Astoria Park Pro Conference by Butter TV

“Queens, New York – October 20th, 2018. Photographer Ryan Loewy hosts the first competition under his new brand: Rudy New York along with the New York Skate Series and Blader Union. Literally in our backyard – Astoria Park. The first two rounds of the comp started at the plaza on two ledges angled upwards and moved to the quarter. In between there were brief intermissions for some simple ways to make quick cash: a toe roll and a cess slide contest. Afterwards we moved to the east side of the park to the last spot to skate two sketchy rails. On camera they look great… but in person it’s a different story. This is where Dave Hartnett shined and took home the win but not without taking some punishment. Chris Pullar, Julian Hinsch, and Adonis Taylor also took home some battle wounds. It was brutal but also a reminder of the risks we take in this sport/lifestyle. Speedy recovery for those guys. Still, a great turnout and what a show for the locals in the neighborhood as they gathered around the spot, or were watching from their home balconies and front steps. Shout out to everyone that showed up! Cheers!” – Butter TV.

What’s Duh Vibez Episode 2

Check out the second episode of, What’s Duh Vibez from Ghetto Community. “This weekend we linked up at Riverside skate park located in 108st in Harlem. Helmets is a must incase you plan on taking a trip there. but shout out to the homies for the meet up! FT. CHINO SIN, Adonis Taylor, Zach Cramer, Julian, Jesus Medina, and More!” – Ghetto Community.

Seventeen

Ghetto Community wraps up the first half of 2017 with this montage featuring footage from the streets of NYC, Oil City skatepark, and the second annual Boschi Pope Skate Off. “This is a video compilation of Instagram videos I filmed, just recycling these clips to let other people who don’t have Instagram of what went down in NYC in 2017!! Featuring Jordan Baez, Billy O’Niell, Boschi Pope, Ryan Many, Pablo Munoz, Christian Brito, Andy “Crack” Feliciano, Chris Dejesus, Jesus Medina, Malik Ashby, Adonis Taylor, Kris Craig, Jon Cooley, Montre Livingston, Jeph Mateo, Augusto Castillio, Sean Grossman, Tadd Labozzetta, Brian Tokin, Ariel Surun, Evan Grimball, and Brian Freeman” – Ghetto Community.

New York Skate Series Summer 16 Documentary

Check out the feature length documentary of the New York Skate Series Summer 16 competitions created by Butter TV featuring the creators of the NYSS and the top three winners from all of 2016’s events. “The New York Skate Series, now in its third year, held three events in the summer of 2016: First in Brooklyn, second in Staten Island, and lastly in the Bronx. Get comfy because this is a long one. Watch as Adonis Taylor, Jesus Medina, Craig Benabu, and all the skaters/spectators involved take you through each event and relive some of the good times we all had in the process” – Butter TV.

2016 Boschi Pope Skate Off 2.0

ButterTV drops an extended look into last year’s Boschi Pope skate off, “With the amount of footage from the 2016 event–it was hard to squeeze it all into one video. So, as promised, here is the BPSO 2.0 edit. And if you haven’t already watched the first video make sure to check it out” – ButterTV. See ButterTV’s first edit of the BPSO 2016 here.

New York City: September Sessions via ONE

One Magazine published a new article featuring coverage of the New York City blade scene with photos and words by former local photographer Drew Humphrey. “It has been about two years since I last visited back home, so I thought it was time I went back to New York City, which I did September 20-27. I was excited for all the skating and seeing all my friends. Though I moved to Portland about two and half years ago and can never imagine moving back to NYC, it is always nice to visit” – Drew Humphrey. See all the photos and read the full article here.

Source: One Blade Mag

New York Skate Series: EDS Street Session

This memorial day weekend the New York Skate Series teamed up with I Roll NY in skating for Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and a young blader, Steven White, who has EDS. We hosted an all day session sponsored by Rollerblade who was kind enough to provide a free skate voucher which local blader Malik Ashby won and in his support for EDS, gave to Steven to encourage him to stay strong and keep blading. Featuring skating from Zach Cramer, Pablo Munoz, Adonis Taylor, Joey Lunger, Andy Bodnar, and Tadd Labozzetta. Get more information on EDS and Steven’s story below.

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is a collection of heritable connective tissue disorders. We had the pleasure of meeting an 8 year-old named Steven White who has EDS and his dedicated mother, Yoly Ym, at our first event of the 2016 season. It’s awe inspiring to watch Steven skate, knowing that when the skates come off, he wears leg braces and sometimes uses a wheel chair. Steven is able to rollerblade, because his skates provide him with support, stability, and freedom that does not exist with other alternative sports or with most sports for that matter.

Why Zebra Stripes?
Doctors are taught the phrase “When you hear the sound of hooves, think horses, not zebras”. In medicine, “zebra” is used for a rare disease or condition. Doctors often assume that the simplest explanation is correct to avoid misdiagnosis with rare illnesses. But many medical professionals forget that “zebras” DO exist and so getting a diagnosis and treatment is more difficult for rare conditions. EDS is a rare condition and those with it are known as medical zebras.

RIP Pimp C

Featuring Jeff Mateo, Anddy Feliciano, Zach Cramer, Zane, Pablo Munoz, Malik Ashby, Jesus Medina, and Adonis Taylor. Filmed by Airtothe, E$ and Andrew Broom.

Harlem Blading

Featuring Sasha Sergieiev, Zach Cramer, Tommy Hearn, and Adonis Taylor. Filmed and edited by Malik Ashby.

#SKATEFORALEX Edit

Terrence Henry put together this small edit during Saturday’s session where we skated in honor of Alex Nunez. Check out the clips of Adonis Taylor, Arismendy Canela, James Perez, Brian Keohane, Terrence Henry, and Leomarsh Pascasio as the session was coming to an end.

“A short edit to celebrate the life of Alex Nunez! R.I.P. Thank you I Roll NY for letting me borrow your camera lens, much appreciated! Thank you NYSS founder Adonis Taylor for holding down NYC & supporting the awareness of the #SkateForAlex movement! Thank you to everyone who came out to skate this weekend for Alex’s Birthday and supported #SkateForAlex World Wide” – Terrence Henry.