Canadian Roll News # 85

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Yet another video having to do with the Mini Gong show appears on the Outaline messageboard, this time created and posted by Randy.There is not much more I can say, oh wait, it is awesome. check out the direct link HERE or check out the post on Outaline HERE.

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“Canadians are very fair, nice, friendly people… “

Rolling Revival recently said some words about Canadian rolling on thier 34th podcast. If you check out the 27th minute and 45th second of the show, you will hear them talking about the Montreal TV show that was featured on the Visual Minority community page. Also, they talk about the Sol Crew extra edit that was recently put up on Youtube (you can find the link on Canadian Roll)

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Canadian Roll News # 84

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The Mini Gong Show just went down last weekend in celebration of Garett MacGillivray’s leaving to Australia for an extended period of time. Many people went to Edmonton for the crazy times that are expected to be had when someone announces a Gong Show and although mini was in the title I have been assured that they partied just as hard as the normal Gong Show. If you want proof or just want to see great skating, Dustin from the Outaline messageboard posted up a great edit of the whole event. If you want to see the Dustin’s original post you can go HERE, if you would like to see the edit go HERE.

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Canadian Roll News # 83

If you go by the Empir3 Distribution website and look under their “news” section you will see that the D-Structure international web-shop is close to launching. What this means is that the products will be constantly up to date and I’m more than sure will be competitively priced. This is great news for Canadians because if you do not live in Montreal, where D-Structure is located, you now don’t have to call to see what they have.

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Canadian Roll News # 82

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Sean Adair from Vancouver, Canada just put an edit up on youtube. The edit itself is packed full of hammers mixed with some great style. This edit is an amazing representation at rolling at its finest, I highly suggest people check out the edit. If you would like to see the Be-Mag thread where Sean originally posted the link go HERE. If you would like the direct link to the edit go HERE.

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Canadian Roll News # 81

The new Universal Skate Design website just went up today which is big new within itself, but what makes this even better is that fellow Canadian Garett MacGillivray who is the web master and web designer and receives recognition on The Conference’s main webpage. The site itself looks professional, is easy to navigate and is an overall vast improvement form the last USD website. Much respect goes out to Garett for making web content that is easily available to all the rollers, keep up the great work.

On the website you will have downloads (Avatars, with edits soon to come), a closer look at the team riders, the history of USD (which is really interesting), a closer look at the different models of skates and of course a pictures gallery.

**There are skates on the website that I have never seen before, they seem new to me, I could be wrong. Needless to say they look pretty good, heres a sample.**

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Canadian Roll News # 80

If you frequent Roller News like I do, you will see that Joey from Sol Crew posted up an extra edit of Better Than Baseball. If you’ve seen the video you know the skating is pure quality. The edit speaks for itself, check it out HERE. or just visit the  Roller News front page.

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Canadian Roll News # 79

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Rolling has recently been featured on a Montreal TV show called Tribal and it is not what you expect, a few short clips of rolling covered up by numerous skateboarding and BMX clips, instead it is a whole episode dedicated to rolling featuring Pepe (Pierre-Philippe Loiselle) and Dan from D-Structure. It features rolling in a positive manner and from what I hear does not bring up the usual narrow minded remarks other forms of media have in the past. The show is completely in french, so if you understand french you are in luck if you do not then just enjoy the skating. It is great to see rolling get some positive exposure. A personal thank you goes out to everyone in Montreal that made this possible. The video can be found HERE.

**This information was originally found in the Visual Minority community page**

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Canadian Roll News # 78

Video Reviews By VM-Magazine

VM-Magazine recently posted up reviews of 2feet, the much anticipated Lonnie Gallegos sequel, and Mindgame’s Accidental Machines. 2 feet was reviewed by Eric Foster Burrow and is completely honest and not candy coating the films downfalls and highlights. Accidental Machines was reviewed by Dave Ghent and is completely honest as well, I have this video and agree with the review 100%. Both reviewers stress that both films would be great to add to any skate DVD collection so listen to them and go support the industry, and if you can buy from a Canadian shop.

**Edit: If you read through the Accidental Machines review you will notice Dave saying that Aragon is to solid a roller that it is sometimes frustrating. Well if you look at the bails section I do not believe Aragon has 1 clip…that may add to his frustration**

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Canadian Roll News # 77

Joey from Sol Crew just posted a video section that will be in the Gangstore DVD, which will be available in the spring time. Another piece of news is that SOL crew will be releasing another video in Christmas 2008, which is great to hear. As for the edit, well it is amazing so go check it out HERE. Oh, make sure to watch the whole section because at the end you will learn what to do to skateboarders that get in your way, it is truly helpful advice.

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Fifty /50 Spot Finder

Fifty/50 has a prototype website in the works called “Fifty-50 Spot Finder”. The name is pretty self exclamatory, a spot finder so people will know how to get to amazing spots. The website will feature pictures of a spot, directions from google maps and also a rating of how good the spot is. You need an invitation to post on the website but anyone can check it out to see new spots around your area. Definitely worth checking out and is a great idea by Fifty-50 that truly helps rolling thrive.

You can check out the website at

http://prototype.fifty-50.com/

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