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 allowing them to choose their favorite brands, vlogs, podcasts and skaters in the categories of aggressive skating, freeskating, slalom skating, marathon skating, distance skating and speed skating. To achieve this we started with a nomination period that lasted the month of November, where nearly 1,000 skaters submitted their nominees.
The top nominees in each category were tallied up and we created a poll to allow you to vote for all the finalists between December 1st and December 22nd. We had 2,903 people from around the world cast their votes for their favorite nominees during this period. The people have spoken and we are proud to announce this years winners. To everyone who submitted nominations and voted for the finalists, we thank you very much!
Best Skate Brand
Winner – Powerslide
Runner Up – Rollerblade
Best Frame Company
Winner – Powerslide
Runner Up – Wizard
Best Wheel Brand
Winner – Undercover
Runner Up – Matter
Best Bearings
Winner – Twincam
Runner Up – Wicked
Best Accessories
Winner – Powerslide
Runner Up – Ennui
Most Innovative Product
Winner – Powerslide NEXT Skates
Runner Up – Oysi Frames
Best Clothing Brand
Winner – CCN
Runner Up – Them Goods
Best New Company
Winner – Them Skates
Runner Up – FR Skates
Best Online Retailer
Winner – Inline Warehouse
Runner Up – LocoSkates
Best Brick & Mortar Skate Shop
Winner – Loco Skates
Runner Up – Roex
Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner – Jon Julio
Runner Up – Eddy Matzger
Most Influential Skater
Winner – Joe Atkinson
Runner Up – Eugin Enin
Best Event
Winner – Berlin Marathon
Runner Up – Winterclash
Doing the Most to Promote Skating
Winner – Ricardo Lino
Runner Up – John Rogers
Best Vlog / YouTube Channel
Winner – The Lino Life
Runner Up – Back to Blading
Best Podcast
Winner – Jumpstreet
Runner Up – Inline Talk with Mr. Rogers
Best Social Skate Weekend
Winner – Big Apple Roll
Runner Up – Athens Blade House
Best Camping & Skating Roadtrip
Winner – Colorado Road Trip (CORT)
Runner Up – Northwest Shred Tour
Best Weekly Urban Night Skate
Winner – Barcelona Friday Night Skate
Runner Up – New York City Wednesday Night Skate
Best Male Aggressive Skater
Winner – Joe Atkinson
Runner Up – Nick Lomax
Best Female Aggressive Skater
Winner – Mery Muñoz
Runner Up – Chynna Weierstall
Best Aggressive Frame
Winner – Oysi
Runner Up – Ground Control BIG
Best Aggressive Skate
Winner – USD Aeon
Runner Up – USD Carbon
Best Wizard Skater
Winner – Leon Basin
Runner Up – Mike Torres
Best Male Freeskater
Winner – Nick Lomax
Runner Up – Danny Aldridge
Best Female Freeskater
Winner – Sofi Carreras
Runner Up – Mery Muñoz
Best Freeskate
Winner – Powerslide NEXT
Runner Up – Seba FR1
Best Male Slalom Skater
Winner – Jon Larrucea
Runner Up – Greg Tinney
Best Female Slalom Skater
Winner – Ewelina Czapla
Runner Up: – Sofia Bogdanova
Distance Skater of the Year
Winner – Adam Kucharek
Runner Up – Piotr Mostowiec
Most Inspiring Distance Skater of the Year
Winner – Kacie Clevland
Runner Up – Yanise Ho
Most Inspirational Aggressive to Distance Skater
Winner – Caleb Smith
Runner Up – Eric Cruz
Favorite Distance Skater to Follow on Social Media
Winner – Caleb Smith
Runner Up – Pascal Briand
Best Male Downhill Skater
Winner – Gabe Holm
Runner Up – Sébastien Rastegar
Best Female Downhill Skater
Winner – Irene Jiménez
Runner Up – Elena Dimitrova
Best Downhill Event
Winner – Beton on Fire
Runner Up – Sochi
Best Downhill Frame
Winner – Seba DH90
Runner Up – FR DH90
Best Male Marathon Skater
Winner – Bart Swings
Runner Up – Felix Rijhnen
Best Female Marathon Skater
Winner – Katharina Rumpus
Runner Up – Sandra Spirovska
Most Inspiring Marathon Skater
Winner – Bart Swings
Runner Up – Kacie Cleveland
Best Marathon Skate
Winner – Powerslide R6
Runner Up – Rollerblade Endurace
Best Marathons / Speed Skating Frames
Winner – Powerslide Triple X Trinity
Runner Up – EO Carbon Frames
Best Marathon Wheels
Winner – Matter G13 125
Runner Up – Rollerblade Hydrogen
Best Male Speed Skater
Winner – Bart Swings
Runner Up – Jonathan Blair
Best Female Speed Skater
Winner – Jessica Brooks
Runner Up – Erin Jackson
Best Speed Skating Event
Winner – World Championships Heerde
Runner Up – Spring Fling
Best Custom Speed Skate Boot Maker
Winner – Jimmy Blair (Pinnacle Racing)
Runner Up – Dave Simmons (Simmons Racing)
Best Speed Skating Wheel
Winner – Rollerblade Hydrogen
Runner Up – Matter one20five
Best Skinsuit
Winner – CCN
Runner Up – Triton
