This week’s C.O.W. is brought to you by the ROC! Clip Of The Week 11 features Grant Hazelton of Rochester, NY skating RASP skatepark. Filmed by Kurt Rose. A big thanks to Grant and Kurt for submitting the first C.O.W. outside of NYC. Make sure to like the video and subscribe to our channel to see all of our videos first.
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“Miniview of my self and andy, edited by me. rochester 2011. Filmed By Connor Kenrick, Eric Kearney, Ryan Schindler and Me” – Allen Thorogood.
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Featuring Kyle Bartlett, Nate Hall, Bryan Weise, and Grant Hazelton.
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Filmed and edited by Evano Gucciardo. “A little while back I did some product shots for Treasonspecialsclothing.com. We also decided to do a mini skate shoot with some of the shirts on and while I was out I decided to make a little mini clip of that day” – Evano Gucciardo.
“Blading needs more shops. When’s the last time you tried on a pair of skates at an actual skate shop? Yes, not many have the opportunity to pick up their goods like that. But it isn’t only a matter of over-the-counter experience that may (or may not) include professional advice on what to get; local shops literally “make” scenes. This is only one of the topics that are discussed in this Company Profile with Roc City Skates out of Rochester, NY. Others being dedication and love for the sport, entrepreneurship, permits and a certain unnamed jerk. Read on” – Be-Mag. Read the full interview on Be-Mag.
So, let’s get some background, who are you guys and what the hell are you doing?
Grant: Ha, well, we’re Roc City Skates. RCS is myself, Nate Hall and Emery Kapral. We’ve all been in the blade scene forever, well not really forever, but anything that you started at 13 years old seems like forever. So, collectively we’ve got like 40 years in, haha. We’re at 181 Monroe Ave right outside downtown Rochester, NY. The shop is all about community, we want to see our sport grow and that happens one scene at a time.
So you got your storefront situated, what happened next?
Grant: Next thing was ordering product, way harder than expected. Between actually getting in contact with distributors/companies and deciding what we were going to sell it was easy to get lost. We wanted everything but when you’re looking at multiple page order forms from multiple companies, everything in different sizes and colors you start to realize that there is a ton of product available for us in such a small sport and you have to make choices. It’s sick to know there’s a diversity of products available, and more keep popping up, too.
Nate: We’re also trying to stay as diverse as we can while catering to our local trends: Xsjadobladers and flat setups. Or at least we’re converting the masses, except Grant, he just defected to Karbunz again. I’m definitely forgetting some stuff. Anything else, bloodsport?
Grant: Hmmm, yea, there were lots of permits, permits are the best. We have a wonderful neighbor who had some concerns about what we were doing with our shop, well instead of talking to us he decided to ask the city. And guess where that went! In all fairness we didn’t know exactly what we were doing but thought we were on track and doing good, haha. So we had some issues with the city, had to file for a couple more permits, spend some more money and here we are… all set up. We are in the Center City District, which means more regulations than other parts of the city, certain requirements for storefronts and such. I guess there is a certain image that the city wants to preserve. It has been a huge learning experience, which has been amazing, tiring and stressful but worth it.
Source: http://be-mag.com
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“This could possibly be the last “nice” street sesh rochester ny will see untill next year. This was all filmed on Oct 23. 2011. Filming & cut by Kyle b. Featuring skating from Connor Kenrick, Andy Pieri, Bryan Weise & Grant” – Kyle Bartlett.
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Shot and cut by Nate Hall. Filmed on 11/3/11 at Rochester Action Sports Park.
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Filmed by Mykel Fatali. Edited by Greg Freeman.
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