ONE Staff / January 6th, 2023 / Spotlight
ONE Blade Awards [2022]

The Final Results for the ONE Blade Awards are ready to release! 2022 was a year of continued global supply issues and a sort-of return to pre-pandemic normal that allowed many readers to revisit old habits and explore new opportunities. Online trends continued to diversify our global audience, new faces became parts of our daily lives, and the blade community learned to truly appreciate the youth that are discovering our sport. It also brought a full-throated return of contests, a slew of new content, the intermingling of quad skates at blade events, and more than a few unanticipated product crossovers. That’s a pretty good year!

The blade community continues to evolve and the ONE Blade Awards allow us all to voice our thoughts and determine a benchmark of agreed upon standards to carry forward. It’s also the chance to celebrate the people, events and products that make blading not only possible, but are working tirelessly to push forward to new horizons for our culture.

And so here they are, the final results of thousands of nominations and votes. Starting with an open field you nominated your favorites in each category, and then those Top 3 candidates were presented for final voting. This is all determined by you, ONE readers and bladers around the world. So take a moment to congratulate yourselves for taking part in blade democracy — You made this possible! — but also share a celebratory cheer for the great bladers that earned themselves a place on this list.

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[PEOPLE]
SKATER OF THE YEAR


Sean Kelso (42%)
Runners Up:
Nils Jansons (30%)
Julien Cudot (28%)



BLADIE OF THE YEAR


Chynna Weierstall (48%)
Runners Up:
Mery Muñoz (29%)
Martina Svobodova (23%)



BREAKOUT BLADER OF THE YEAR


Michael Witzemann (48%)
Runners Up:
Jay Yoon (38%)
Lauric Picard (14%)



MOST VISIBLE BLADE INFLUENCER


Jon Julio (49%)
Runners Up:
Ricardo Lino (26%)
Jimbo “Airmanatee” Hawkins (25%)



[EVENTS]
BEST EVENT OR CONTEST


Blading Cup (43%)
Runners Up:
FM International (36%)
Winterclash (21%)



BEST EVENT OR CONTEST PERFORMANCE


Nils Jansons – Various Events (47%)
Runners Up:
Randy Spizer – Blading Cup (32%)
Andrew Broom – Various Events (21%)



[INDUSTRY]
BRAND OF THE YEAR


Them Skates (44%)
Runners Up:
Mesmer (30%)
USD (26%)



PRODUCT OF THE YEAR


Them Skates 909 x WKND (43%)
Runners Up:
Intuition Premium Liner (31%)
Mesmer Dominic Bruce Pro Skate (26%)



BLADE SHOP OF THE YEAR


Loco Skates (39%)
Runners Up:
Oak City Skates (32%)
Intuition Skateshop (29%)



ANGRY YOUTH AWARD FOR BEST MARKETING


Them Skates (52%)
Runners Up:
Mesmer (28%)
USD (20%)



[MEDIA]
BEST EDIT OF THE YEAR (BLADER)


Sean Kelso “Spacemint 2” (44%)
Runners Up:
Eugen Enin “E3” (31%)
Nils Jansons “Saule” (25%)



BLADE VIDEOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR


Sean Kelso (46%)
Runners Up:
Rachard Johnson (39%)
Karsten Boysen (15%)



BLADE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR


Erick Garcia (49%)
Runners Up:
Sam Cooper (31%)
Steve Steinmetz (20%)



BLADE VOICE OF THE YEAR


Jump Street Podcast (51%)
Runners Up:
Tom Moyse (32%)
Brandon Drummond (17%)



So those are your 2022 ONE Blade Award winners! Please join us in giving each of them a giant round of applause!

Each of these people, products and events has made a lasting impact on rollerblading in 2022, and we celebrate each of them — and you — for lacing up your blades and being part of our global community.

See you in the streets…

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Photos used from social media with thanks and appreciation

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