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…
Interview with Inline Skate Photographer Erick Garcia of Alameda, California
Erick Garcia is a 39-year-old inline skater and photographer living in Alameda, California, USA. Erick has been inline skating for 27 years and is a legend in the bay area…
Mike Lufholm on Inline Skating 153 Miles in 4 Days Along Minnesota’s Scenic North Shore
Mike Lufholm is a 32-year-old inline skater born and raised in Duluth, Minnesota, but he has called Minneapolis home for the past decade. On May 27th, 2020, Mike began a…
Blading Talk Episode 1 with Myles Cotter-Sparrow
For the first Episode of Blading Talk", Big Wheel Blading's Jan Eric Welch has a conversation about skating, work and life during COVID-19 with Myles Cotter-Sparrow of Rollerblade USA. Myles…
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…
Lehigh Valley Bladers Skate for Autism Re-Cap
On April 11th, 2019 approximately 70-80 Bladers of all shapes and sizes joined Angie Bender and her club, The Lehigh Valley Bladers, for the first annual 5K Skate for Autism…