I got razors genesis when I was like 15. I skated on and off and there were no parks so we had to skate street. Then it became illegal with tickets being given for it. I got back into it recently with teaching my niece how to skate and found out a park had been made locally. So with my adult salary got shadows and have been loving it.

my first skates was a brand called Chicago, then Roces Street (wrecked the frame) then skated the original M12 . Stopped skating close to 20 years (37 now) and now I got Roces 5th element Yuto Goto. Now every time i go out i just cant stop smiling, plus teaching my daughter (4) and girlfriend to skate.

Rollerblade Lightning, original Roces m12 non ufs, K2 for one day, 10 year break and now on Them Darst 908 with Sola’s with Them 57’s flat.

I'm 40 now my first skates were the original M12 and it's crazy to think that this boot with just a few tweaks to it is still in the top aggressive skates on the market over 20 years later 🤣... I had the Argons Billiris pro model after that and that skate was amazing at the time, I wish it made a real comeback cause the style of it was so raw and mean af 💪... After 20 years off, I'm back on the sways and really liking them, I'm still a bit rusty but new skates are way better for soul and topside tricks no doubt! Curious what the new Roces are like though... Keep bringing it with the content kid 🔥

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Got me wanting to try the m12's!

Great video Brandon! Love hearing the history of other rollerbladers. It's like a "time stamp" of when you started and where the culture was. My first aggressive inline video I ever saw was volume lol making me feel old haha. Much Love from the Acosta Blades fam! 🤙🏼❤🙏🏼

This was a great watch

Great skating history!! So many years of experience and enjoyment on wheels. Thank you for sharing it with the community. I definitely look forward to seeing your next skates!

It was so fun to listen to you explain your journey with rollerblades!

you are almost telling my story , and i'm 40 now.the k2 king 55 was a game changer, and i still have 'm as a token..

Don't second guess it, this was a great idea for a video and it really wasn't too long. It was cool to hear what you took from each skate. Thanks! Keep it up 👍

The rollerblade CI5 and their various versions were actually really good skates and the first ones not needing a grind plate. It may seems strange nowadays but I really liked them for torques and I was rolling flat ( with very small wheels like 55 ). I remember Taig Chris drilled them to put wheels 2 et 3 further out and have a bigger h block space.

Broskow's KFC 3 section (and that antire video) is legendary. Love that it inspired you to get into aggressive!

Loved the walk down memory lane. Thanks for the story

i recently am starting to get back into skating after a long while! i used to rollerblade when i was little after playing the Jet Set Radio video game and i knew i had to get some! i haven’t skated in so many years but i just picked up some Flying Eagle F6S Falcon’s to get back into it and i’m so hyped for them to come in soon!! this video also inspired me to get some blades like these some time down the line. also, super dope video, man! enjoyed it a lot. :)

This was great. I think everyone should still this, I did on IG a couple months ago and it felt good to talk about the didn't does and how certain things have changed.

Size US13 Genesys. Actually burst out laughing, Incredible. Pretty sure I did the same when I bought Genesys 4 as a youngster. It was such a horrible experience that I just quit skating for about a year until the first Xsjado's came out.

This was great! I didnt know your skate history before the Shift. I started following you at that time and wanted the same skates. My first pair back was the shift 1. Keep up the good work my guy

I wish I were skating when the Haffey 2.0's dropped. They're the best looking skate ever imo.

Great video. Skated Solomons and usd in late 90's and early 2000's. Always skated flat. 18 years later bought razor sl's, love them so far, hated anti rocker. Already switched to flat setup on gc mega with 64 jarrod banning wheels and reds bearings. Love it so far after first skate. So happy to be blading again

Loved this video, man! My history is the same generic ones at first, then borrowed some cult 8’s, from there it was cult 9’s, valo eb maroon, xsjado farmer 3, genesys 8’s, nimh shima v1 nimh shaman white, back to cult 8s now I’m on shift 2’s.

Hey Brandon, I am slating the Shift 2 and I find the "uneasyness from the Shift 1" has diminished since they put the optional screws in the bottom. Helps really secure the soul to boot. This skate has encouraged me to go all flat as well (like yourself). Great video, takes me back my friend!

