of Washington, DC on Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19
For the 97th daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19 series we talk to Maureen Cohen Harrington. Maureen is a 52-year-old inline skater and attorney living in Washington,…
Toms Krasovskis of Riga, Latvia on Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19
For the 96th daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19 series we talk to Toms Krasovskis. Toms is a 27-year-old inline skater living in Riga, Lativa. He co-owns…
Sarai Pegram of Queens, New York on Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19
For the 95th daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19 series we talk to Sarai Pegram. Sarai is a 29-year-old inline skater, Rollerblade Ambassador and a staff member…