“In Rochester, NY, there is a spot known as “G Spot.” Yes, folks, it does exist, and it actually happens to be pretty played out up there. But during my short visit to the area this summer we happened to be in the vicinity of the “G Spot” and noticed this barge docked next to the walkway. Apparently they do concerts and whatnot on these things during the summer, but Grant Hazelton does Gaps to Wallrides and 180s off. When shooting this, Grant had to position himself between the barge and ladder and push the barge out with his legs to create the gap, then proceed to skate around and do the Wallride before the buoyant platform rebounded back inward, thus making the trick as scary as possible. He actually almost fell in head first one time. Getting trapped upside down under that piece would be a scary trip. Shot with one Vivitar 383 at camera left about 10 ft away, at 1/2 power. Aperture f/6.3, shutter 1/100, at 160 ISO” – Kris Troyer.
“I flew back to Rochester for the week to see family and the old blade buddies, and Tim Adams decided he wanted to film for a new section to support his flow sponsor, USD. One day we decided to drive down to the southern tier of New York to skate some untapped spots. Stefan Brandow, originally from the area and therefore our guide, brought us to this ditch spot; very uncommon for New York…
After getting a feel for the spot, Tim, as usual, decided he needed more speed for his trick, so Nate Hall offered to help him out with a sling shot. Here we’ve got a sling shot to Topsoul to Wallride to Fakie from the bridge into the bank. No flash, because I had just fired immediately before this on the topsoul, and got lucky on the wallride snap. Aperture at f/11, shutter at 1/250, all at ISO 320″ – Kris Troyer.
B-Roll was posted earlier on I Roll NY but now the video has been uploaded all in one higher quality part. If you want to check out each B-Roll section separately check the previous post.“After nearly two years of filming, Ricky Coster, myself, and everyone else invovled in B-ROLL are anxious to finally be able to drop it online. B-ROLL is an video showcasing the Buffalo, NY scene, as well as keeping you tuned in on the great bladers of Rochester, NY. Featuring Ricky Coster, Dan Barnes, Josh Marlinski, Cris Parwulski, Malik Glen, Neil Heary, Tim Adams, Grant Hazelton, Steve Bruning, Mike Torres, Kris Troyer, and Nate Hall, it was filmed by Ricky Coster, Cris Parwulski, Josh Marlinski and myself. Ricky handled the editing. The video started as a rather loose idea and was going rather slow at first. However, this past summer everyone jumped fully on board and busted out as much and as hard as we possibly could. I can speak for everyone, saying that it was one of the best summers ever, skating-wise, and we are all excited to have it captured. Most importantly, we are thrilled to put Buffalo on the map as a major blade scene with dedicated skaters who have nothing but love and heart for the sport. I hope you guys enjoy the skating, filming and editing, and if it makes you want to go strap on a pair of blades… mission accomplished! Keep blading and staying to true to yourself and one of the most unique sports out there. Enjoy” – Dan Barnes.
This video has 9 parts so be sure to click on the “Read the rest of this entry” link after the text. “After nearly two years of filming, Ricky Coster, myself and everyone else involved in B-ROLL are anxious to finally be able to drop it online. B-ROLL is an online video showcasing the Buffalo, NY scene as well as keep you tuned in on the great bladers of Rochester, NY. Featuring: Ricky Coster, Dan Barnes, Josh Marlinski, Cris Parwulski, Malik Glen, Neil Heary, Tim Adams, Grant Hazelton, Steve Bruning, Mike Torres, Kris Troyer, and Nate Hall Filmed by: Ricky Coster, Cris Parwulski, Josh Marlinski and myself. Edited by: Ricky Coster. The video started as a rather loose idea and was going rather slow at first. However, this past summer everyone jumped fully on board and busted out as much and as hard as we possibly could. I myself can speak for everyone, that it was one of the best summers ever skating wise and we are all excited to have it captured. Most importantly we are thrilled to put Buffalo on the map as a major blade scene with dedicated skaters who have nothing but love and heart for the sport. I hope you guys enjoy the skating, filming and editing and if it makes you want to go strap on a pair of blades… mission accomplished! Keep blading and staying to true to yourself and one of the most unique sports out there. Enjoy” – Dan Barnes. (more…)
Rochester has represented their side of New York very well this year and one of the locals, Kris Troyer, put together this edit wrapping up the 2009 year. See all the tricks that went down in this 9:45 edit featuring Jeremiah Dougherty, Kris Troyer, Grant Hazelton, AJ Pow and other ROC boys. Filmed by Kris Troyer, Kyle Bartlett, Nate Hall, and Brandon Cooklin. Edited by Kris Troyer.
On snowed in days like this I wish Xtreme Wheels and every other indoor skatpark in NY were closer. Check the edit above to see some great skating from the Roc City and Buffalo boys shredding the Xtreme Wheels skatepark. Featuring skating from Kris Troyer, Malik Glenn, AJ Pow, Nate Hall, Brandon Cooklin, Grant Hazelton, Tim Adams, and Josh Marlinski. Filmed and edited by Brandon Cooklin.
Roc City returns with a short edit of Grant Hazelton and Kris Troyer breaking in Grant’s newly discovered ledge and Kris breaking in his new Deshi carbons. “Grant rub-bricked and waxed this new ledge, and I got new skates! Filmed by me and Grant, edited by me. Song is “Won’t Trade” by Q-Tip” – Kris Troyer.
This is an edit I stumbled upon a while ago (still playing catch up fellas) featuring the Roccityskate crew out of Rochester, New York. This is a chill edit where you can tell the guys are just having fun skating a park dubbed “Jesus Park.” Skaters include, Mike Torres, Tim Adams, Grant Hazelton, Kris Troyer and others. Filmed and edited by Kris Troyer.
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Roc City Skate recently updated their site with two new edits out of Buffalo, NY. “The other day Kris Troyer sent me this Xxtreme Wheels montage, featuring Tim Adams, Steve Bruning, Josh Marlinski, Nate Hall and more. Then today Grant sent me a mini profile of himself at Extreme Wheels made by Stefan Brandow. The thing about this edit is that Grant only has one properly working ankle right now (left over from the nice little tweak you see at 2:21 of the AZ09 edit), yet somehow he still kills it.” – Roc City Skate.
