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…
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…
Essential Workers, Inline Skaters on the Front Lines of COVID-19, Part Five
Big Wheel Blading's COVID-19 CoverageThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected every skater in the world in some way. In this series, Essential Workers, Inline Skaters on the Front Lines of COVID-19,…
“HIBERNATE2” COVID-19 Edition by Cavin Brinkman
We never sleep, we’re not in an inactive state and we don’t like to go indoors. Street skating from this winter before we all went into quarantine because of Covid-19.…
Big Wheel Blading Awards – Best of 2019 Winners
The Big Wheel Blading Awards are the first awards of their kind, blending all aspects of inline skating together. We wanted to give a voice to everyone that blades by…
“The Land of Enchantment” Caleb Smith and Katie Baird Bladepacking New Mexico
Last October, my girlfriend Bambi and myself spent twenty-three days inline skating and exploring the state of New Mexico. Here are a few stories, thoughts and things we learned along…
WYII 2019 Part 2: The Events, Activities and Clinics
During this years WYII event at Woodward several smaller events, activities and clinics took place around camp. In Part 2 of our WYII 2019 coverage I spoke with the event…
WYII 2019 Part 1: The Blader Experience
Over 500 bladers from around the world converged at Camp Woodward in Woodward, Pennsylvania from Sep 20 to Sep 22, 2019 for the 2nd incarnation of What Year Is It?…
3 Skaters in a Sea of 20,000 Cyclists: Conquering 500 miles in a Ride Across Iowa
Day 0 of Ragbrai (The Register's Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa). A bit of "pregaming" as I skated a few miles from the airport to the starting town. Just…
Caleb Smith Launches KALEBOSTON Blog Sharing His Life and Skating
Caleb Smith launches KALEBOSTON, a personal blog where he will share his deepest personal thoughts, ideas, poetry, writing, dreams, and everything else in between. He is using this blog as…