What a day for USD – Allan Beaulieu Inline Parkour edit.

Bigup Allan and Frenchy Fries for this incredibly innovative edit of one of France’s most original rollers. Full article here: http://www.frenchyfries.fr/index.php?2010/09/01/207-montage-allan-beaulieu-2010-profile

In his Blackberry Chronicles, Rob G mentionned a quote by Jim Jarmusch that states: « Nothing is original. Steal from everywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuel your imagination ». While many try their hardest to remain pure and keep their skating “fresh”, Allan Beaulieu has listened to this wise advice and taken his own skills to a whole new level.

Although he had been initiated to Parkour a long time ago, Allan has really gotten into it last year, back in 2009. Now, both Blading and Parkour nourish one another, and Allan has evolved into something that is truly unique, something that is truly his own.

Filmed over the course of two months with a Canon 5D, all over France & Europe, and edited by François Detwiller and Allan himself, we now present to you this great edit. Whether you like it or not, I doubt Allan actually cares what you think about him, his skating or his skewed interpretation of working deadlines. However, he’d like to thank his sponsors : Arcena, New Era & The Conference.

Jim Jarmusch, one of my favorite videographers, concluded with another quote by Jean-Luc Godard. Who also happens to be on my “favorite movie makers” list: « It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to ». Well, it sounds like the perfect conclusion to this article to me !

USD TV: Nick Lomax Pro Skate

Matty Watky, Adam Kola, Nick Lomax – A formidable team to say the least.

Nick Lomax Pro-Throne out now!!

USD South America Tour ROCK Part 4 of 4. Brazil

In February 2010 USD embarked on a 4 country tour through South America with Billy O’neill, Demetrios George, and Jero. This 4 part ROCK series is a fast paced re-cap of each country, giving you a taste of tour life. Our 4th and final stop is in Brazil.

After several weeks and 3 countries, we miraculously caught our flight to Brazil for the last leg of the tour, and finally linked up with Brazilian legend Carlos Pianowski. The beauty of the county was overwhelming, and hundreds of people showed up for the skate park sessions and autograph opportunities at Rolling Sports inline shop. We trekked through the jungles and went cliff jumping at epic beaches. Huge thanks to JP and Rolling Sports inline shop for the hospitality and good times.

Filmed and edited by Jero.

Facebook battle updates – Hot boots!

As the votings continue, check out this beauty from today. Voting currently underway here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Conference/336205313122

Latest Battle Results
18 – Draw!
19 – Eiken So (Japan)
20 – Oli Benet (Spain)
21 – Dave Dinuzzo (USA) Second Win

Email your setups to: competitions@theconference.org and check out our custom builder here: http://www.theconference.org/2009/conf_usd/custom/index.php

Nick Lomax UC edit by Ben Shelbourne

Brought to you by Undercover wheels.

Nick bought an HD handy cam not long ago to capture his trips abroad and the various tours he goes on. Journeying with Adam Kola they both filmed his first time out in South Cali, mid 2009.

CTV – A Trip to Switzerland.

July 2010.

Bulle and Geneva.
Xsjado’s JC Rowe and Nicolas Schopfer.
USD’s Stephane de Freitas.

Also starring Marian Sorge, Roman Abrate, Diego Guilloud, Oli Benet, Jack Neveu and Philipp Preuss.
Guest appearances by Adam Kola, James Sharp and Mark Heuss.

Filmed and edited by Mark Heuss.
Additional filming by James Sharp, JC Rowe and Marian Sorge.

Snapshots by Oli Benet. – www.flickr.com/photos/theconference

Adrien Anne leftovers.

Our man from France continues to compile tricks like no-one else!!

Conference Crew @ Down In The Park, Bulle (Switzerland)

Roman Abrate (1st), Diego Guillaud (2nd), Nicolas Schopfer (3rd), Stephan De Freitas, JC Rowe, Adrien Anne, Oli Benet, Marian Sorge, Mark Heuss, Chris Nachbur, Daniel Molinari and more Conference heads enjoyed the Bulle contest once again.

We would like to thank the organisation for their incredible work year after year, and congratulate them on the result of this work – what a fantastic atmosphere!

For a full gallery, click this link – http://www.flickr.com/photos/theconference/

The Conference broadcast July 2010

A new month, a new conference broadcast, and for July we got:
Daniel Prell (USD,Kizer,Stygma,UC) from Germany
Roman Abrate (UC) from France
Jeff Dalnas (USD,Kizer) from the USA
Sean Knight (Xsjados) from Canada
Diego Guilloud (USD) from Switzerland
Adrien Anne (USD,Kizer,Stygma,UC) from France
Worapoj “Note” Boonnim (USD,Kizer) from Thailand
Julien Cudot (USD) from France
Martin Van Drunen (USD) from the Nederlands
and CJ Wellsmore (UC) from Australia

With great thanks to Adrien Anne for compiling and editing.

Conference Customs – Pure eye candy, with all new colours added!

Click the link to see some of the great new colours that we have added to our Custom Page! custom.theconference.org

This Conference Custom Tool gives you the opportunity to visually “Customize” your OWN skate…again, your OWN skate.

This short edit just shows you a few of endless possibilities to create your perfect ride!

Have fun customizing!
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custom.theconference.org

Fred Andersson promo by Zebastian Cassel

Tech steez for sheez, USD‘s Fredrik Andersson shines on his Gonzo VII skates, under the watchful eye of Zeb.

Fredrik Andersson by Zebastian Cassel from 013 VideoMagazine on Vimeo.

UC’s CJ Wellsmore takes gold at the Chaz Invite.

UC wheels‘ superstar, Cj Wellsmore, takes the 5 star Chaz Sands event in Liverpool.

Congratulations CJ!

Check http://www.theconference.org/2009/conf_undercover/index.php?inh=pages/prod-wheel_wellsmore.php&fnav=wheel.htm for more on UC wheels’ unbeatable line, and check www.be-mag.com for the live updates!

Pic by Mat Dearden.

Nick Lomax skates Brighton

Nick Lomax skates Brighton from Adam Kola on Vimeo.

Adam Kola wrote:
Nick had just returned from Romania and decided to stay at mine for a bit. A small package had arrived for myself which included Nicks new Undercover pro wheel so as summer is on the way and we finally have some dry weather we decided to drive around for a few days and see what Brighton had for us

Julien Cudot and 15 mins at the Forward Freestyle park.

Thanks Thomas Dalbis! “Here are a couple of clips i was able to film with a Nikon D90 of Julien Cudot killing it at the Forward Freestyle skate park in Belgium. The footage is a little bit shaky but the tricks speak for themselves… Enjoy!”

Julien skates the USD Carbon with Kizer Slimline frames and UC wheels.

Julien Cudot 15 mins at the Forward Freestyle Skatepark from KAL CREW on Vimeo.

Sean Knight, Day in the life 2

Sean Knight – Day in a Life #2 from sean knight on Vimeo.

This was filmed November 11th/2009 between 9am-3pm in Calgary, AB. I chose Rememberance Day because it would allow me to skate all day without being kicked out of spots, due to everything being closed.

From Quinn Feldman’s “Day in Our Lives – Episode 3″
(www.vimeo.com/9567131)

Music: HalfCut (www.myspace.com/lawsonbeats)
Filmed by: Megg Wright