Rolling Revival

Jeff Kolada hit us up about making a vidcast of the Last Hurrah event. As with all street events sometimes things don t go to plan - but we have an edit for you anyway! Keep reading to check out the event report. Here are a few words from Jeff - The Last Hurrah competition in Athens, OH did not go exactly as planned. After being kicked out of our three competition spots during warmups, and running out of options, the contest was cancelled and everyone agreed to just skate for fun and just have a good time. Enjoy my edit of the day, and I would like to thank Rolling Revival, Oke Clothing, and John Hoch for making the edit and event possible. You can also check it out on our youtube page if you so desire. Thankyou to Jeff for the edit! The Last Hurrah 2008 Report June 21, 2008 The day started out like any other for me…EARLY.  Sleep in Saturday?  Nope, woke up at 8:00 am to get ready to head down to Athens, Ohio for a day I had hoped to be filled with good times and good people. Friends started to trickle in to the Athens City Skatepark around 11:00am.  As each started to arrive I quickly learned that a good number came out to watch the contest.  Only a few came to actually skate and be judged to win money.  It was when I hit this wall of, What if I don’t have enough people show up?  What will I do?”  Thank goodness the REAL reason we all get together is to skate and share stories since we last saw one another.  So making a decision to have the day end up being a session rather than competition was an easy adjustment for everyone that came out. I still wanted to follow the same route of spots to make the day go by hopefully a little more smooth than just picking and choosing spots.   But thanks to “Johnny Law” they seemed to make the decisions for us.  We were busted by Ohio University Police at the first spot, which were ledges underneath OU’s Music Building.  So that took care of any other campus spots I had in mind.  The second was located at Athens High School which was everyone’s favorite wavy handi-rail.  Due to an Annual Bee Keepers Association meeting taking place our fun was put to a timely halt by one angry Bee Keeper.  Luckily a couple of the girls with us made it out alive from their little hive in time with some honey from one nice old man who gladly gave to them for free, wish he had more pull in the bee hive than the ass that kicked us out.   So with us basically kicked out of Athens we hopped into our gas guzzling automobiles to ride ten miles up to Hocking College, our last hope.  Within five minutes of everyone arriving and getting out of their cars Hocking College’s hope for a better tomorrow also known as the rent-a-cop came out to tell us the age old story, “I don’t care, but the people who sign my checks want you to leave.”  So down but not out we huddled together to see if there was anything else left out there to skate because we had a good amount of sun light to burn.  While our brains bounced ideas off one another, Dax tried to hop on with Hocking College’s construction crew, but was met with WTF expressions from the hardened men.  Thankfully Jeff and Mike knew about some old rails underneath some over passes back in Athens.  So once again we piled into our cars and drove back to Athens to skate a nice handi-rail on a bike path near the Hocking River.  Other than the occasional bicycle enthusiast we had the little safe haven we had been looking for. All day long people kept a positive attitude which is what kept us going when we were booted and banished for doing something we love and are passionate about.  The way I see it, everyone won on that day.  We did not let anything get in the way of our good time.  It is always a wonderful experience to host an event like this.  When I found out no one really wanted to skate in the contest I was a little hurt.  But having my friends there helped me see it is not about a contest, judging people on who is better or not, it is about all of us getting together to have a good time and do what we love, skate. When I first envisioned this event, I wanted it to be about people coming together from different walks of life to do something we all find enjoyment in.  Contest are great, our sport has a good thing going with the AIL and they should be supported.  So from here on out The Last Hurrah will fall on Labor Day weekend as originally intended.  To be a weekend before life gets boggled down by obligations to work or school where we can meet up with friends and skate.  No need for judges or prize money.  No sponsor could ever dish out what we all got out of this past Saturday.  We as rollerbladers never give up when faced with diversity.  We were told not to skate.  We did anyway. See you next year!! - Hoch

