Canadian Roll News # 25

MTL Classic wrap-up

Seth Tillinghast has recently posted up an in depth review of the Montreal Classic, which took place in Montreal Canada August 19th to the 22nd. Seth posted this review on Rollerwarehouse Blog’s that you can find HERE.

Canadian Roll News # 24

Session News

Leon Basin, Co-owner of Shop -Task is hosting a British Columbia skate session on Septemeber the 2nd. It will start at Poco Skatepark and continue to street sessions. Once again I cannot state how much Shop-Task is trying to promote Canadian skating in a Positive Nature, so if you live around the area, go skate and have fun. Here is the flyer to explain more. If you want to see a bigger photo of the flyer hit up VM-Magazine it is on the first page.

Also if you are trying to Contact Shop-Task hit up their E-mails, For Ontario it is: shoptask@hotmail.com and for B.C it is: taskbc@hotmail.com

MOBB News

The Mobb Crew has just created a blog (http://themobblog.com) to tell you everything from skating related articles to how they feel in general about certain issues. I must say the site is well put together, looks very professional, and has insane pictures such as this.

And this

So if you want to check out what Mobb is doing, hit up their website as it has a maltitude of great content from a great crew. Once again that is http://themobblog.com

***Editors Note, these pictures of Mobb were NOT taken by me in any way as I can only wish to create art such as this, but were taken from the mobblog itself.***

N.D

13 Questions With Shop-Task

Since starting the website I have had a lot of questions about one topic in particular, Shop-Task. It seems people want to know who runs this shop, how its operated and more importantly how they can get their greedy hands on some merchandise. I decide to clear some of these question up for people and had an Interview with Leon Basin and Brian Mccutcheon. I have come to realize these guys a good hearted people who care about their customers and about Canadian skating, ontop of that I’ve realized they really like to say TASK WHAT !!! And I respect that.

If anyone wants merchandise you can contact Shop-Task Ontario at shoptask@hotmail.com and Shop-Task B.C at taskbc@hotmail.com. Or use the phone in Ontario Call (416) 822-0669 and for B.C (604) 218 3251

Also the guys have generously let me post up 1 bonus section from their video, Task Ontario. I have hosted it up on Megauploads HERE for all to share. You will have to download VLC player to view the video, but VLC player is such an astounding media player, that allows people to view many video formats, so it is not a pointless download to view a video once. You can Download VLC Player HERE.

13 QUESTIONS WITH SHOP-TASK

Q1-Who started Shop-Task? And when was it created?

A1- SHOP-TASK was established summer 2005 by Leon Basin and Brian McCutcheon.

Q2-Why was Shop-Task created?

A2- SHOP-TASK was created to make rollerblading more POPULAR, ACCESSIBLE and AFFORDABLE.

Q3-Your business is not run like any other, would you like to tell people how you move products.

A3- We dont have a store front. That allows us to keep the prices very low. We have a big inventory and we can get almost any product within 2 weeks. We offer a free deliver which makes us very ACCESSIBLE.

Q4- Are you seeing any profit from any of this, and if so where does it go?

A4- Profits are very small but we do move alot of product which is very important. All profits go towards SESSIONS, COMPS and new products.

Q5- Does Shop-Task stand for anything, and what’s the meaning behind the name?

A5- Task is our crew name.

Q6- What does Shop-Task contribute to Canadian rolling?

A6- GROWTH.

Q7-Shop-Task treats their customers with respect and in a professional manner without any ego, do you think that is essential in running a shop?

A7- We are rollerbladers same as our costumers. No matter if you are a beginner or an expert, Shop-Task will hook you up.

Q8-What Identity would you like people to associate Shop-Task with?

A8- BEST PRICES.

Q9- The DVD (Task-Ontario) came out not to long ago, how much is it selling for and what can people expect to see?

A9- TASK ONTARIO features the best rollerbladers in Ontario. Bonus includes all Shop-Task sessions up to date. PRICE $20

Q10- Are there plans for another video any time soon?

A10- Videos are key. We want to capture and promote Canadian skaters.

Q11- How was STSB (Shop-Task Skate Battle) and what went down at the competition

A11- The STSB was SICK. Despite the weather, a lot of people still showed up and skated the dope spots we came up with/created.The bank to rail was destroyed by Sean Knight, along with every other spot. Kyle Godden and DP came through in a big way as well. Steve from Keswick also laid down some pretty bad ass stunts on every spot for the ams. Not to mention, the man himself, Hans, also killed it. All in all it was a sick day, with lots of good skating and sick spots, which BTW (By the way) will probably not get to be skated again. Thanks to everybody who came out, and be on the lookout for more Task fings!!

Q12-For the 1 dumb question of the interview, If both of you could have 1 super power what would it be and why. Super skating power does not count.

A12- Fuck super powers, we are TASK…………. WHAT!!

