010 - Toe Rolls, Clowns, Winterclash, Injuries

Questions:

Law:

How it feels to be in the toe roll elite

  • Camiel Cornelissen:

Yes give me more than 35 words about Illia Vs Witze. What edit would you come back to to watch again

  • Dominik:

My question is what you expect from skating with the group at next years winterclash. That implies, you have to go.

  • JPRES:

I’d be interested in your philosophy on progressing and injury risk tolerance. You’re skating better than ever but rarely hear about you hurting yourself. Curious if there’s a method to your practice that contributes to this?

You don’t wear pads yeah?

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Links:

Brandon’s Blader News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRbz4FOEaKc&t=4s

Ilya’s Clown video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygq6IiNRLNU

Witzeman’s Pro Skate edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDZuC-ouRhg

That guy who was at the skatepark: https://www.instagram.com/auldmcdonald/

Cheers x

004 - Winterclash & Creativity

Topics suggested by my friends on the backtoblading.slack.com group.

Leslie asked:

“Did you get to check the Winterclash finals, and any thoughts/ponderings?”

Ghislain  asked:

“Is your art influenced by skating? have you ever skated and felt that the way you skate is similar to the way you create art?”

Leslie asked:

“Do you feel a connection in creative processes?”

Stuart asked: 

“I can’t remember what I asked you now”

Nathan asked: 

I think I asked this last time but can you see yourself skating without filming? Is it important to share clips of yourself to get feedback?

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003 - Influences

Topics suggested by my friends on the backtoblading.slack.com group.

Craig asked:

“Since getting back into it who has influenced your blading? Or do you prefer to just do your own thing?”

Jeremy asked:

“Maybe something about video editing and trick selection for not only yourself but choosing the best editing choices for others? > Especially those you haven’t met in person - via our “postal service” style slack edit.”

Ghislain asked:

“Does gear plays with your mind when setting up skates / skating?”

“How do you go about analysing a trick, breaking down its components or just full on go for it full attack mode?”

Ryan asked:

“When preparing for a new trick do you only visualize yourself landing it, or do you also visualize how you will attempt to recover from a spill?”

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002 - Skating Solo

Episode 2 of my test podcast. Topics suggested by my friends on the backtoblading.slack.com group. I answer thee, these questions 3.

Jeremy asked:

“Navigating skating during the winter?”

“Learning new tricks from crowd-sourced places vs. just plain old inspiration?”

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Stu asked:

“You said recently that you do some tricks better now than before, whether that’s because of participation/encouragement or the pressure of being on film? Be an interesting topic to explore anyway.”

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Ghislain asked:

“Do you find skating alone as a struggle / opportunity? and how does this motivate you to progress and push boundaries?”

“You said some time ago that you needed to have a skate with 4 wheels, because it was meant to be with 4 wheels, does this play tricks on your mind, have you tried freestyle but when straight back to 4 wheels?”

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