Three travelers.

By now Tien Chang is reacquainting himself with his homeland of Taiwan. Thankfully before he was forced to leave I got a chance to visit him in Wilmington, N.C. This is the log of writing, photos, and video that came out of our journey to the South. We wish you the best in Taiwan, Tien.
-B.J. Bales
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Edit by Jan-Michael Andresen

Jan-Michael brings the heat with this “leftovers edit turned short film” straight from the heart of Iowa. The list of featured skaters is unreal, and Mr. Andresen did an excellent job depicting everything from Des Moines to Texas that rolls on blades. Enjoy!

Featuring (In order of appearance):
Chaz Mack
Spencer Smith
Jan-Michael Andresen
Jefferson
Logan Clark
Ross Puryear
Ryan Stevens
Daniel Bertalot
Phil Austin
Shawn Warndorf
Fuzzy
Adam Whetstone
Dante Muse
Josh Goodell
Nerd
Michael Froemling
Brian Bruno
Ashley Peterson
Andrew Gilpin
Codee Jennings
Chris Tillman
Yanni Peng
Kris Andresen
Grant Flowers
Josh Raye
Tony Wolak
Droid
Ben Gross

Jepherson, Droid, Logan, B.J. and Tyler.

Words by B.J. Bales
Photos by Justin “Jepherson” Augustus (unless otherwise noted)

Not much can be said about the First Annual New Year’s event. You sort of needed to be there. A lot of tricks were laced. Canned food was collected. “Rules is Rules” was premiered. And, a lot of fun times were had. Aaron Schultz put together this edit of some of the skating that went down after the video premiere.

Luckily, Sarah Gilpin and Jepherson were capturing most of the activities throughout the event. So, take a look at the photos we collected and be sure to come next year.

A special thanks goes out to Skatechurch, Ryan Miller, Kimberly Williams and Junior Terronez.
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Edits and Words by B.J. Bales

“Rules is Rules” is the newest Deft Production documenting blading from Spring and Summer of 2009. The video stars familiar names like Andrew Hall, myself, Caleb Smith, Codee Jennings, and Tohmmy Lash. This bladetastic adventure was documented by myself and all my closest friends, and it is meant to be a very fun video. It also features Phil Austin, Andrew Gilpin, Spencer Smith, Josh Mauer, Josh Hudson, Chris Shields, and Tyler Noland. Experience some of the best blading from Iowa, Illinois and Pennsylvania in this 26 min project from myself and all my friends. Also included below are four bonus sections made from left over footage. So, sit back, put your feet up, watch the video and then go out and get bladed. And always remember, “Rules is Rules.”

Bonus edit:

Park Rats 2:

B Role:

Falls:

Check out the “Rules is Rules” Vimeo channel.