Q13- Shout outs?

A13- JESUS, MARLON BRANDO, BART, ALDO, PHILLIP, FERNANDO, ELI, 1-900, PETAR, SK, DP, RBB, RAT,B-RAD, BNS, D-TOUR, EDGAR, WHEAT, THE HUM, J-CRIZ, MCINNIS, AJ,WILL, K-GOD, STEEF,DUB, DAVE, RICK, NICK, HAYDEN, SIMON D, MIKE DAVID, FARMER, BOYLE, JON TOPPING, HANS, JONG, SER GAY, IVAN, YURI, TERRY, BLAIR, HAAPOJA BROTHERS, ERIK BURROW, MALTA BROTHERS, VIGNEUX BROTHERS, ALL YOUR SISTERS AND YOUR MOTHERS, MOBB, DEFINE, 519 CREW, KESWICK CREW, MTC, PEPE, MTL, ISRAEL, I DARE U, TC, MILLAR, WES, ANTON, COMPTON, KEITH, YOB, LEO, RANDY, RILEY, SAZLEBERRY, BAXTER, NEIMA, MASON, JOSH SILVER, STEPHANE, SWISS, JOSH, JASPER, ADRIAN, STAZE, ROSS, SAPOTA, DELMAR, CLEAH

SPECIAL THANKS TO

-You for reading this.
-Our customers for supporting Shop-Task.
-VM – MAGAZINE and CANADIAN ROLLER NEWS for promoting the Canadian scene.

TASK WHAT !!!

N.D

Aragon Pro Skate

Brian Aragon has recently talked about his infamous proskate comming from Razors, this is what he had to say on the matter.

PRO SKATE

What’s up everyone! Just wanted to let you know whats going down with my pro skate since I can’t get back to everyone!

We have been working on the new skate for a while now but as most of you know there are many things that need to be tested and refined to make sure the skate is perfect.

It’s going to be totally new : New boot, new cuff, new soul system, and new backslide plate. As of now everything is going good but the skate wont be out for Christmas, sorry about the delay.

Thanks for the support, keep supporting the industry and keep rollerblading alive….PEACE

Info Taken from Rollernews and Brian Aragon’s myspace.

Chaz Sands Boot

The Chaz Sands new razor model has been recently posted on the internet, they do not have the prototype soul on them and are a classic design.

N.D

R-Society 2

If you checkthe site often, which I hope alot of you do because it means alot to me, you remember me writing an article about a video that changed the way I look at skating, R-Society. Created by Jeff from Havenskate it had a profound impact on me and alot of my skating friends. I have recently got word that R-Society 2 is in the works (working name), which makes me damn happy. Thanks goes out to Jeff for the heads up, be sure to check out his site HAVENSKATE if you haven’t already.

N.D

Canadian Roll News # 23

Shop News

The Gangstore website is back up for everyones viewing pleasure. I assume they were working on it, but I can really see no diffrence from the old one. None the less I’m glad to see the guys didn’t go anywhere.

Tour News

Richie has posted up some new pictures of him on the Australian tour, as always you can read the blog type updates on Be-Mag.

N.D

Task Ontario Review

Task Ontario Review

First and foremost I must say that this video was put together in a professional manner. When I first received the DVD from Leon Basin (Who is an awsome guy, who is helping out Canadian rolling more than people will ever know, and has my total respect ) I was amazed at the level of quality the DVD was made, it deffinetly doesn’t look like something someone threw together in a short time to make money. For presentation I’m giving the video a 9/10, It looses a point not because it lacked anything but I like to see people always strive for better.

SECTIONS

The sections are broken down into 8 intervals. Starting with the Intro, which contains excellent skating timed to a Eminem/ Shaggy remix timed to eye of the tiger by DJ Defcon. Although I am not a fan of Eminem, the song suits the intro and the Shaggy part more than makes up for the Eminem part. The video starts out strong with Hyden Watt doing things on handrails that I have a hard time accomplishing on my Practice rail. Simon Davis performs amazing switches on a Handy rail, Aaron Mcinnis (who is progfiled on VM-Magazine) performs one of the best fast slides ive seen in a long time down a high rail, Kyle Godden (K-God) shows us amazing style, and AJ DeLong performs some gaps that would scare me to death.

Leon Basin’s section is next and if you know Leon you know how good the man is and it deffinetly shines through in this video. Doing crazy spin souls, spin unities that I can’t really wrap my head around, so for me to put it into words would not do it justice, you truly have to see the video to understand this level of skating. The section includes every type of skating possible, technical park skating, long rails, crazy wave ledges Leon shows us how diverse a skater and how well rounded he truly is with this section. The section is timed to History by Controller controller.

