Stephen Babcock, a.k.a, The White Wolf, is a 19-year-old shredder from Brentwood, California. 

Steve’s been racking up some deals: winning the Amall Glen Cove comp, doing a trick tip on negative souls, and now a profile on FilthJuice.com. We talk the NWST, California’s new tobacco law, the Woodward West scholarship fund, and more.

Octavio "Paco" Montano joins us. Follow Steve as @thewhitewolf_ds. Check out Death Squad Blading, and Filth Juice as well.

This podcast is made possible thanks to our supporters on Patreon.

Direct download: BabcockPaco.mp3
Category:Blader Digest -- posted at: 10:18pm PDT
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The NWST 2016 started on June 2 in Missoula, MT. Featuring interviews with Cameron Talbott, Chemi Simiyu, Kellen Zinkgraf, Preston Villanueva, Dustin Jamieson, Zach Newton, Thomas McGovern, Jon Christopherson, Aaron Powell, and more.

This podcast was made possible by all of our supporters on Patreon, namely Basti Loreti and Dustin Jamieson, who were also on the trip.

To stay up to date on announcements for next years’ trip, check out the NWST Facebook page. Don’t forget to like the Rock Town Press Facebook page.

Direct download: NWST2016.mp3
Category:Blader Digest -- posted at: 7:06am PDT
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Kai Carlson-Wee is a rollerblader originally from Minnesota and is the Jones Lecturer in Poetry at Stanford University. He’s most known for his skating in the Life Plus series, where he and his brother, Anders, skated the wilderness, including grinding and wallriding trees. We talk about his short documentary, Riding the Highline, which took first place at the Napa Valley Film Festival last year, homemade skate parks, working as a writer in the 21st century, and why Fargo sucks. Follow him on Instagram as @kaicarlsonwee.

Support for the Rock Town Podcast comes via Patreon, including Trudy, Dustin, Edward, Jose, Nate, Steve, Alexander, and Zach.

Direct download: KaiWeeFINAL.mp3
Category:Blader Digest -- posted at: 7:33am PDT
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Jon Julio has been a pro skater for more than half his life, and is the man behind the Valo Brand, Them Goods, and the Blading Cup. 

On this episode, Jon answers questions from the /r/rollerblading community about the relationship between Valo and Roces, the likelihood of a Fifth Element reboot, the status of the industry, and more. Jon and I also talk about his new storefront, the Blading Cup, the new Forecast trade show, and taking pride in being a rollerblader.

Check out Valo-Brand.com, Them Goods, and swing on down to the Blading Cup.

Direct download: JJ2.1.mp3
Category:Blader Digest -- posted at: 7:27am PDT
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#49: Victor Arias

Victor Arias is the latest Valo skater with a pro boot bearing his name. His edit, filmed in his home country of Mexico, came out earlier this month. We discuss making the edit, his ritual for breaking in a new pair of skates—from K-mart blades to the VA.1s and a political candidate who shouldn’t be named. Erick Garcia also calls post-root canal surgery. Check out valo-brand.com.

This podcast is made possible thanks to supporters on Patreon.

Direct download: VictorArias.mp3
Category:Blader Digest -- posted at: 9:48am PDT
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Black Market was Kevon Thompson’s first skate video, influencing him musically as well as in blading. He’s our co-host the latest installment of the Blade Video DJ series. Music from the video includes mixing by director Doug Urquart, as well as music from artists like Lyrics Born, MF Doom, Pigeon John, and more.

Follow Kevon as @thebizone.

Support for the Rock Town Podcast comes from our supporters on Patreon.

Direct download: BlackMarket.mp3
Category:Blader Digest -- posted at: 10:36pm PDT
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The AMall Glen Cove Comp was held Saturday, Feb. 27 at Glen Cove Elementary School in Valencia, Calif., a legendary Bay Area spot. Competitors included Ivan Narez, Victor Arias, Korey Waikiki, Stephen Babcock, Boo Garnsey, John Vossoughi, and more. Cover photo by Erick Garcia. 

Direct download: AMallGlenCove.mp3
Category:Blader Digest -- posted at: 12:24pm PDT
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Shawn Oberg (@shawn.oberg) is a master of full-boot utilization, usually doing tricks that would drive a contest MC nuts. We talk about how switch and dominant foots form, red curb dancing, his upcoming Filth File, his edit for Moonshine, and why he’s currently walking with a cane. The Rock Town Podcast is made possible from our supporters on Patreon.

Direct download: ShawnOberg.mp3
Category:Blader Digest -- posted at: 9:40am PDT
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Cameron Talbott returns to the podcast to talk about the Northwest Shred Tour coming to his hometown of Missoula, grizzly bears, and good spots to hit up in Montana. We also give our immediate reactions after watching "State of the Art." Don't forget to check out the 2016 NWST Facebook page. Support for this podcast comes via Patreon supporters.

Direct download: CameronTalbottNWST.mp3
Category:Blader Digest -- posted at: 7:32am PDT
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#42: Jeremy Raff & John Vossoughi

Jeremy Raff and John Vossoughi will soon release their video, "Characters," which debuted at the Blading Cup. Besides the video, we discuss Raff's journalism career, caucuses and primaries, and more. 

The music on the break is “The Primary Color Movement” by Black Moth Super Rainbow.

Support for this podcast comes from fans via Patreon and RockTownPress.com. 

 

 

 

Direct download: RaffVoss.mp3
Category:Blader Digest -- posted at: 12:06pm PDT
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