Best of 2020 Winners

Skate Brand of The Year

Them Skates (27.68%)

Powerslide (27.56%) – FR Skates (17.99%)
Rollerblade (16.60%) – Adapt (10.17%)

Boot Maker of the Year

Pieter Wijnant -Adapt (38.65%)

Sergio McCargo – Powerslide (31.23%) – Davide Mariani – Mariani / Rollerblade (15.68%)
Dave Simmons – Simmons Racing (8.03%) – Jimmy Blaire – Pinnacle (6.40%)

Frame Company of The Year

Powerslide (29.51%)

Endless Blading Co. (21.59%) – 50/50 (19.60%)
Solá Equipment (17.78%) – Junk (11.51%)

Wheel Brand of The Year

Undercover (45.19%)

Hydrogen (22.66%) – Matter (11.61%)
Junk (10.7%) – MPC (9.84%)

Bearings of The Year

Wicked (29.08%)

Bones (25.77%) – Twincam (22.47%)
S9 (14.25%) – Sonic (8.44%)

Accessory Company of The Year

Intuition Liners (34.59%)

Powerslide (23.35%) – Ennui (18.58%)
Rollerblade (14.34%) – Triple 8 (9.14%)

Accessory of The Year

Insta360 Camera (32.74%)

GoPro Camera (25.9%) – Intuition V2 Liner (24.08%)
Ennui Elite Helmet (9.33%) – Danny Pack (7.95%)

Most Innovative Product of The Year

Endless 80 Frame (33.93%)

Danny Beer Pro Them Skates (27.21%) – Solá Equipment Hi Low Frames (15.18%)
NN V Rockered Frame (12.42%) – Ergota Frames (11.26%)

Best New Company Formed in 2020

Endless Blading Co. (38.46%)

Chroma Wheels (22.3%) – Kairos Skates (15.14%)
NN Skate Frames (12.83%) – Faction Skates (11.27%)

Safety Pads of The Year

Ennui (28.27%)

G-Form (22.38%) – Powerslide (20.16%)
Triple-8 (15.29%) – Pro-Tec (13.9 %)

Online Retailer of The Year

Loco Skateshop (30.87%)

Inline Warehouse (21.05) – Oak City (20.52%)
Bladeville (15.19%) – Roex (12.37%)

Brick & Mortar Skate Shop of The Year

Shop Task (29.65%)

Intuition Skateshop (27.96%) – Oak City (22.74%)
Lucky Skates (12.74%) – Thuro (6.92%)

Best Retail Store to Open in 2020

Wheel Addict (40.18%)

The BladeFarm (16.80%) – Kinetic Expression (15.33%)
Alchemyst Skate Shop (15.23%) – Knight Skate Supply (12.45%)

Virtual Event of The Year

E-Fise Montpelier (38.28%)

Berlin Marathon 24.68%) – 24hr Roller Le Mans (15.04%)
Athens to Atlanta (11.03%) – Northshore Inline Marathon (10.97%)

In-Person Event of The Year

Winterclash (49.41%)

Pow Wow 10 (16.78%) – Mazurski Skate Marathon (16.34%)
Blue Ridge Challenge (10.40%) – WYII (7.08%)

Doing the Most to Promote Skating

Ricardo Lino (49.37%)

Jan Eric Welch (15.74%) – Lawrence Ingraham (12.98%)
Megan Peterson (11.80) – John Rodgers (10.39%)

Lifetime Achievement Award

Ricardo Lino (27.67%)

Jan Eric Welch (23.18%) – Joey McGarry and Todd McInerney (20.45%)
Sébastien Laffargue (16.8%) – Matthew Mickey (11.98%)

Favorite Skater to Follow on Social Media

Andressa Fontinele (29.33%)

Nick Lomax (27.75%) – Si Coburn (17.22%)
Montre Livingston (16.19%) – Vasilisa Maslowa (9.51%)

YouTuber of The Year

Ricardo Lino (36.54%)

Lawrence Ingraham (Back to Blading) (19.20%) – Skate Fresh Asha (17.3%)
Bill Stoppard (14.28%) – Pascal Briand (12.68%)

Writer of the Year

Jan Eric Welch (38.17%)

Freddy White (19.48%) – Kevin Little (15.82%)
Brian Krans (14.33%) – Alexandre Chartier (12.21%)

Photographer of The Year

Erick Garcia (28.46%)

Dominik Wagner (26.31%) – Sam Cooper (23%)
Kuba Urbanczyk (14.4%) – Jonathan Labez (7.83%)

Podcast of The Year

Jumpstreet (48.46%)

Back to Blading (26.26%) – How to be Unpopular (17.67%) – Mad Beef (7.62%)

Most Influential Skater of The Year

Eugin Enin (33.5%)

