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Here's an updated list of active and dead? rollerblading podcast feeds, which has changed a bit since 2015. Omission/suggestion/additions all welcome:

Bladerat Podcast
http://bladeratpodcast.libsyn.com/rss

Back to Blading (Law from Sequencemag)
http://www.backtoblading.com/podcast?format=RSS

TruSpin Podcast
http://truspinpodcast.libsyn.com/rss

Ricardo Lino Skate Talks
Ricardo Lino Skate Talks

Spellcaster
http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:137532182/sounds.rss

Mad Beef
http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:213434444/sounds.rss

Blade Or Die - http://bladeordie.com/feed/

How To Be Unpopular

http://www.mushroomblading.com/rss/rss.xml ...

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DISCLAIMER: If anything bad, terrible or mediocre happens by following this guide, you, the reader- agree that it's all your fault. Proceed with caution. I'm not your attorney. I'm no expert and any ideas or constructive construction suggestions are welcomed and greatly appreciated in the comments.

Aggressive inline skating is largely defined by grinding.

The insatiable collective appetite for polesliding is outmatched only by a desire to discover new and exciting obstacles upon which to do that sliding.

With a little effort and around $150 US, you can supplement discovery and skatepark routine with invention.

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Welding Tools

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It's convenient to blame Disney's ESPN X-Games, Big Brother Magazine, The Industry, scooters, skateboarders, whatever happened to? Old Pro's pointlessly publicized "OMG used to be a rollerblader!!!" artfgt rebirth, Michelob Ultra, or the Human Giant Sketch. But all they've ever been are distracting, mildly depressing externalities: easy excuses. Blaming childhood heroes or "skateboarding" for Barely Death is much simpler and makes everyone feel better.

In reality, the descent has been a slow one, guided by internal failure on the smallest scale imaginable.

With the seventh anniversary of Get Someone To Blade Day fast approaching, it's ...

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Winter 2003 Roller Warehouse Video Spread

 Winter '03 RW video spread featuring 70 titles. Height of the Aggressive Inline Film Industry?

Net profit for a typical VOD project can be expressed as:

(Total Paying Customers * Download Price) - Expenses

Expenses might include everything from payment processor and distribution overhead1 (as much as a staggering twenty percent of gross or more), Superbus tickets, Happy Meals, jean-print tights, ironic haircuts, fisheye lenses, Gulfwax, du rags, Ibuprofen, sunglasses, forties, etc.

It's fair to place a hard upper limit on the current number of potential paying Aggroblading video viewing customers somewhere around 5,000. Figures provided for recent superstar ...

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DISCLAIMER: The below is a reality-driven work of fiction


How much would it cost to buy aggressive inline skating?

Yes, all of it. Every single active company and brand.

Let's look at Rollerblade's estimated 2008 operating revenue: $20M US. 2008 was a rocky year in finance and a long time ago, but aggressive rollerblading has gone downhill in participation terms since then, so this seems like a fair starting point.

Extrapolate from this that aggressive sales represent no more than 15% of total income, but probably closer to 8% or $1.6M. Rollerblade have the best recognition and ...

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