The D Drops Skiboarding

Last weekend I went to the MTL Classic, a annual rollerblade competition organized by D-Structure. Like every year it was amazing. Lots of big names in rollerblading where there. To count a few Brian Shima, Alex Broskow, Brian Aargon, Oli Short, Dustin Latimer with Chris Haffey taking first place.

Anyway, while I left I spotted the big D-Structure banner on the judges tower. As I read the banner it said D-Structure, INLINE - SKI -…… what? The space that used to say skiboards is blank now. It was then I realized the inevitable truth I saw coming from far away, D-Structure is no longer a skiboard shop.

It’s really sad to see such a influential shop drop skiboarding. Well, maybe they weren’t very influential during the past few years selling only a few pairs of Line’s and Salomon’s. But D-Structure was a big part of skiboarding for a while. Being behind the Mother’s Milk magazine and the MMVM movie. Not to mention having great riders like Nicky Adams and Serge Mahue.

I still respect D-Structure, they are one of the best inline shops and freeski shops in the world, and are the only place I will ever go to buy inline parts. But I’m still disappointed to see them let go of my favorite sport of all, skiboarding.