Everyone loved the Pan Handle Pow Wow edit we put up a few weeks ago, now Seth has made us another dope edit! This time the event featured is the Superhick 2008 which happened at the weekend. You can also check it out on our youtube page if you so desire. To find out the results for all the contests keep on reading below. If you enjoyed the edit be sure to let us know and keep an eye out for many more videos and audio podcasts to come. We also just put up our 50th audio show with Dave Paine, if you have not checked this out then you can do so here! Winners: Pro/Am Comp: 1st: Chris Haffey 2nd: Franky Morales 3rd: David Sizmore Big Air: Chris Haffey Best Line: Andrew Jacuzzi Best Torque: Jeff Stockwell Best Trick: Franky Morales Masters Division: 1st: Tracy White 2nd: Tom Hyser 3rd: Chris Edwards Open Comp: 1st: Justin Berry 2nd: Casey Wilson 3rd: Carson Starnes SuperChick Comp: 1st: Chynna Weierstall 2nd: Coco Sanchez 3rd: Becci Wallace Old Man Comp: 1st: Craig Parsons 2nd: Anthony Timmons 3rd: John Kelson Grommet Comp: 1st: Shawn Martin 2nd: Reed Huston 3rd: Patrick Anderson

Another week another Revival! This week we have a bunch more news for you guys as well as all the other fun stuff. We have the links for this weeks show available by clicking here . Oh and don t forget to check out the POTW here. Enjoy! Thanks as always to our sponsors Con-Artist Brand, UCON, Revolution Skateshop & ONE Magazine - Please help keep us rolling by subscribing on iTunes and support the supporters by checking them all out!

Another week another Revival! This week we have a bunch more news for you guys as well as all the other fun stuff. We have the links for this weeks show available by clicking here . Oh and don t forget to check out the POTW here. Enjoy! Thanks as always to our sponsors Con-Artist Brand, UCON, Revolution Skateshop & ONE Magazine - Please help keep us rolling by subscribing on iTunes and support the supporters by checking them all out!

Jesus it has been a long ass while since we recorded an audio show! Well with getting a lot of work done in our own lives we finally got around to recording Episode 48 today! This is the start of things getting back on track for us and Adrian, Al and Tim are all present on the show. we have the links for this weeks show available by clicking here. Oh and don t forget to check out the POTW here. Thanks as always to our sponsors Con-Artist Brand, UCON, Revolution Skateshop & ONE Magazine - Please help keep us rolling by subscribing on iTunes and support the supporters by checking them all out!

After last year everyone knew some crazy stuff was going to go down at the Chaz Sands Invitational 2008 in Scotland. Paul Cargill has kindly come through with an amazing edit for you all to see, which showcases what went down! You can also check it out on our youtube page if you so desire. Results were as follows - 1st: Brian Aragon 2nd: Chaz Sands 3rd: Albert Hooi If you enjoyed the edit be sure to let us know and keep an eye out for many more videos and audio podcasts to come (I have 3 days left of university haha!). You may also like to check out the live update on Be-mag which has more on the event. Tags: contest, chazsandsinvitational, rollingrevival, paulcargil, scotland, vidcast

The Pan Handle Pow Wow just went down and was crazy as hell! Sethwaterhead created us this amazing edit showcasing what went down. One of my favorite vidcasts yet with some of the craziest skating I have ever seen - enjoy! You can also check it out on our youtube page if you so desire. Results are as follows - 1. Montre Livingston 2. Jon Jon Bolino / Joey Chase 3. Fankie Irven  If you enjoyed the edit be sure to let us know and keep an eye out for many more videos and audio podcasts to come. Thanks to Seth for the edit and sorry for the delay due to technical issues. Lots more to come this week from Revival as well Tags: sethwaterhead, rollingrevival, street, vidcast, contest, panhandlepowwow

This past year, Geoff Levy was supposed to release a video that finally exposes the hidden talent and potential of the South Florida area. Unfortunately, he was unable to do so due to being really busy in the college selection process for film. Here is the second montage released that was supposed to be in the video. Featuring skating by - Chris Moraco, Chris Luton, Dustin Spengler, Roman Daricek, Derek Princinsky, Eamonn Kelly, Eric Luipersbeck, Brian Long, Chris Padilla, Jon Fromm, Omar Rodriguez, Willie Trebach, Blake Kelly, Cody Porche, Alec Zavell. You can also check it out on our youtube page if you so desire. If you enjoyed the edit be sure to let us know and keep an eye out for many more videos and audio podcasts to come. Tags: florida, geofflevy, rollingrevival, street, vidcast

