TJ Rogers

The Land of the Buffalo | TJ Rogers 'Steady Pushing' in partnership with 7-Eleven Ep 3/4

Episode 3 of Steady Pushing finds us in the prairielands of central Canada, as TJ Rogers’ rewind through the skate scenes of his youth takes in both Winnipeg and Calgary and we meet up with the incredible Joe Buffalo.

Dropping in on family skateshop Sk8 Skates to meet up with shop riders Erik Penton and Fane Smeall for a street-level tour of the skate terrain of Manitoba’s capital, TJ then heads out into the vast wilderness of Canada’s plains to Regina, Saskatchewan for a rendezvous with the Samson Cree Nation.

Joining TJ for an overnight journey through Grasslands national park are Canadian OG’s Mitch Barrette and Joe Buffalo, an amazing skateboarder and activist for Nations Skate Youth which celebrates First Nation culture through skateboarding.

Joe takes TJ to the reserve he grew up skating in and shares his own remarkable story, before escorting our crew to Calgary to visit with Nine Times skate shop and session some of the best skate spots Alberta has to offer. An eye-opener of an episode deep inside the unique culture of Canadian skateboarding, we guarantee you are going to love it!

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La Belle Province | TJ Rogers 'Steady Pushing' in partnership with 7-Eleven Ep 2/4

Hop in the van! TJ Rogers’ Steady Pushing bandwagon leaves behind his childhood home in Ontario, headed across Canada to show us the skate scenes that made him.

Episode 2 finds TJ bringing his sunshine energy to the skate scenes of Quebec, linking up first with Alexis Lacroix to hit up the super Saint - Jérôme skatepark, and then travelling hours out of the city to the foot of Mont Tremblant where Sebastian Petit of the Montréal’s Projet 45 DIY crew is building The Skateboard Ranch in the Canadian wilderness.

What a story that guy has to tell.
After a night spent learning about this little hidden slice of skateboarding paradise, TJ hightails it down into Montréal in search of bagels, skate collectives and the fabled Big O, one of the world’s most iconic- but treacherous- skatespots.

Montréal marks the halfway spot of TJ’s gigantic roadtrip back across the skate scenes of his youth. West from here, we will skate where the buffalo roam and stay lost among the skate scenes along the way, until we finally roll into Vancouver on the Eastern seaboard two episodes from now.
Enjoy!

If you'd like to hear what TJ had to say about his marathon skate mission, read his interview here-

Rock, Paper, Slalom | TJ Rogers 'Steady Pushing' in partnership with 7-Eleven Ep1/4

TJ Rogers came up in skating like every dreamer, shooting 'sponsor me' tapes on the freezing streets of his hometown in Ontario, Canada.

Nowadays we all know TJ as the internationally-respected top-tier pro skater he is, living in Los Angeles, skating every day and living his dream.

His life wasn’t always like that, though- and nor were those of the people he grew up skating with.
‘Steady Pushing’ sees TJ bring us back to his roots in the Canadian skate scene he came up through.

On a four-part road trip across the hidden and diverse scenes that make up Canadian skateboard culture, let TJ introduce you to slalomers, skate shops, wilderness skate-spots and downtown scene-builders all the way from Ontario to British Columbia on a skating road trip for the history books.

Episode one sees TJ return home to Whitby, Ontario to link up with childhood skate buddies before heading through Ottawa to the gnarliest weather-formed skate-spot you will ever see.
As the man himself says: “Let’s get it cracking!”

If you'd like to hear what TJ had to say about his marathon skate mission, read his interview here-

12 Minutes Of TJ Rogers Destroying The Berrics

Battle Commander golden boy TJ Rogers turns 30 today so we compiled some of his best moments at The Berrics. Happy Birthday! (We'll be sharing TJ clips all day on Instagram, too, so make sure to follow us:

TJ Rogers | Red Bull SŌLUS 2021 Entry

Red Bull SŌLUS is BACK and BETTER than ever!

Ryan Sheckler has once again opened the doors to his skatepark and invited 17 of the world’s most well-rounded skateboarders to battle it out in year two of Red Bull SŌLUS. Each skater has one hour to put together their best line at The Sandlot; no crowd, no other skaters, no distractions - just an internal battle to get the best line possible.

Pop and power are what TJ Rogers’ skateboarding is all about. He’s got the skill and drive to win any contest he enters and that’s what he’s showing up to do—win. Expect a blitz of tricks that will leave your jaw dropped.

TJ skates for Blind, Red Bull, éS Footwear, Bones Wheels, OC Ramps, Jessup, Bones Swiss, Diamond Hardware, Boards For Bros, and Tech Deck.

