Was it just us, or did anyone else have an excruciatingly difficult week? Well, while we were suffering, Brian Krans was TTLY getting his share of online blade LULZ, UGTBKs, LMAOs, and wwwWTFs. And good for him. Somebody has to do it. So in keeping with a now weekly tradition, here’s his latest batch of online rants. Surprisingly, given the recent trend, this one is the least NSFW yet. Is that an improvement? You tell us. — ONE

Reviving

For the second week in a row, a day-in-the-life was the thing I saw the most on the Web.

This time, it was from Rolling Revival. Lumping together profiles from four skaters across the U.S. — Anthony Williams, Mikey Blair, Andrew Scherf and Ryan Googins — as well as Canada’s Sean Knight, RR made a great half-hour’s worth of skating from a bunch of names that sometimes don’t get enough attention. Like I wrote last week, day-in-the-life segments show why blading rules.

The best parts were showing Knight’s day job of teaching kids of blade — which is a fucking sweet gig — and Jeph Howard stealing the spotlight in Googin’s section when he blew up on that low flat rail.

I would like to say that Quinn Feldman and the rest of RR did an excellent job on what I hope is a continuing series that gives hard-skating underdogs some attention.

It made me get off my fat ass and blade the second I got done watching it. Fucking awesome.

WTF is a Jin Joint?

Jin Joint reminds me of two appetizers at my last Thanksgiving. Huh… get it? Sorry, I’m fucking stupid I guess.

Anyway, if you haven’t been anally-retentively paying attention like I have, Jin Joint is a nickname for a bar and a clothing company. You know, they make clothes and shit. While they’re still out making their brand known after their debut at the last Bitter Cold, they’re getting their skaters — Andrew Scherf, Brandon Wiese and Tony Rivituso — some exposure on the company’s dollar. Let’s Blade has some words from the owner, Sean Tabone.

The team recently traveled through California and edited their exploits. Cops in Bakersfield busted them at Intuition Skate Shop for skating ON THEIR OWN DAMN SIDEWALK! The rant that follows is a definite pull.

Of their team, it’s good seeing Rivituso, who recently got added flow to Remz and Fifty-50, moving up in exposure. He lit up the comments everywhere when the “Mr. Blue Sky” edit hit Rollernews and everywhere else this winter.

Tony embraces everything kick-ass about skating. He’s talented, humble, light-hearted and hospitable. If you think I’m full of shit, check his latest edit here.

If you’re ever in Vegas, look him up, he’s always down to blade, and he and roommates Brett Walters and Jeremy Cloe might loan you a couch for a while if you’re on a bladecation.

Always Worth Checking

Yes, my nemesis, www.stabyourselfintheface.com! If I’m accused of “ripping off” (which I don’t believe because they produce original content and I just collect others’ work) anyone, I’m glad it’s SHOCK.

Truthfully, it’s one of the few sites I check every day because there’s always new stuff on it. Tommy Boy, Wolfman, Forty Guzzler, Mike Dubb, Birdman, Al Shockton and China Wayne produce some of the funniest videos, interviews and all around relevant irrelevance in the blade game.

Not only do they win my award for Best Website Name Ever, they crank out quality product reviews, take on infant basketball, Satanism and original essays — some sincere, most of them not. They don’t take themselves too seriously and, like the Hokey Pokey, that’s what it’s all about.

As Tommy Boy explained to me, “We are in the process of working on the SHOCK video which will be a guaranteed VHS quality video, with some of the best drinking footage, pornography, phd level philosophy and automatic weapons reviews ever seen in a rollerblading video.”

This week’s must-check was Jeff Stockwell’s favorite YouTube picks. Mostered-out Volkswagens, epic bails, wheelies and classic skating sections. Ahh, childhood.

Ubiquitous Item of the Week

Is it normal to be excited about a movie but a trailer makes you want to run and hide from it? The Razors team has a fuck-ton of talent to it and they’re currently out filming their latest video, “Game Theory”.

That being said, the Michael Bay-esque trailer full of explosions/sparklers with a vague glimpse of a fishbrain in the background makes me wonder if the video is going to be skating-centered instead of all special effects and edited tricks.

There’s hype-building gold in showing hints of tricks and how the video will be edited, like one of the best trailers ever made — “Drip Drop”. But to show a glimpse of a trick amidst the afterglow of what I assume must have been a drunken welder, well, I’m not saving up to buy the video just yet.

Then again, the director, Brazillionaire, says he’s already created the best edits ever. Hope he can prove that.

On that note…

Comment of the Week

“Film and video is a form of communication. If you speak louder than your film / work then your work isn’t doing its job,” Jake Wiens, editor of “We Are Valo 3,” on Connected.

And now, the Bail of the Week

The cats at Aggressive Mall always come through with a good “Bail of the Week.” Let this week be no different as a grom gets a face full of grass.

— Brian Krans