L.A. All Day park contest took place on Saturday, June 21st, we started off the first weekend of the summer with some heat, maybe in the 90's, not only the weather was hot, so were some of the skaters. It was good to see some new faces as well as the L.A. All Day regulars. We had new ramps, good music and an all around good vibe. Here are the results & photos for the June 21st contest.
Thanks to: Justin Eisinger & Jen Kirby from ONE, Mike Opalek, DJ Joe Mendoza, David Jones, Aaron Durand, Tanner Madix, Kyle Griffith and to all the parents who support there kids in rollerblading.
June 21st
Beginners: 1. Skylar Stovall 2. Raymell Williams 3. Issac Mercado 4. Christian Bridges 5. Austin Wood 6. Chris Perales
Intermediate: 1. Storm McKee 2. Douglas Alvarado 3. Basil Barkas 4. Cameron Davis 5. Julio Garcia 6. Julio Arriaza 7. Emma Beauche
Advanced: 1. Daniel Soto 2. Jahrel Sales 3. Sergio Abarra 4. Noel Irias 5. Robert Picker
Vert: 1. Will Jameson 2. Jon Perez 3. Christina Snell 4. Storm McKee 5. Cameron Davis
Elite:
1. Chad Hornish 2. Shawn Rodriguez 3. Aaron Durand 4. Alex Clifton 5. Steve Bundy 6. Will Jameson 7. Austin Sullivan 8. Jose Arce 9. Rick Rodriguez
Best Line: Aaron Durand earns $100 donated by Jin Joint
Thanks to Scott Moffat for these great photos. We were able to capture some of the L.A. All Day skaters receiving skates & prizes. This was made possible by all our sponsors who hooked these kids up, thanks Click image to take a closer look at these photos, or to purchase a print you can go to: http://www.shutterfly.com/pro/scottmoffatphoto/laallday09
OG Alex Miranda Saftey 360 over launch box Dozens of car loads of rollerbladers headed up to Woodward West for the first contest of the 2010 Amateur Inline League season. The stage was set, and kids antsy and anxious after a long winter were poised to get their blade on. And blade they did. Rollerbladers came from as far away as Utah, Brazil, and Venezuala, and of course all over California, for the chance to compete in the AIL and skate the highly-regarded Hangar 18 park at Woodward West. Snow fell outside as the action inside began to heat up. To see the rest of the photos then click here.
Click here to see ONE coverage Scott Moffat comes through once again and takes National Geographic style photos as these rollerbladers perform in there natural habitat.
Alex Broskow air into the storm These pics are from Janet & Phil from Illinois, some of these shots are really great, they capture the moment well, especially the shots where you can see the storm coming from the distance. Thanks for the pics! Janet & Phil's photostream
Saturday, May 17th we had our Real Street competition, which was a Roll Series sectional event. Our first stop was right on the beach in Santa Monica. It was a perfect day for skating, we had music, view of the ocean and we had a rail & kicker set up right in front of the L.A. All Day booth. It was a good vibe and we ran the Beginner & Intermediate comps without a hitch, where guys like Maxx Tsoumpelis & Storm McKee busted out. We started the Advanced & Elite divisions at the tennis court rails and then took it to the Park Rails, guys started to warm-up when the police showed up and we had to move it to the Main Street Rail. Thats where Steve Bundy took over and grabed the gold for the Elite Division. It was a quick session but they were throwing down some quality tricks.
Special Thanks to Justin Eisinger, Jen, Shima, Elliott, B-love, Adam Clark, Michael Chang for helping us judge & Tanner Madix for filming and capturing the moment.
Jeremy took some great photos of the September 5, 2009 L.A. All Day. Heres Shawn Rodriguez w/ a backside royal on the arch rail. Click the link below to see more shots.
From 2006 to 2010 L.A. All Day was in the business of promoting the sport of Rollerblading. Tracy White and myself (Carlos Kessell) started a contest series that was created for the youth of Rollerblading. Our goal was to give the kids an outlet to grow in the sport and give them an arena to display their skills. Here are some of the photos and edits we put out from 2006 to 2010. Lets take a walk down memory lane.
Lets start with the first ever edit of L.A. All Day by Daniel Scarano on April 28th 2007. This was the old set up at the Santa Monica Boys & Girls Club.
L.A. All Day edit by Daniel Scarano on June 9th 2007. This was the first comp with the new down ledge on the launch ramp. Check out the last trick by Nick Galvin... solid.
On July 14th 2007 the first L.A. All Day street comp went down in Santa Monica & Venice Ca. The elite winners were Russell Day, only 2 skaters to hit the last spot, maybe it was too crazy.
The 2007 finals went off the wall. You can see the progression of the park with the first piece of the massive corner bowl. The bowl was ready for the start of the 2008 season.
Rat-Tail & L.A. All Day BBQ Day took place March 8, 2008. We had a newly renovated skatepark, free food & the Rat-Tail crew. Skaters like Brian Shima, Alex Broskow, Chris Haffey & Chris Farmer came out and skated the park. Also Jeff Stockwell was finding lines that I haven't seen before. Local heads from the L.A. area came out to represent. All in all it was a good day, and a good day for rollerblading.
Saturday, May 17th 2008 we had our Real Street competition, which was a Roll Series sectional event. Our first stop was right on the beach in Santa Monica. It was a perfect day for skating, we had music, view of the ocean and we had a rail & kicker set up right in front of the L.A. All Day booth. We started the Advanced & Elite divisions at the tennis court rails and then took it to the Park Rails, guys started to warm-up when the police showed up and we had to move it to the Main Street Rail. Thats where Steve Bundy took over and grabbed the gold for the Elite Division.