Our judges, Vanessa Torres, Mike Sinclair, and Jason Rothmeyer, will evaluate each video based on style, progression and creativity. Winner will be announced October 17th.Following the judges announcement, you will have a chance to vote on your favorite video part and the fan favorite will be announced on October 20th.

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Behind The Scenes: 2021 RED BULL PARIS CONQUEST

The challenge of live broadcasting is that we can only show you the business-end of what are usually a full few days of drama, entertainment and other skateboarding-related tomfoolery.

Some people rip in practice, but get unlucky in their runs. Some put down a single ridiculous hammer out of nowhere as soon as they turn up, but get taken out by a heel bruise, or somebody else’s board, straight after: that’s just the nature of the skating game. Friendships- and even the occasional rivalry- are rekindled, and new shared experiences become permanent memories of peak times. Red Bull Paris Conquest was no exception.

Taking place as the contest did slap-bang in the middle of Paris during late August 2021, there were side-missions and culture- sampling galore, as well as some insane practice sessions on the unique street course which replicated a half-dozen or so of Paris’ most famous contributions to skateable urban architecture.

Enjoy our deep dive into the first big, global post-Olympics skate contest, as we bring you behind the scenes of Red Bull Paris Conquest!

Queen and King of Paris: Leticia Bufoni and Trevor McClung | RED BULL PARIS CONQUEST

Red Bull Paris Conquest was the rowdiest contest in recent memory, bringing new obstacle layouts, a head-to-head eliminator format and new energies to Paris’ Trocadero right at the foot of the Eiffel Tower today.

We should naturally begin by congratulating Trevor McClung and Leticia Bufoni for being crowned the king and queen of Paris respectively, but a widening of the lens will show a superb event with a strong local showing and a raucous throng of a crowd who clearly had their favourites and let them know who they were.

Certainly high among those was TJ Rogers, who has made himself no end of new friends in the city over the last few days and delivered a clinic in buttery ledge tech and showcased what is undeniably the best switch frontside 360 ollie in the game. His consistency and trick bag were enough for fourth place but could have placed him higher had he not been drawn in the semi’s against Aurelien Giraud who would have won had he not broken three boards with that stupendous power of his, meaning he effectively skated the semi-finals and finals on several borrowed boards. He would be wise to bring a quiver of identical set-ups going forward. Nonetheless, he remarkably managed to power his way to second with a repertoire of big block hammers, transition wonders and a hardlflip late kickflip unseen outside of Youtube and in the wild. The man he beat into third was crowd favourite Vincent Milou who has seemingly become the most popular skater in France over the last year. He also snapped a board against TJ Rogers in the run-off for third, but TJ showed a lot of class by not trying to seize the advantage while Vincent sorted out a new board against the buzzer. By contrast Trevor McClung managed to hold onto enough moves like a switch backside 360 down the Bercy 5 block without needing timeouts and held on for first place.

If pole position was closely contested for the men’s contest, it was less so for the women’s. Leticia Bufoni demonstrated some of the strength in depth that marks out her talent by powering through to first place mixing the ability to go big with a consistency that is truly remarkable. Unfortunately, Leticia’s scheduled final rival Aori Nishimura had to withdraw from competing after an ankle injury with her last trick of the semi-final having already secured a guaranteed second place, and so a spontaneous three-way skate-off was held to decide the rest of the final four positions.

This saw Leticia roll out against both the impressive and effervescent local Charlotte Hym who rode the crowd’s energy to an excellent third place and Argentina’s Eugenia Ginepro who used her transition skills to solid effect on the melting house and wave spots particularly and took a solid fourth place on what was a terrific platform for where the women’s event scene is headed in terms of calibre and skill level.

Many thanks to Flo, Jeremy Grynblat, Greg Poissonnier, Ben Powell, Etnies and all our friends in Paris for helping make this unique event go with the bang it surely did!

RED BULL PARIS CONQUEST | THE JAM SESSION

We hit the streets of Paris to check out some classic Parisian spots with TJ Rogers, Lucas Rabelo, Angelo Caro, Gustavo Ribeiro & more as we get ready for the Red Bull Paris Conquest!

Paris has a skateboarding history dating back to the 1970’s both at the Trocadero where slalom was all the rage (as immortalised by the 1978 short film Trocadero Blue Citron) and at the Beton Hurlant skatepark and Bowl de la Villette. It wasn’t until the mid-1980’s, however, that skaters began to explore the city streets beyond the Trocadero, discovering new playgrounds like ‘Le Dome’, Chatelet, La Defense, Creteil, Bercy and so many others.

For our Paris Conquest event we recreated some of the French capitol's most famous skate spots in a unique street course at the foot of the Eiffel Tower.

Watch the Final live from the Trocadero, Paris, on 18 August 2021 on Red Bull TV:

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