Long years as a rollerblader have given Tracy White a respect for the memorabilia surrounding the sport, and he finally let ONE and a select ground of AZ rollers into his secret ‘Blade Museum’ to check out his private stash. Primarily focusing on projects in which he’d participated like Bauer and 4Dub, there were plenty of other established classics amongst the collection. We snapped these pics to let you get a taste for yourselves. — ONE

All sorts of history.

Tracy rode for Bauer with AJ. Instead of pushing the black colored mold in the background, Bauer ran with the TMNT-colored deal.

The full Bauer lineup, Fiziks, and some non-UFS Fifty/50s.

Remember when Senate decided to make 30mm wide wheels and the necessary frames? Whoa. Ambitious.

The highly-contested first production “aggressive” or “freestyle rolling” or “streetstyle” roller boot.

Now that’s a jar of 4Dub.

These here are some OG Blade Gear wrist and shin guards.

More blade artifacts.

Personally vibing the gray Lightnings.

More blades, including original Fattys and ‘62 Impalas.

Yup, there they are.

Long before they were USD Realms… and back when companies like Fila were vying for blade bucks.

We found this Camp Rollerblade flyer. That’s AJ Jackson jumping over Jill Shultz. Her dad created and drew Peanuts.

The curriculum at the camp was totally sweet. A real dream getaway. LA dance/Funkfest was the jam.

Whatever you want to say about this lady, check out her sweet blades. Way ahead of her time.

A run down of the who’s-who.

We know Parnell gives commentary for the Olympics and stuff, and you recognize Mr. Edwards, but did you know that Chris Morris is allegedly the first blader to drop in a pool?
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June 24th, 2009 at 12:49 am
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June 24th, 2009 at 1:44 am
hurricane
Daaamn! It was really fantastic to see ancient models once again!
I have been dreaming of Bauers, Oxygen Argons and K2 Fattys but it was immpossible to get a pair here, in Ukraine. I really remember when Hyper and Senate wheels were the best on the market. So sweet to remember all of this. Thank you, guys!
June 24th, 2009 at 1:53 am
Basza
whoaaaaa nice set
June 24th, 2009 at 3:34 am
Tom Ahlqvist
WOOT!! FATBOYS!!
June 24th, 2009 at 6:00 am
andrewsmolak
Brian Lewis and Hakeem Jimoh of Create Originals created the Fila skate.
June 24th, 2009 at 6:55 am
ziggy
those fila skates look sick!
its funny to see that those rollerblade skates are still getting produced though, and sold by argos
June 24th, 2009 at 7:41 am
joey
Chris Morris started Soap Shoes.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:04 am
vg4
ahhh the senate wides…haha back when upgrading your frames were about as much as a pair of skates and you needed a rived machine to re-rivet everything.
June 24th, 2009 at 8:13 am
Lewis
I have a brand new pair of the green bauers at home! Might have to pull those out for a few sessions
June 24th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Scherf
I am still in awe from all the stuff that I saw.
Its amazing to see that there was so much going on back then, and then to look at it now.
would kill to skate those Filas. haha. good times
June 24th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Brian Krans
Echoing Tom — FAT BOYS!!!
Give me some Tarmacs with those Fat Boys and call me 14 again!
Tracy White rules!
June 24th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
Ron Hunter
i remember the trs with a pair fatboys riding mini
i was SYKED to go skate every morning that sometimes i slept in the street to skate the next day NYC skaters were bugged the Fu@$ OUT….IM LAUGHING RIGHT NOW
June 24th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
justinMOUSLEY
tracey is for sure a legend, and the shit to me! what a cool guy, its obvious he really cares about rollerblading, it shows through all of his actions! we should all be fortunate enough to meet a cool dude like TRACY! YOU ROCK! keep livin bro! —>SLC
June 24th, 2009 at 10:45 pm
qcsky
totally sweet!
June 25th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
BenKarris
Tracy White is the man….There is just no denying this what so ever…I am now better at skating just from Seeing that collection in person.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
TenisD
I have actualy skated with Bauer skates and with fila, while ago when i learned in norway
July 4th, 2009 at 8:37 pm
nic tye
one of the first skates I started on were a pair of bauer (f120 i think) I learn to soul grind on them & I still have a pair of k2 fatties that I still skate. old skool. Hyper Fatboys, man these were the MEANEST wheels.
July 30th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Beau Cottington
tracy my nigga you been hold out on me with those fatboys!!! lol i envy your collection…
October 22nd, 2009 at 1:59 am
skate2createVG7
WOW!! jaw droping! brings back memories no doubt even though im only 22… had the fatty pro’s with J. petty pro wheels and also those roces with neon blue frames… takes me back to the mini ramp jam that was help in sweden(Malmo) seeing some japanese guy going crazy with hand plants …. and the bauers first time i saw them in intersport all black.. as well as the fila’s…. and massive blue blades from senate if im right in saying that weighing a tone each!…
October 23rd, 2009 at 3:55 am
!!!
Blast from the past! Those neon lightnings have to be 20 years old. …I had some. Somebody needs to re-release DARE to AIR and THE HOAX.
October 30th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Jeff Linett
tracey white is rollerbladeing! this is how is stays alive
March 17th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
Daniel
I started skating with my friend’s “Bauers”, then I found a pair of “Microblades” in the garbage and finally Moms bought me my first rollerblades “lightning TRS” which I still have with me. I crossed the Queens-borough bridge from Queens to Manhattan while hanging from the bumper of a jeep cherokee with my Lightning TRS. Best skates ever!!! Thank you for the memories.
July 19th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
Jori
So I’ve been looking for any information on those yellow FILAs. I have recently started blading and I found a pair at a second hand store. they are in mint condition I was wondering if anyone knows of a site that could tell me something about them?