Another week equals another Thursday Night Blade out in Utah! We are juiced to bring you this sick edit which our buddy Frodo sent over - We have been hibernating for a while waiting for the snow to go away and the time has come. Utah park blading at it s best with the talents of Chris Olpin, Cameron Card, Tory Treseder, Zach Egbert, TJ Tregeagle, Frodo Stanger. Three different parks all filmed during the month of March 2000 and 8. Filmed entirely by Nick Swan. Enjoy. You can also check it out on our youtube page which has every vidcast up on it, or look through our archives if you want to download any past edits. If you enjoyed the edit be sure to let us know and keep an eye out for many more videos and audio podcasts to come! Tags: rollingrevival, vidcast, utah, tnb

At the end of January Dale Travers brought the a skatemeet up from London to Essex (Saffon Walden to be exact) to session the bowls and park. We got very lucky with the weather and skaters from all over came out to skate and hang with freinds. Some of the days footage was captured so Artur and Greg put this little edit together to show just some of the fun we had. You can also check it out on our youtube page which has every vidcast up on it, or look through our archives if you want to download any past edits. If you enjoyed the edit be sure to let us know and keep an eye out for many more videos and audio podcasts to come! Tags: rollingrevival, vidcast, skatemeet, oneminetskatepark, saffronwalden

This past year, Geoff Levy was supposed to release a video that finally exposes the hidden talent and potential of the South Florida area. Unfortunately, he was unable to do so due to being really busy in the college selection process for film. Here is one of the montages he intended to use for the video. Featuring skating from South and Central Florida as well as the DC area. Skaters (in order of appearance): Dustin Spengler, Brian Arnold, Blake Kelly, Jon Fromm, Cody Porche, Brian “Cheeto” Kreeble, Chris Moraco, Willie Trebach, Jay Greendyke, Derek Pricinsky, Matt Johnson, Justo Garcia, Chris Smith. You can also check it out on our youtube page if you so desire. If you enjoyed the edit be sure to let us know and keep an eye out for many more videos and audio podcasts to come. (Oh and sorry for the delay Geoff!) Tags: rollingrevival, vidcast, geofflevy, street, florida

The New Razor Aragon 2 SL has just dropped, we get our hands on one of the first pairs to show you what they are all about! Revival co-host Al Dolega explores the new Razors skate - the first model in the new SL boot mold. Al breaks the skate down and covers the innovative new design piece by piece, and then Razors pro Don Bambrick shows us how to put them to good use - all in beautiful HD quality! (as long as you are not watching it on your youtube page haha) If you enjoyed the edit be sure to let us know and keep an eye out for many more videos and audio podcasts to come. Sorry it is up a few days after the release of the skate, but we had been asked to hold off until today and so we of course obliged! Tags: rollingrevival, vidcast, razors, review, aragon, donbambrick, aldolega

The Official 2008 Bittercold Showdown edit is here. ALREADY. Not even 30 hours after the event ended thanks to our boy Brazil. It would have been up earlier if it wasn t for hotels loosing internet access and car crashes - so thanks again for coming through with the goods after the troubles. So check out what crazyness went down and if you are interested in the results - they are as follows: 1 - Alex Broskow 2 - Jeff Stockwell 3 - Chris Haffey 4 - Brian Shima 5 - David Sizemore The edit will also be on our youtube page within the next few minutes so check that out if you fancy looking at it in lower quality. Spread the word and keep an eye out for a lot more! Tags: bittercoldshowdown, BCSD, 2008, brazil, vidcast, event

Yet more updates for you guys! We just don t stop, even if it is still not the audio podcast it defiantly keeps things rolling nicely. Paul Cargil made us this sick edit of what went down at the recent Dundee Factory Competition so check it out! This is featuring skating from the likes of Keir Lindsay, Quinny, James Keyte and Zak Buys. Nice to have some Scottish coverage as we like to bring you footage from all over the globe. Enjoy! Tags: rollingrevival, vidcast, dundee, scotland, skatepark, event

You will remember Artur from our first PDF podcast, now we have this sick profile to go with it for you all to see! As you will have noticed podcasts have been a bit thin lately but we are working away behind the scenes. Working on a new website and new content which we know will be worth your wait. So check out Artur shredding it and if you want to contribute to help in any way with vidcasts, podcasts or PDF articles then be sure to get in touch with us. Thanks for the support as ever.