ULTRA is a sneak peak into the journey of Rollerblade® pro rider Caleb Smith as he pursues his dream to skate the California Coastal Highway from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
Over the course of 10 days Caleb Solo skates over 500 miles and 15,000 feet of elevation gain through incredibly challenging and breathtakingly beautiful landscapes.
With his Twister Edge, Juice backpack, and a whole lot of positive energy Caleb sets out to conquer his goals and cultivate his own world of Ultraskating. Video by Bruce James Bales
Been collecting clips since start of 2020, wanted to make an all banger street edit just based on The Rock of Gibraltar, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the global lockdown measures, I have decided to finish it with filler clips and b-roll.
Yesterday was my birthday, 39 yrs young!
And after 25 plus years of rolling around, all around, my passion is still at 100%, but my poor body is starting to complain!
Hope you enjoy it, as is, cause “I” never seem to be satisfied. On to the next…
Hazen ( @father_razorclam ) approached me (@thebasstasticvoyage) about making a section for Oysi with him a few months ago, and I jumped at the chance. He is, in my opinion, one of the most well-rounded bladers to ever come out of Utah, as well as one of my personal favorite skaters. Most of these sessions were just the two of us, with Hazen the one doing all the skating. His trick selection, focus, and dedication were incredibly impressive to witness and a joy to capture. I hope you enjoy watching this as much as I enjoyed making it! Also, shout out to Jett Rennert ( @jettrenn ), who snagged a few impressive clips of his own and helped out a bit behind the lens — another unbelievably talented and underrated Utah skater.
Thanks Jett!
All filmed in Salt Lake City area.
Shot on DVX100. Music: “Thumb Cutter”
Thee Oh Sees “Keeping it Moving” – A Tribe Called Quest
Church by Nic Brendan ( @no.k.nic ) is a video composed from footage of bladers all across the greater Los Angeles area over two years of West Los Angeles Blade Sessions happening every Sunday at 10am.
In that time we’ve rolled with so many amazing bladers in the area and filmed it all.
Please join us in this wonderful celebration of life, blading, and great times with friends.
Blader Union article by Hazen Bell Video by Cavin Brinkman Photography by Hazen Bell, Tazshia, Cavin Brinkman and Json Adriani
When I first reached out to Cavin to meet up and skate and potentially do some filming we had never met. But rollerblading being the small community it is we both had mutual friends. My girlfriend and I had planned for two weeks in Amsterdam and the surrounding areas, and with nothing much planned besides a few museums and visiting her great grandfathers native town I knew I wanted to try and do something productive on rollerblades.
Cavin and I met on a rainy day at a train station, I think we were both curious as to how this would go. We ended up having a pretty productive afternoon which I think gave us both some motivation for the coming sessions.
We ended up meeting up four different days, one of them was in The Hague which had some really interesting spots. Being able to ride a bike and take public transportation to a different part of town to hit different spots wasn’t something I’d ever experienced before now but was definitely a good way to take in the country I was visiting.
We got the last clip at the last spot on the last day and once we got over the general excitement it was fairly obvious to us that we had got what we needed and called it a wrap. Huge thank you to Cavin for being down for all that this edit has entailed, to my girlfriend Tazshia for always supporting me and my rollerblading, and to Json Adriani for the solid backslide clip!
When Hazen hit me up about getting some clips when he would visit the Netherlands, I was down straight away. It’s always fun to get clips with a skater in a short timespan; see how much you can get out somebody in a few hours. Hazen is pretty unknown, so it was hard to find stuff of him to figure out his skating preferences. We met on a rainy day in Amsterdam and he is the nicest, easygoing giant from SLC Utah. We got 2/3 clips without problems and from there on it went so easy. We had 4 sessions in the 17 days he was in my country. Pretty motivated and productive skater that should be in the spotlight more.
