Sean Knight is one of the few rollerbladers I know who actually live on their blades. From the moment he wakes up, he has to put his blades on for his work day as an Inline Instructor for the Calgary-based company Alien Inline. As soon as the work day is over, he hits the streets with his partner in crime, “DP,” getting clips for their monthly edits for Shop-Task.com. For the past nine months Sean has managed to put out a fresh edit every month with DP, filled with more sick clips than most “pros” get in a year. His hard work has not gone unnoticed; after a few months of receiving skates from Shop Task he began to receive skates directly from Xsjado/Integrated Distribution. Sean is shining example of professionalism in our industry, representing his sponsors, constantly showing the world his blading skills, and spreading the word about our sport to the next generation of bladers…

I’d like to take credit for finding this spot, but the only way I knew about it was through one of Sean’s edits. Since Sean is constantly roaming the city for fresh clips, the easiest way to find a new spot in the city is to watch one of his edits. This spot is located at the Foothills Hospital in Calgary. Due to the high security and police presence, I assumed it would be an instant bust. Lucky for us the spot is at the far end of the main parkade, where security and the police don’t usually frequent. When we arrived, Sean thought about wallriding the spot, but then noticed there was enough space on the ledge beside the window to grind. It would be super tight but he was adamant he could pull it off. After charging at it a few times, Sean laced a dozen fishbrains easily. For the angle of the photo a fishbrain wouldn’t work, it just didn’t look right. I suggested top acid, but Sean insisted it was too easy and suggested an x-grind because it would be more of a challenge. There is no arguing with Sean Knight, and it only took two attempts for him to nail the X-grind to fakie the way he wanted to. — Chris Wedman