I just started out, I have Aragon 4's! I bought them about 5 years ago thinking I might skate inline like my husband but ended up sticking to skateboard for ages. They were super discounted because I am a small size and it was an old model at the time. Just switched over to inline this month and loving it! I got some bargain bin blue FL2 frames and some white backslide plates and black cuff bolts to customise them, they look sick!

I was also “so stoked” when I learned front unities! Especially on benches 👍

Thanks for sharing your story!

Awesome vid man! It's good to hear the progression of someone whos been in the game a lot longer than me 😅 I've recently got back into blading as I had a lot of time to reflect on what spending time outside felt like through lockdown 😂, so I bought a pair of USD Aeon 60s, which was a bold move for me as I always skated anti rocker back in my teen years but oh man! Do I love skating flat now, I'm kind of learning everything from scratch again (not that I was any good back in the day) but I'm just trying to find my balance again and get my grind game on properly. If I ever make it over to New Zealand I'd love to skate with you sometime bro! Keep up the good work with the news and vids man we appreciate them

You have great authentic content mate

I started in some blade runners. My second pair was the Roces m12. I still skate them. In may will be my anniversary of skating at 3 years.

Don't normally comment, on anything, but this is fun taking a trip down memory lane! I aggressive skated for about 8 years, took nearly 15 years off, and now I'm getting back into it with a fury I didn't even have back then. I've been skating as long as i can remember stuff and I'm 35. First skates that weren't made by Fisher Price and weren't 100% plastic -including wheels- were Blade Runners by RB. I got them in 1994 and used them until they didn't fit anymore. By this time, I had discovered the wonders of aggressive skating, I really wanted to get into it and made my mom buy me a pair. My first aggressive skates were K2 Bing Airs in 1998. I used those until they were completely ruined. My next pair were Salomon STI pro's in 2001/2. The best out-of-the-box skate I ever had. They were the first UFS skates and I even kept the liners for future skates. Which were Rollerblade TRS downtown's in 2005. I DID NOT NEED NEW SKATES. I just wanted something fresh. About a year later, I was 21 or 22 and life started getting in the way. I was an uninsured adult working full time so aggressive skating officially took a backseat. Though I never really stopped skating. I used aggressive skates to just travel around in for 3 full years before realizing that was the wrong way to do it, so I went to a play it again sports and got a 2nd hand pair of k2 soul 7's that I've been using for the past decade fairly consistently, so the liners became really gross, and they are not removable. So it was time to retire them. A bittersweet moment. Which brings me to this year. Pandemic happened, I became unemployed, on unemployment, and getting more money from those unemployment checks than I really needed. So I bought 2 new pairs of skates. The first was Flying Eagle F110. I credit these with getting me into big wheel blading, but I absolutely hate the boots and they are so uncomfortable I already have to nix them. Less than a week of having these, I ordered my first pair of aggressive skates in 15 years. USD realms. I also found these to be extremely uncomfortable and got intuition liners for them (cheapest skate, most expensive liners... I know, I know...) Replaced the frames with kaltik mery Munoz pros, and also got kizer trimax to satisfy my big wheel fixation. I'm in love with this setup and ROLLERBLADING SAVED MY LIFE. Pandemic ended life as I knew it, but it rekindled my love affair with rollerblading.

M12 best skate indeed. Not just the incredible build quality and durability but the price tag too. Long live Roces. Thanks for the video, great to see your journey.

Really interested video! I like to much! Brandon, when you talk about the Brian Aragon 4 I remenber a lot of things of these time when Aragon was amazing! 2 or 3 interviews about Brian this year but there are a lot of things that i dont know about these legend. Maybe a video? Excuse me for my english! I think you can understand me! Saludos desde España, Málaga!

