
The Ledger did a story on us regarding the Skaters Saving Second Base Fund Raiser. And I got to say - they did a great job with it. Click HERE to check it out.
BLADE LIFE: An Interview with David Sizemore
First and foremost, I want to set the record straight. In spite of whatever misconceptions are out there and the nonsense that the message board trolls have to say, in your own words, who is David Sizemore?
I am one of 327 David Sizemores in the U.S.
Do you simply just let the haters hate, or does this ever really get to you?
I try not to let the hate on message boards get to me personally, but I do try to at least hearwhat the people have to say. While....
Click HERE to read the full interview.
ONE rollerblading magazine did an interview on our own David Sizemore. For those that do not know David, maybe this will give you a little perspective into exactly who David is in the world of rollerblading...
Skatepark of Tampa hosted the Harvest Jam...Apparently Joey skated amazing. The story I hear is that everybody was going absolutely crazy! He took 1st place (again). He has been on a


huge run lately.
Also right up there was Solomon - he finished in 2nd place throwing down another huge run.
In the 9-12 division, William had a strong showing taking 1st place as well.
By now, you should also know William's dad, Graham. If you don't, he will be the one at every contest that is going crazy anytime any kid lands a trick. It doesn't matter who it is. It seems like every park gets a big kick out of his antics.

The Skatepark of Greenville hosted the Ho Ho Ho Contest. Let's see....
Joey got 1st in street and mini in the sponsored division. Niko got 1st in sponsored bowl and 2nd in sponsored mini. Lachlan got 1st in intermediate street, mini, and bowl! Shanewreck got 2nd in intermediate mini, 2nd in intermediate bowl, and 3rd in intermediate street. Grant
Stavas got 2nd in intermediate street. Ryan Parrott got 2nd in sponsored street...I'll put up the rest of the results once I know what they are - I know I'm missing a few.
I think I am going to go ahead and call it right now - it is going to be a big year for Joey. After his impressive performance at Bangers for Bucks, the guys at Ergophobia have decided to pick him up. And this isn't some little flow deal. ERGO has Joey sitting at AM status! This is sure to open up a few doors.
Here are a couple of sequences of Joey skating with the ERGO guys at Skatepark of Tampa. The first is a switch 270 on the hip. The other is a blunt 180 on that weird bank to wall.

Fletcher just accepted an invite to be a part of the Gatorade Ambassador Program (basically Gatorade's Flow program) for 2010. It is a fairly new program for them that they started this past year, and according to them it is a fairly exclusive group with only about 15 invites being involved - with about half of those skaters and the other half BMX riders. Obviously, that makes this a pretty exclusive group. They said some of their recent skaters included Anthony Shetler.
There really is not that much information out about this yet since it is a new program. Once it gets rolling full force, I will be putting up more information.
CLICK HERE to watch the Skate Day With Given video that Transworld recently put on their website. It features our very own Joey Pellegrino and Solomon Mosley as well as close friend Kris Markovich.
The 2009/2010 King of the Grom Finals were held at 3rd Lair on the weekend of February 19. Progressive was represented by a handful of our grom team riders as well as a few of the locals. Remember, KOTG features Bowl, Mini, and Street for Beginner, Intermediate, and Expert. All the results can be read HERE. And other pictures and videos can be found HERE:
Here's how things shaped out for the locals:
Lucas Campbell finished 3rd in beginner street.
Grant Stavas finished 9th in intermediate mini, and 8th in intermediate street.
Blue Wilson finished 7th in intermediate street.
Caleb Sentz finished 9th in intermediate street.
And here's how our grom team finished:
Hannah Chumley finished 9th in beginner bowl.
Lachlan Johnson finished 8th in intermediate bowl.
Shane Farber finished 4th in intermediate mini.
Jack Stone finished 10th in intermediate street.
William Penniman finished 9th in expert street.
For the Advanced group, Cory, Fletcher, John Stone, Niko, Ryan Parrott, Barrett, amd Zeke Logan advanced to the finals. (I think this is correct and hopefully I didn't miss anyone). Fletcher finished 1st, and Cory took 2nd.




The crew from Progressive showed up to the Woodward 'Park Shark' Street Contest last night. There were two levels, Intermediate and Advanced. Both groups skated a 5 minute jam session and the winner of each jam advanced to the final jam.
For the Intermediate group, Noah, Lachlan and Shanewreck advanced to the finals along with 4 other kids. Noah finished 1st. Shanewreck took 2nd. Lachlan got 3rd.
A few of the guys on the team recently got some national coverage on FuelTV's Weekly Update.
Check out the videos to see our riders at the KOTG finals and Bangers for Bucks.