Edit of the June 21st 2008 comp by Daniel Scarano & Tanner Madix. The 2008 season went to Steve Bundy who was able to compete in every L.A. All Day that year because of the support of his dad...Mr. Bundy.
LA All Day April 25th 2009 edit By Daniel Scarano & Tanner Madix.
SD All Day, part of the LA All Day circuit. Thanks to Aaron Churder for letting us use his park and Louie, Robert and Eric for judging. Filmed & Edited By Daniel Scarano. SD All Day July 25th, 2009 from Daniel Scarano on Vimeo.
Here's Daniel Scarano's edit of the September L.A. All Day contest of 2009. He captured the elite division skaters battling for the podium. There's a whole lot of action coming from Byron Snatchy & Sean Cowen, not to mention the rest of the elite guys shreddin! LA All Day September 5th, 2009 from Daniel Scarano on Vimeo.
Filmed by Tanner Madix & Daniel Scarano, Edited by Daniel Scarano. This was a great ending to our best year in L.A. All Day history. Appearances by international skaters CJ Wellsmore and Soichiro Kanashima. Overall Champ of 2009 was Rick Rodriguez.
This is why we do this, L.A. All day kids rippin it up! Thanks Tanner Madix for this amazing kids edit.
Another fresh edit by my man Daniel, capturing L.A. All Day's 2010 season opener.
The 2010 LA All Day season kicked-off this past Saturday, so ONE made the trip from SD to show support and hang out with the all-ages crowd these awesome grassroots events bring together. Lots of little shredders rolling around the park — and plenty of full-bore shredders repping the advanced and elite divisions, earning WRS points. Here’s some of what we saw go down. — ONE ONE @ LA All Day 2010 Event #1 from ONE magazine on Vimeo.
L.A. All Day June 5th was a hit, Congratulations to Sean Cowen for coming out and skating amazing, FIRST PLACE BOY!!!
L.A. All Day August 7th 2010 once again Sean Cowen & Byron Snatchywaters killed the edit. The 2010 overall champ was Sean Cowen who grew up skating at the SMBGC skatepark.
On September 7, 2010 we were informed that the skatepark will be demolished by Thursday September 9, 2010. Due to the short notice we were not able to line up another location as of yet. We will try to find another location and organize another event in the next two weeks. If we our unable to secure another location we will organize an awards ceremony/blade session for the skaters who came and supported L.A. All Day. The current points will be posted at www.laallday.com. -posted September 9, 2010
Since the demolition of the skatepark L.A. All Day has been without a home. It was a rough ending to an amazing journey. Tracy White since then has moved back to Illinois where he is from, Tracy continues to support the youth of rollerblading and organizes contest for the city of Rockford, Il.(One Interview) As for L.A. All Day, well, we still own the name, so who knows what the future will bring. I hope you enjoyed the walk down memory lane as much as we have. We thank everyone who was involved in making L.A. All Day a success. -Carlos Kessell
A big thanks to the guys who filmed and shot photos for us; Scott Moffat Daniel Scarano Tanner Madix Justin Eisinger Jeremy Condimine Jeff Linnet Ozzie Sandavol Sorry if I missed anyone.
This year their were high expectations for the Bittercold Showdown considering this was the second year in the amazing Modern Skatepark. I must say besides freezing my @&! off I thought that this event was big. The Trade show had a great turnout, the course was fresh, different from last year, new obstacles. This year Chris Haffey took the hammer and he deserved it. Also thanks to the city of Madison Hieghts for hosting. Cheap eats at Coney Island Dogs. So overall the Bitttercold was a hit.
Here's some skating shots from Modern skatepark in Detroit
Montre rockin ao makio Avi w/ ao top acid to drop acid on the quarter pipe Bailey doing what he does...kill bowls Crash Crowd Rob G. stylin on a soul...he is a true soul bratha!
Snatchy on the rainbow fish Justin & Wes from One magazine showed up and and supported the cause at the L.A. All Day contest this past weekend. Check out www.believeinone.com for a sneak peek into what went down. Thanks to One we were able to spread the word of the BLADEHEAD to a larger audience.
When the LA All Day 2010 series kicked off on May 1st, photographer and shredder Scott Moffat was in Santa Monica to get down. And get down he did, randomly re-dislocating his shoulder during the first moments of his heat, which was a major bummer. But he still managed to focus his chicken and hold it down with this barrage of action shots. Rachard dubbed him “Mo-Fire,” we don’t disagree. — ONE Click here for more!
March 14th AIL from Richie Velasquez on Vimeo. here are some photos of the L.A. All Day crew at AIL Sean Cowen sliding in at 2nd, with Utah boys surrounding him
On July 26th we hosted L.A. All Day's first Kicker & Rail Jam, all I can say about this comp is that we had fun, It was a throw back style comp, reminiscent of a beach contest back in early 90's. Props to Christian Bridges, Storm Mckee, Arjun Bhaduri & Rick Rodriguez for taking the gold in there divisions. Some of todays best skaters showed up like; Connor O'Brian, Ian Mcloed, Mark Wodja, Jeremy Soderburg, David Jones, Demetrius George & Dom Sagona. Also thanks to Shawn from Jin Joint for being one of our sponsors & judging our event. We cant forget Matt Mickey from Intuition for showing up & IBabble from Sophisticats for handing out T-Shirts & CD's. All in all we had a good time and we'll see ya on September 6th!
Elite: 1. Rick Rodriguez 2. Sean Cowen 3. Alex Clifton 4. Brandon Wiese 5. Steve Bundy 6. Brooks Nelson 7. John Jimenez 8. Brian Allen 9. Quinn Feldman 10. Anthony Luna