Lawrence Ingraham is a 41-year-old aggressive inline skater living in Durham, North Carolina. Back in the 1990s and early 2000s Lawrence was heavily involved in the aggressive inline skating industry.…
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.
And Then There Were Five, Blade Ventures Welcomes New Skaters
Our friends over at Blade Ventures have had quite the trip through South America the past eight months. The journey began when Marian Sorge and Santiago Lopez departed Brazil on…
Caleb Smith Goes on an Epic Winter Skate Adventure Throughout the USA
Caleb Smith is an aggressive, urban and distance skater from Des Moines, Iowa. This past winter he had some time off work and decided to make a trip and get…
The Roll ATL Grand Opening: Atlanta’s Newest Skate Shop
One of the most frustrating things for many skaters is finding an actual brick and mortar retail store to try on and buy skates at. In the past decade cities…
Mike Lempko About to Embark on a Coast to Coast USA Adventure
Mike Lempko is a 26-year-old inline skater from Buffalo, New York. He has lived in Denver for the last three and a half years but recently returned to Buffalo to…
Tomy Hyser & The Rollerblade 10K Challenge “Fun With New Friends”
Tom Hyser is a 42-year-old former professional aggressive inline skater from Roswell, Georgia near Atlanta. Tom ran skatepile.com, an online skate shop, from 1999-2008. Since then he has been working…
Caleb Smith to Solo Skate South America Starting This Fall
I’m very excited to announce that I have made plans and am fully committed to rollerblading across South America starting this fall. It is a dream of mine to rollerblade…
Angie Wong the Woman Behind the Pengzhou International Marathon
From Professional Skater to Event Organizer, Angie Wong is Pushing the Sport in China The Pengzhou International Marathon near Chengdu, China took place April 21st, 2018. The event not only…
Ninja Blader Sean Michaelson Competes on American Ninja Warrior
Sean Michaelson is an aggressive Libertyville, Illinois, skater living in Winthrop Harbor. He turned 34 years old on April 30th, the night he achieved his dream of running on American…
Oli Benet Leaves ROEX Skate Shop, Looks Ahead to Future
ROEX shop and Renegade Distribution co-founder Oli Benet revealed today that he is leaving these projects to focus on his health. Oli has achieved so much in his career, from…