_Teppo’s vanderhoof edit

Teppo is back!

Vanderhoof Session from TeppoH on Vimeo.

_Montreal Classic, June 2010

Canada’s biggest and most prestigious contest returned for another year, but bringing the event forward to June produced a smaller attendance- although the quality of skating was unaffected.
The amateur contest continued to be nothing short of a Montreal showcase demo with the locals taking full advantage of hours of practise to comfortably own the top spots… Respect to Max Free, Kevin Lapierre and Dan Millar who stood out for me. (Cont’d. after video)

Montreal Classic 2010 – RollToronto.ca from RollToronto.ca on Vimeo.

The Pro contest -despite a smaller turnout than previous years- was as tense as always. Jerry Butler pushing through exhaustion to throw down some of the biggest stunts capable in such a challenging park; Adrien Anne was style personified with relaxed butter-smooth switchups and a flawless zero fish down the big grindbox.
Franco Cammayo is a force of nature! Having taken a brutal fall halfway through the final (so bad it warranted the music being turned off and silence falling on the park) he pulled himself back up and carried on as if he didn’t just dent the floor with his back. Roman Abrate was smooth and showed off natural spins to fakie switch spins into grinds… mental. Chris Haffey did Haffey, turned up and killed it with his first trick- fullcab true soul to fullcab out. Everything he did was flawless. It was great to see him landing tricks first time that last year took him five or six attempts and shows just how much at the top of his game he continues to be… he deserved the win.

Finally; A massive thank you and congratulations to Stephane Julien and Marie-France Denoncourt, who were married on the day of the Classic but still were kind enough to let us stay at their house!

Montreal Classic rocked.

_Advice from your friends

Greetings again dear reader!

This month has been a little more relaxed after the initial wave of summer excitement has passed and the Brampton contest has been safely put to bed for another year. Dan Lefebre’s camerawork blows my mind with each new edit; every month he manages to outdo himself and I for one am grateful for his efforts. Cheers Dan, you do good work.

This month Hans and Dan got to test out their new k2 skates and we were blessed with visits from our Montreal brothers in arms Stephane Julien and Mathieu Ledoux who took some time out from being full-time professional ninjas to shred the Hoof. Here’s a toast to more summer blading and the impending arrival of the MONTREAL CLASSIC later this month! Big things my friends.

-Guy

Advice from your friends. from RollToronto.ca on Vimeo.

_Another FLIPping edit

Erik Burrow is completely addicted to his Flip Video camera, which works in our favour as he’s always got another edit in the pipeline. Here’s his latest edit which features skating from Andrew Boyle, Erik Burrow, Aaron Wheat, Dan Lefebre, Taylor Ritchie, Marc Benic, Guy Crawford, Stephane Julien and AJ Delong. Cool stuff in this edit- Dan shredding coping like a pro, Stephane having the most energy of anyone I’ve ever met; Marc getting a sly clip (can’t wait to see more) and AJ rolling the Hoof in rec frames with 101mm wheels!

On ‘N’ ON FLIP montage from erik burrow on Vimeo.

Taylor Ritchie backslides a secret ledge to 270 out, repping Razors hard.

Aj Delong has recently set out on a personal tour of self-discovery. Before he left he Makio’d the long ledge in recreational metal frames to get in the zen frame of mind.

Erik is the king of Savannahs.

Thanks again Erik!