DP then gets the next section, and all I can say is that DP has flow. It seems the guy floats up to all his tricks and floats out with little hesitation. The level of confidence and speed at which he approaches things makes this section great, add to that he can switch tricks with little effort and you have a solid section which pumps you up to skate. I like the instrumentals the editors used for his section (All Caps by Madvillan), the flow of the instrumental matches DP’s flow while he skates.

Then We get the legendary montage. We get a rap track for this one (Just Blaze by Freeway) and it suites the editing well. You can expect the same high level of skating exhibited in the intro within the montage. It has everything from park skating to crazy ledges, to crazy long rails, to crazy drops, to crazy kinks, to numerous switches. If you have any preferance of skating style it will be satisied with this montage. The only problem I seem to have with the montage is that I’m not a large fan of hip hop or rap, but that is strictly personal preferance and has no bearing on the video.

Sean Knights sections is awsome, I would buy the video alone to see the crazy drunk guy on the ledge flipping around and being crazy while the people egg him on. Once again we get to hear another hip-hop track (So Rotten by Black Twang), but this one I like a lot. The rail to rail switches Sean performs are amazing and the crazy flow he has on ledges is undeniable. There are a few clips shot with a night vision camera that I wish were taken out, but it doesn’t take away from the level of skating or editing in the video. There is some really creative skating in this and I love to see that, when they put a rail between to barrels to a drop I thought it was creative and fun to watch. Sean skates it extremely well. We also see him go up rails with ease and perform insanely long rails. Also, I get to see something in this video that I don’t see a lot, lines. Sean does many lines within the section which really adds flow to the section and video over all.

Darwin Chang has the next section timed to an Tony Yayo song (Drama Setter) which features Eminem, it adds anticipation for a serious feel to the section, as if Chang isn’t screwing around, and honestly Chang really isnt screwing around. He flows in and out of tricks, he approaches things with speed, spins like a mad man at things. The only problem is I found the section to be a little short, I really wanted to see more Chang skating. Hopefully in the Next Task release I can watch more of him.

Next is Jon Craig, or J- Crizzle, or what ever you call him he’s damn good. The song he picks is amazing, It’s called Spanish Guitar Solo by Eric Clapton and suits the editing and his skating perfectly, not to mention it’s great to see comprimise within musical selection within the video. What can I say when you see a Jon Craig section he probably flows more than you, does rails you’re scared of and then switches on them and does gaps that would make you think twice. The fact that he seems to have as much flow up rails as he does down them astounds me. Once again I found this section to be a bit short for my liking, but maybe that’s because I enjoyed the skating so much.

The Caleonfornia section is next, and is basically Leon in Calie skating the spots we see in videos. I have to say this is an engenious idea and is executed well by Leon. Expect the amazing level of skating you saw from Leon’s section timed to the Bloodhound Gang, classic. Well heres what you need to know Leon is amazing and the spots are amazing, how do you think it turned out? That’s right amazing. You even get to see a nice ass, and it’s not Leons or any other males for that matter.

BONUS

I get to see Twocrew on Much on Demand. You cant get more Canadian then the Guys from Oakville hitting up a Canadian music station while the show aggressive inline the game, I don’t care who you are pick up this video just to watch this hidden clip. Do it now…I’m not kidding. They got to skate much music, that’s awsome. The only thing I could of wished for is that one of them took out Rick Cappeneli. On top of that you get an extra, I would say 30 minutes with the bonus section which are basically every event Task has heald, they are just as good as the video so check those out.

OVERALL:

The video was good really, really good, I highly suggest that people go pick this up the content is great, it’s plentiful and the people who produced it are amazing guys. The video gets a 9/10, only loosing a point because I always think there is room for improvement no matter how miniscule it may be. Great job Shop Task I hope people pick this thing up It’s worth it.

N.D

Canadian Roll News #22

MTL Classic Wrap Up

The Montreal Classic has just got an edit posted by riccitelli on the Be-Mag messageboard, it has received great reviews so you can check the post out HERE, or get the direct link to the video HERE. You can check out 58 seconds of Eric Baily skating the competition on Rollernews HERE, which shows Eric’s great skating and which is why he won the event.

The Contest played out as such

1- Erik Bailey
2- Brian Shima
2- Charles Nantel
3- Julien De Champs
4- Brent Hicks

N.D

Website News

Vibralux has created a new website with many updates to it. If anyone has ever checked out the old website www.cokeandguns.biz, this new website is of better quality by leaps and bounds. With a Solid team bio, archived photos and videos, and much much more. Check out the new website, http://www.youhatetoloveit.com/website_new/home.html.
Also if you didn’t know, Vibralux has recently dropped thier first denim jeans, the James Dean Jeans, so give those a look too.

Skate News

Rollerblade has recently dropped the new models of the downtown (black) and the Alpha (white) skates. They are getting great feedback on the messageboards, maybe rollerblade will make a comeback. Hopefully these models will skate as good as they look

N.D