Danny Aldridge (19.58%) – Danny Beer (17.29%)
Nicola Torelli (15.75%) – Francisco Ramirez (13.88%)

Urban Freeskater of the Year

Danny Aldridge (32.14%)

Si Coburn (22.56%) – Nicola Torelli (21.41%)
Shaun Unwin (19.55%) – Brock Jacobs (4.34%)

Distance Skater of the Year

Dominika Drzemicka (33.49%)

Sam Fistel (19.27%) – Frank Lorenz (18.18%)
Piotr Mostowiec (16.92%) – Szymon Wlodarski-Stepień (12,16%)

Male Aggressive Skater of The Year

Eugen Enin (29.6%)

Alex Broskow (29%) – Carlos Bernal (16.24%)
Andrew Broom (9.38%) – Soichiro Kanashima (8.81%) – Chad Hornish (7.02%)

Female Aggressive Skater of The Year

Mery Muñoz (38.91%)

Martina Svobodoba (18.31%) – Chihiro Azuma (15.45%)
Chynna Weierstall (15.353%) – Sara Vilella (11.98%)

Full Aggressive Skating Video of the Year

Streets of Lagos (27.55%)

We Are Valo 6 (20.15%) – Candy Blade Video (15.35%)
Plastic Pushers (13.53%) – The Crow Video (12.48%) – Cuadro (10.93%)

Aggressive Edit of the Year

Eugin Enin – Shadow Chronicles (37.96%)

John Bolino 2020 (19.79%) – Carlos Bernal – City Fade (17.94%)
Stefan Brandow – 50/50 Pro Frame (15.82%) – Gabriel Hyden – Glue (8.48%)

Aggressive Videographer of the Year

Dom West (31.88%)

Ivan Narez (23.18%) – Gregory Preston (17.7%)
Karsten Boysen & Benjamin Büttner (13.77%) – Cavin Brinkman (13.47%)

Aggressive Skate of The Year

Them 909 (39.91%)

Seba CJ2 Prime (19.15%) – USD Carlos Bernal (16.99%)
Adapt Rivale (12.75%) – Rollerblade New Jack (11.2%)

Aggressive Frame of The Year

50/50 Classic Balance Frames (25.87%)

Oysi Medium Chassis (23.73) – Solá Equipment Street Frame (20.74%)
Ground Control Mega (18.04%) – Ground Control HD 72mm (11.61%)

Aggressive Wheel of the Year

Undercover Sam Croft 60mm (26.09%)

Famus Joe Atkinson 64mm (24.49%) – Rollerblade Hydrogen 60mm (21.67%)
Red Eye Jarrod Banning 64mm (16.03%) – Undercover Team Blank 72mm (11.72%)

Aggressive Clothing Brand of the Year

Blade Life Clothing (43.20%)

Vibralux (23.97%) – Transit Collective (16.7%)
Kaspa (16.13%)

Male Slalom Skater of The Year

Lorenzo Guslandi (29.54%)

Alex Shulgan (22.30%) – Paupe Bosch (20.23%)
Lorenzo Demuru (14.87%) – Valerio Degli Agostini (13.06%)

Female Slalom Skater of The Year

Andressa Fontinele (33.52%)

Vasilisa Maslova (23.21%) – Sofia Bogdanova (17.79%)
Linda Zhu (16.09%) – Daria Kuznetsova (9.39%)

Slalom Skate of The Year

Powerslide Hardcore Evo (26.49%)

FR Igor (23.01%) – FR SL Carbon (21.52%)
Adapt GTO (18.6%) – Powerslide Tau (10.36%)

Male Marathon Skater of The Year

Bart Swings (41.69%)

Ken Kuwada (16.62%) – Paweł Ciężki (15.31%)
Chevi Guzman (14.29%) – Doucelin Peidcone (12.09%)

Female Marathon Skater of The Year

María Fernanda Timms (23.99%)

Katharina Rumpus (23.75) – Gabriela Rueda (21.24)
Aniela Szymkiewicz (16.28%) – Yesenia Escobar (14.75%)

Marathon Skate of The Year

Rollerblade Powerblade Pro (25.6%)

Powerslide XXX 125 (20.9%) – Takino (19.5%)
Pinnacle (14.39%) – Bont Semi-Race Boots (12.59%)

Marathon / Speed Skating Frame of The Year

Powerslide Trinity 12.5 (35.5%)

Junk Voodoo Frames (24.5%) – EO Carbon Frames (17.29%)
Rollerblade Fly Pro Frames (14.55%) – CadoMotus DualBox Frames (8.08%)

Wheels for Marathons  / Speed of The Year

Rollerblade Hydrogen Pro (29.87%)

MPC Black Magic (22.25%) – Matter One20Five F1 (21.58%) –
Junk Road Reaper (16.63%) – TLTF Honey Badger (9.67%)

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