Hi! I've been skating for about 20 years. The setups i had: - Tempish extreme (for 2 weeks), - Salomon st8, - Deshi Ian Mcleod, - Razors Cult Shima 3 (one of my favourites. About 4 years on the streets), - Some black and white Deshi that I exchanged for... - Razors Murda 2 (I love them!), - Custom Murdas 2 without skin and too big plates, - Valo Erik Bailey (the skates was too heavy and to short for me, but grinding on them was nice), - USD Evo 09 (For the first time I realized i love tall and ridig skates, but after month of skating they were very unconfortable and I had to sell them), - Razors SL Horngaher (The skates was to flexible and i had control problems), - USD Aeon 72- first flat setup that changed my skating forever. I love them! - USD Aeon 60- My first new setup, that came when pandemic started

The way you had skates but never skated till years later is the same way i started when i was about 12/13 and then through YT i saw Aggressive inlines and my god, best thing ti happen to me

This defo has me wanting to try the M12. I remember skating them 20 years ago and loving them even though they were 3 sizes to big. Might pull the trigger and get some new ones

Man... Solomon sti 80. Then 90. Working at KFC at 16.. few the times. Then a k2 skate of some sort. Was all black with silver metal pieces. Roces looked the same as the k2. Then farmer 2 xsjado then xsjado Stockwell 2.0.. didn't realize I had so many. Have my Solomon's and Stockwell a still. And a pair of genesy 8..

Cool insight. Im 31 y/o. I started in early 2001 in the PACIFIC NW. I had no idea that at the time I was an hour away from the BOMBAS CON DIAS crew - AARON FEINBERGS crew. One time Brian Maxwell and Sapata came to our park in the valley and back flipped our biggest gap at the park... EPIC. I was too young to know and this was way before social media but in around that time and earlier was where Aaron filmed a lot of the BRAIN FEAR GONE section in the PORTLAND/Lake Oswego area. My first skates were a pair of K2 125's, then I got my friends old Razors Elliot 2's, Then I traded for a buddies old Shima 3's, cream and white color. I then skated Cult 6's with all white ABLE frames from like 2007-2010 and I took a break from skating like 2010-16/17'. In 2017 I got some all black SL's and have been skating since. I wanna get new skates eventually.. Those White SL's look ILL! Im a Razors guy but I would like to get a pair of the Montre Livingston Carbon Free's with the Dreadlocks if USD WILL EVER RE-RELEASE THEM

I remember playing the Aggressive Inline game on PS2 the first week it came out. Those were great times. K2 was my first pair of aggressive blades.

Great video Brandon. Not boring at all! Started skating in 1996, and between then and around 2000 I had: Bauer Hockey Skates Rollerblade Daytonas, Oxygen Argon 1.1(Hi), USD Thrones and K2 250cc (which survive today). I stopped skating around 2003 and just started back up again in November last year. In just 6 months I've had USD Aeons XIX White, Trigger Beat Schillmeier, USD Carbons (2018) and finally, hands down best skates I've ever owned; Gawds Michel Prados Took me a little while to find a perfect fit/size, but the Gawds are it for me (for now ;))

I started of with some kind of Razors, similar to the black and blue ones you had. Then I got the Valo VXS Thee Strange, absolutely loved them. Now I got the Valo V13 Maroon, best skates ever. But I will probably buy a pair of THEM 909 Blue, because I don't want to be stuck with a brand that doesn't exist anymore, when my Valo's break. I totally agree with you when you say "simple" is the best looking, and best blades in general. Great video!

I Started skating way back in 97 , White Majestic 12 were my first!

Trs downtown 2 Razor cult Nihm shima v2 Xsjado damien wilson 2 And just bought some razor shift grey's. super stoked to get back into skating after 5 years of not.

It’s crazy how your experiences through each skate are so similar to some of mine except I was in my last year of the sport pretty much as you were just getting some of your first real skates. Like in between your K2’s and Aragon’s skates. My last skate was a crazy hybrid that I made. It was the Aaron Feinberg USD Throne 2 or something that. It was like that sick cream colored one. But then I did a black tumor plate (I don’t even know if that’s still a thing) and then I put the shima 2 Razor liner and that soft section on the shimas around it he laces that was like black and white leather or something and unstitched that from the razor boot and stitched it onto the thrones 😍 still the best looking and best feeling skate ever! They were the biggest head turners, every park I went to big city meet up I was always getting people asking me all about them and taking photos. If only my tricks got that kind of attention 😂

I lived in Antioch, CA when I was a kid. I showed up to the local park with my rec skates one day and saw Vinny Minton , Victor Arias and many others there. After seeing them kill shit I was hooked. Got some Rollerblade Patrones, which were even old at the time, and eventually upgraded to the TRS Access when they came out. Too many too count after that.

