For the third installment of our Artist Series, I speak to Louie Joyce, a 34-year-old comic creator, illustrator, and rollerblading enthusiast living in Wollongong, Australia. What was your first exposure to art? Does…
Braving the Ghastly Ghouls During Sydney’s Annual Halloween Night Skate
The Sydney City Skaters were having fun; the party had just begun. The guests included Dracula, Where’s Wally, the Ocean Spray guy, and Kiss’ Paul Stanley…They did the skate, they…
Robbie Pitts of Melbourne, Australia on Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19
For the 81st daily installment of Big Wheel Blading’s Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19 series we talk to Robbie Pitts. Robbie is a 33-year-old Australian inline skater, artist, designer, fashion icon, filmmaker…
Essential Workers, Inline Skaters on the Front Lines of COVID-19, Part Seven
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,…
Hamish Paterson of Canberra, Australia on Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19
For the 36th daily installment of Big Wheel Blading's Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19 series we talk to Hamish Paterson. Hamish is a 41-year-old inline skater living in Canberra, Australia…
Annalee Unwin of Sydney, Australia on Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19
For the 5th daily installment of Big Wheel Blading's Inline Skating and Life During COVID-19 series we talk to Annalee Unwin. Annalee is a 39-year-old urban, distance and marathon inline skater…
160-km Endurance Skate in Perth, Australia: The Blood and The Glory
Originally from New Zealand, I've been living in Perth, Australia for the past 30 years and inline skating for 22 of them. My first skates were some second-hand Roces with…