ONE Staff / December 17th, 2015 / Spotlight
ONE Blade Awards [2015]

Over the past two weeks bladers around the world have nominated and then voted on their favorite bladers, edits, brands, products, writers, photographers, videographers, events, locations and more.

The names you see below are the result of your efforts.

2015 was a social media year for blading. Instagram fifteen second edits and FB embedded videos can spread around the world in mere moments. How this has impacted the way participating bladers view the sport cannot be overstated.

And these results prove it.

The people, brands, events and products named below represent the best that blading offers. They are on this list because their dedication, passion, perseverance and/or innovation has had an impact that spreads beyond popularity and transcends to international respect.

Many, many talents were nominated to this year’s ONE Awards. Hundreds. But among all the choices available, these are the results CHOSEN BY BLADERS that highlight the top echelon of rollerblading.

Without further delay, please join us in congratulating this year’s ONE Awards recipients.

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[PEOPLE]
BLADER OF THE YEAR


Nick Lomax
Runners Up:
Eugen Enin
Alex Broskow



BREAKOUT BLADER OF THE YEAR


Eugen Enin
Runners Up:
Joe Atkinson
Sean Darst



HONORARY CHRIS EDWARDS AWARD
FOR MOST POSITIVE BLADE INFLUENCER


Chris Haffey
Runners Up:
Edwin Weiringh
Montre Livingston



[EVENTS]
BEST EVENT OF THE YEAR


Winterclash
Runners Up:
Pow-Wow Pro/Am
Blading Cup



BEST CONTEST PERFORMANCE (BLADER)


Joe Atkinson
Runners Up:
David Sizemore
Alex Broskow



OUTSTANDING BLADE EVENT SERIES


FISE
Runners Up:
Blading Cup
Texas State Series



MOST HOSPITABLE VENUE


Kona Skatepark (Pow-Wow)
Runners Up:
City of Santa Ana (Blading Cup)
Modern Skatepark (MTC)



[INDUSTRY]
BRAND OF THE YEAR


USD
Runners Up:
Valo
Adapt



PRODUCT OF THE YEAR


USD Aeon
Runners Up:
Wizard Frames
Create Originals CRS Frames



BLADE SHOP OF THE YEAR


Loco Skates
Runners Up:
Oak City
ShopTask



ANGRY YOUTH AWARD FOR BEST MARKETING


Vibralux
Runners Up:
USD
Valo



[MEDIA]
BEST EDIT OF THE YEAR (BLADER)


Alex Broskow (Nowhere)
Runners Up:
Eugin Enin (USD Pro 2015)
Sven Boekhorst (CityHopper World)



BLADE VIDEOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR


Adam Johnson
Runners Up:
David Sizemore
Geoff Phillip



BLADE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR


Adam Kola
Runners Up:
Sam Cooper
Sean Macgowan



BLADE AUTHOR OF THE YEAR


Brian Krans
Runners Up:
Freddy White
Frank Stoner



2015 was another unpredictable year for rollerblading, but these people, events and companies did their part to push our sport into the future. Let’s all take the time to give them the respect, appreciation and admiration they are due.

See you in 2016.

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Photos taken from Instagram, Facebook and oneblademag.com.

Discussion / ONE Blade Awards [2015]

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  • m12 - December 17th, 2015

    Lomax? Seriously?…with all respect to him, Broskow should won, no doubt.

  • JE - December 17th, 2015

    But he didn’t.

    Don’t come here and say “So and so” should have won. If they should have won, they would have. That’s how voting works.

    Disparaging the winners because they aren’t your personal favorite ignores the fact that a) your favorite was nominated and b) someone got more votes than them.

  • what about franky?? - December 17th, 2015

    No franky??? Fixed
    .

  • Georg - December 17th, 2015

    Hoooah for Rollerblading!

  • Knifemiller - December 17th, 2015

    Don’t get so defensive guy. They are entitled to their own opinion – and you are correct that numbers don’t lie – however the area for discussion is the demographics involved with such a poll – considering the tendency for bladers to have an affinity for their local dudes (particularly outside the US).

    Regardless, I like these polls – even if they aren’t scientific.

  • m12 - December 17th, 2015

    Honestly?

    My personal favorite for SOTY 2015 was Enin, but SOTY means best skater of the year, not your favorite and Broskow in 2015 was just the best: NYC VOD, NOWHERE VOD (which is one of his best sections ever, if not the best), won Motor Town Classic like a fuckin king, also won Blading Cup.

    Lomax is a great skater, one of the best in Europe nowadays, but you just can’t compare him to Broskow (especially in 2015), even if he dropped a lot of good edits online with many sick tricks and took places in top 3 in major comps. Broskow is on the another level, like Haffey was few years back. I’m sorry.

    Anyway, congrats to him and to the others!

  • Jax - December 17th, 2015

    For next year I’d like to see an award for best instagram/bladergram. I keep coming across some great ones (like vibralux and filthjuice) and maybe there’s alot I haven’t discovered so a vote on that would be cool.

  • Katschi - December 17th, 2015

    What??? Haffey VOD not even in the top 3??? City hopper instead?

  • wachinton - December 17th, 2015

    this sucks, aj winning is a slap in the face. also nick lomax eats turds.

  • Dre - December 18th, 2015

    How the hell did Aeons win product of the year? Most people haven’t even tried them yet, and when the poll was held they weren’t released yet.

  • Carlos A. Kessell - December 18th, 2015

    Congrats to all the winners! Especially Haffey, Eugen and Joe. The EU is killing it this year. Also looks like they came out and voted in numbers.

    This is a great thing that ONE is doing. It’s not to often that skaters get recognition for the work they put in, so stop getting all emo! lol

    Broskow will go down in history, I’m sure he’s not losing sleep on getting 3rd best skater this year. he might be best skater of the decade, along with Franky. Anyways, this year Nick took it, best style for tall skater 😉

  • Inline Downhill Vancouver - December 19th, 2015

    Yeah, how can the USD Aeons win when people outside of the industry haven’t even skated in them yet? It looks like USD was going hard voting for their own product. lol

    Post the number votes so we can see how the winners were arrived at!

  • Matt - December 21st, 2015

    How about a few words for the winner of each category? What did AJ put out this year that got him nominated? A link to Joe Atkinson’s contest winning run? A few words about what makes the Aeon the best product of the year? Something? Anything?

  • Stephen - December 25th, 2015

    So funny to still see so much hate towards a few awards for a dead sport. Stamp collectors get more respect these days! Haha.

    Do what you love for no other reason than the love for what you do!

  • Enter Your Name: - December 28th, 2015

    @Stephen

    Trollmaster of the Year

  • kaursan - January 11th, 2016

    WOW! EU are doing good this year

  • kaursan - January 11th, 2016

    WOW! EU are doing good this year@_@

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