Looking forward to try the m12.. but they are sold out everywhere. New one is coming up in black! To be released in August. Thanks for your videos!

I learned all my groove tricks in those RBs. They have a really good h block.

Started on the rb blade runners. Now im on the vibralux x valo’s (aka 5th element) going to the bacemint skate (m12) next. U got me stoked for the m12 still looking for a flat frame for them tho

Jeez. You started this story about where mine ended. I started in the mid-90s. My first video was Mad Beef! My first aggressive skate were Tarmac CE's. Then I had K2 fatty's, 2 pairs of fatty pros, RB Daytonas (the blue ones like your Dirks), Rollerblade Paws (soft boot), I had a pair of my buddy's USD Thrones for a while, Then I got Razor Creams, and then my last (and current) skates are the Razor Elliot 2s. I got them about 16ish years ago I think. I just got back into it very recently. Got new wheels and bearings. Just kicking around for now, but hope to be able to get a few old tricks back. It's fun cruising around, but weird that my skates are older than the vast majority of people at the park.

Beautiful story Brandon.

omg. i started in the mid late 90s. got the same green rbs. had the cut break off, and stuck a massive bolt through, poking out all sharp, catchi g the concrete, and ripping holes in my pants.

I had the Rollerblade Dirks. They were the first model of the RB skates you had. Super thin liner and foot bed. The frame though was good. I wish Rollerblade would release something similar.

Those tan RBs are the CI-5s. They also had a similar looking model called the Dirk and the PAW I think. The PAW had more suede, DIRK was all black. There was also a blue version. I THINK the K2s were the backyard bobs

4:35 DAWG My favorite video game growing up!! Honestly what made ME wanna start rolling blading, besides my older brothers doing it. Also inspired my music taste.

Started with the RB dirks and my second skate was the Solomon st8’s then k2 250’s (the yellow ones). Now I have RB downtowns. Im just getting back into skating but I have my eye on the Trigger Skates. Considering Carbon skates but just barely.

well I wanted to skate (on blades) again but wanted to also be able to do grinds like when I was skateboarding. And bam a compromise

Dude the Rollerblade C15's and Daytona are legendary. I remember when they got released. I used to dream about the Daytona when I was a kid. But my 1st aggressive skate was the Bauer Sanctity :)

Man I loved my RB Ci5s they were great skates and a very unique color that I think looks great

You’ve been through one hell of a journey

I think Im the oldest skater here. I started on the original Rollerblade TRS Lightning. Then I had a pair of the original Oxygen skates (they may be releasing a new version soon). From their I had several pair of the Roces m12 90s version and a couple different pair of Rollerblade actual aggressive skates. I quit around 2003. Started back this year with.....the M12 of course!

K2 Fattys were the skates that changed skating for me...but now it's been years. Looking to get back into it...what to get...

I think I can honestly say everyone loved this story! What would've made it a little cooler is if you and everyone commenting with all the skates they've had gave sizes to help others with sizing questions.

I had the red Roces 5th Elements. Then the Salomon ST8's I believe. Or I got the Aaron Feinberg pro models.

Oxygens, Roces Graals (the red ones with the ugly zipper cover), USD Thrones (They were a pro model, can't remember who, but they were the heaviest skates I've ever used), Xsjados, USD Shadows.

I was just looking to pick up M12s with Sola 72 mm frames now I'm sold

I also had these Haffey 2.0 skates and absolutely loved them.. Maybe I'm gonna post an old picture of myself with these blades on instagram... My skating was never close to your level, but because I already picked up skating in the mid/late 90's, I had a LOT of skates without even being able to skate properly, up to this day. The history as far as I can remember: K2 Fatty SC (white/blue), Roces 5Th element (maroon and WAY too large), Salomon St90 (still WAY too large), USD Psirus 1st Gen Josh Petty (still too big), USD Psirus Julio black (first time in my size), USD Prirus 2nd Gen Dustin Latimer (terrible Kizer Frame with Grindpins and Kizer written on them), Deshi DK2 Ian McLeod (terrible), Razors Shima 3 (Cult, best skate until this date), Salomon St Rob Thompson, USD grey Feinberg Mindgame Thrones (never skated those, I just bought them and sold again...stupid me), Razors Cult 6, Razors Elliott 3, Razors Cult LE, Razors Cult 3, Deshi CH1, Xsjado Farmer 09 (white), Usd Throne Sean kelso, Razors Icons2 (my first SL skate), Valo AB1(never could skate the Valo), Xsjado Basic 09, Xsjado Farmer 08 (with a monkey graphic on the cuff), REMZ Haffey 2.0, Remz os3, Usd Carbon2 black, Usd Carbon 2 white, Valo V13 (bone white), Razors Cult Cream (skated once then sold), USD Aeon Nick Lomax (brown)... and a few more that I just bought and sold again during the periods when I wasn't actually skating.. This is riddiculous and now I get the picture why I was always completely broke..wtf. Great video btw Brandon! Keep up the great work. Just became a member of your channel!!

you should try USD Carbons with Xsjado Soulplate, theyre on another level 😁 btw. great video as always bro!❤

1. £5 second hand pair off eBay bought for a laugh to go with a fancy dress costume. The joke was on me as I was instantly hooked and knew within an hour of wearing them that skating needed to be a massive part of my life. 2. Seba FR2s. 4x80mm. A great beginner/intermediate skate, manoeuvrable and comfortable. 3. Powerslide Swells. 3x100mm. I loved the bigger wheels as they rolled the crappy surfaces in my city so much better, but they gave me very bad pressure points eventually leading to bursitis so they weren't for me. 4. USD Aeons. 60mm flat. My only aggressive skates to date. I'm way too old to be starting aggressive skating and the mental challenge is several frustrating steps too far tbh but giving it a shot anyway. Great skates, especially for an aggressive beginner. Nice wide h-block and soul plate, though the plate is quite slow and sticky which isn't ideal for an old and ultra-tentative noob. 5. Powerslide Nexts. 3x110mm. Loved them, though putting them on could be a slow process - maybe I'm just cack-handed! Great for cruising and commuting. 6. Rollerblade Twisters 3x110mm. New, only been skating them a couple of weeks. Love them.

My two favorite skates are SLs and now m12s lo that I finally decided to buy after you got yours and made the video review, I also didn't like the shifts lol been blading since 98 and I've skates almost every thing out there

I feel your pain with trying to learn trick names from that game and competitions like x games I remember thinking soul grinds were top souls for years aha

Great video! My first and current skate is the m12 and I love them, got the size 11. There is no 10.5 m12 I believe, which size are yours (shell/liner)? I think I could have got them 1 size smaller. How many centimeters does your foot have? Ill take that in consideration when buying new ones! Keep it up 💥

Cheap pair of rec skates with the middle wheels removed, Oxygen ARs (I loved these), Solomon st10 (in blue), st Vinny Minton. I want to get back into it but threw my skates away.

Rb swindlers, RB estillos, razors Shima 5, remz O/S 2, USD carbon 2 olive SE, RB solo era, them 908 Darst, RB Fusion X3. Worst to skate: swindlers. Most uncomfortable: Remz. Most comfortable: Shima 5. I kind of feel like doing this same video :)

Stip into grinds... No pullin out, Did the whole kink 🤙

Cool vid bro 👊🏼 First skate was Bauer fx1, last skate was razor shima3, getting back into skating thinking aeon 60s??

Let's go through my skate history. - Salomon Vinny Minton 1 - Deshi DK2 - Roces Graal (🤢) - Xsjado Team 1.6 - USD Sway Chris Farmer - Salomon ST Rob Thompson (Recent eBay purchase) - Anthony Pottier FR UFR is pre ordered as well. I think the best skates of them all were the Vinny Minton for sure. They were the semi softboot Salomon and were the comfiest things going. Worst was either the Graal or the Deshi. Graal felt OK but looked awful whilst the old Deshi were like a sock with frames bolted on. I bought the Graal off a mate so I could bin the Deshi and enjoy skating again.

5th element its almost same feeling and feel better for grinds, maybe you should try.

Oh also the best rollerblade are Rollerblade canvas. But they dont make them anymore. Lovely for soles and unity and backside Royals.

Whoa how old are u. Those green RB were my first aggressive skates too. That was back in 97’. Mine were and earlier model call squash and were more green. Those are the 2nd gen.

Hi, very interesting video! I started on some usd classic throne 😍 then switched to remz which also made my first topsides possible then went to xsjado which i have been skating for around 10 years and now swiched to m12 and kinda struggeling pretty hard with the m12, they look so sick but my grinding got worse than with the xsjado.. I think i struggle with the soulplate.. I think about switching to the razor sl do you think that would be good?

Dammmmm, you had a lot of skates! 😎✌️♥️🐸

Sick!

My first skates were the red usd transformers, I got them when I was 7

My history was as follows Boxcars Edward's Chocolates RB Suedes(us small release of rb canvas ) Cream 5th elements Stopped skating from 2002 to 07 Razors GENESYS 7 [maybe my favorite skate ever] SSM Bloodline 3s Very likely getting 5th elements again

My first skate was rollerblade lightning then tarmac ce then oxygen 3.1 then in 2011 got tribe

Great video, always find peoples skate history interesting. I gotta ask what's the story behind the picture at 1:44 is it your first brush with the law? All I can see from the picture is a wet halfpipe, a group of kids (including you) and what looks like a random adult and a police officer... 🤔

Wow you started when Vakos were first around? Man, those rollerblades tou first owned were 20+years old at that point No soul nothing I went Boxcars Chocomatea Roces cream 5th elements. Razor gen 7 Ssm bloodline 3

Soooooo did you get the tides or some fifth elements this time around 😎👌🏻

I still skate my k2 aggressive skates lol theyre beat up but work. One day ill afford a new pair.

Yo my current skates are some genesys and honestly I would rather have some slimer skates but still they are my first aggressive skates and I absolutely love them. Ps the chunky thing is really understandable

My favourite skates were Rollerblade Dirks from like 98

USD Aeon 60 for the win

ATUA yea boi!!!

I got a question. I got a set of Roces 1992 and I love them however I also got a pair of Roces M12 and they feel so weird in comparison to the 1992 urban model. I’m new to inline but I noticed the hardness to make my m-12 turn. Is that because of the sole plate. I even put some rounded wheels and still hard to make them turn like the urban ones. Any thoughts or advice?

Mine were: BAUER aggressive skates SALOMON ST 10 OXYGEN ARGON LOWS REMZ....they were tan and black

Oh snap bro! Ci5? My first skates ever, did a paper round at 12 yrs old for 20 weeks to save up! Loved them and found a mint brand new condition pair last year!

What skates woukd you recommend for learning topside and fishtail or fishbrains. I have the K2 unnatural and I can do the 4 basic grinds except pornstar. Still need to learn frontslide and backslide

Salmon St 90 2 - Solid, really nice looking, best soft detailed boot I've skated. Razors Gen 4 - loved them at the time, cuff bolts always came loose, soul kit was fun but wore away quickly Razors Murda 3 - Same as the above but with a Jug liner. Xsjado Chris Farmer 2 - Great for the first month or so, became very sloppy and unresponsive quickly, soul plate far too big. Salamon Chaz Sands - Meh, Don't get the hype tbh. Razor Cults - Nice Skates, prefer them to the genesys. Roces Bobi Spassov M12 - Incredible, love everything about them.

im 29 ... i remember watching brink on disney and airborne on disney which introduce me to aggresive inline skating....i was 12 when i got my first pair of skates k2 fatty pro( i think those are the ones u forgot the name off) then winded up geting a pair of cults handed down to me 2 sizes bigger ....im a 6 i got them in a 8...winded up putin some liners in size 7 then i learn most of my basics and big airs then the remz os 2 came out and i remember only being able to fish and top porn....i stop skating at 17 and now 12 years later i got some usd sway 57 and in my size too so its like gettin a fresh start to something u already know i just seem to not be able to do any grinds but makio and soul now though any advice? i can also 360 and fakie 360 too but whats the secret to learning 540s?

Any idea what those RB skates you had first were called? I had a pair in the mid 90s and cannot for the life of me remember. Although I quite liked them, and paid quite a lot more than $50!

There the K2 enemies, I had a pair they were the best skate. I still had my razor juggernauts

Oh I loved Razors shima 1 and 2. But they dont make those skates no more.