Razors Skate Co. is a legacy inline skating brand. At Winterclash 2025, the biggest event in rollerblading, Razors’ owner Andy Wegener made a racist story post, via their official account, directed at a Cougar Skates representative causing huge backlash that’s seen numerous team riders quit.

The issue actually started at Winterclash in 2024 when Andy allegedly threatened one of the event organisers and it’s spiralled to this point.

There is a lot to this story that has yet to be discussed and just makes what happened even more mindless.

In this video we will discuss how Razors created such a great legacy. We’ll be briefly covering all fallouts that have happened over the years. We will break down the events from the year before that brought us to this point. We’ll go over what happened this year and all the backlash. We’ll break down the racist post, dive into the other points that don’t seem to add up and also take a deeper look at the apology.

To be very clear, we have to consider that there are nuances to all these stories and without actually being there we don’t know what the truth is – so these stories are alleged.

No-one want Razors Skates to go. People can change, we just want to see that happen and the appropriate actions be taken. Maybe that comes in the shape of a more direct apology and promise to do better. Maybe that’s also stepping back and letting someone else take over or being less publicly involved and striving towards becoming a better person.

There is no room for racism.
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00:00 Razors Skates Co. The Rise and Fall
01:31 The most dominant brand in rollerblading: Brian Shima, Brian Aragon
02:41 Razors Skates Problems: Quit Rollerblading, Loca Skates
03:17 Jeff Stock couldn’t get his pro skate Julian Bah Fired
04:01 Mike Johnson Razors Game Theory
04:04 Derek Henderson & Intuition Skate Shop paid for his pro skate promo
05:02 Leon Humphries name spelt wrong on pro skate, Dom Bruce leaves and more
05:45 Don Bambrick fired from Razors skates – Jeeps Howard injured
06:16 Yandriel Silvario was owed money
07:05 Notable name who have left the brand Ilia Savosin, Ryan Parker, Ana Julia
07:45 Razors have done some good, Razors Low and Kid Skate
08:15 Did Razors really support Winterclash for 20 years?
09:25 USD, Them Skates and other brands support Winterclash more
09:54 An alleged threat at Winterclash 2024, Event organisers vs Andy Wegener
11:05 Winterclash 2025, Razors chose not to have a booth and Cougar Skates Spent more
12.02 The racist post – What actually happened
13:42 Blacklash from the rollerblading community
14:37 Andrew Broom Quits Razors on Jumbo Podcast
15:11 All the skaters that quit Razors
15:41 Why people still believe
16:04 Is this an apology?
20:14 How to break a legacy
21:14 Save Razors Skates, give the skaters and team space to make a choice.

Sources *Fair Use

Thank you to all the people who provided information and share their accounts.

Jumbo Podcast 6 (with Andrew Broom)https://www.youtube.com/live/dsBO2pszB6Q?si=8q0kAi2Nvkk5HYVX

Jumpstreet
Episode 46 with Jeff Stockwell https://youtu.be/tUMNohbcIiI?si=O7r3l6AVo0GhRxkG
Episode 86 with Mike Johnson https://www.youtube.com/live/Jxc4rMHjx3w?si=GGAyQKtynSt6efwL
Episode 37 with Julian Bah https://youtu.be/mMcr9Udl9mM?si=ZFzdnOZTInmR8KLX

Wheelscene
Episode 52 – Wake Schepman https://youtu.be/s90Hnn3DHgU?si=BFyeYrEBEhvUSchq
Episode 16 – Leon Humphries https://youtu.be/AjQQ5AokmHw?si=WR7OcPjtymSBA2fs
12 – Gregory Preston https://youtu.be/qdWj5t4k5pk?si=WLvAKLryVRhQA1uj
Episode 9 – Jon Fromm https://youtu.be/6TQYVNTZie4?si=0SDo_1qY4I_joVwi
Episode 2 – Coco Sanchez https://youtu.be/Sntf4ODsang?si=n5u52AMHbVV9-oQK

BEHIND THE BRAND: RAZORS https://youtu.be/oOSM05gWZx4?si=pr7qXDP1ZaGjYfyp

Spook Wackadoo
Weicheng Interview & Trying on Cougar Skates | Aggressive Inline https://youtu.be/DsuklAWMCO0?si=AJY0xyr9nuhHd_oQ
THE TRADESHOW! Winter Clash 2025 | Aggressive Inline https://youtu.be/5oZ_n15nD2M?si=xB4LLejGsgDbMe_S
Second Day and Tradeshow! – WinterClash 2024 | Aggressive Inline https://youtu.be/s2QnVHmgfZ4?si=yi2WDhNa35kgq75J

Full Frame Productions
Hang Losers present: The Super Bowl at Winter Clash 2025 https://youtu.be/vsVCspME7XQ?si=hzMHc1E_U6V8d3Su
Winter Clash 2025 – Chihiro Azuma Eugen Enin Julien Cudot Nils Janson Merry Munoz

Winterclash 2025 | For Now & Forever https://youtu.be/9ZxCayn79DY?si=C1ehO1lGdL3f6Ako

Ego a Razors Team Video – by Adam Johnson and KFC Productions.

ANDREW BROOM PRO SKATE from Razors https://youtu.be/jgOwwS5_qzc?si=lDJEmt41HfIZgwVc
Tais Colares // PRO SKATE https://youtu.be/0MECLQA4Kws?si=LHYlVo1rRvi5f2Fe
CULT LOW https://youtu.be/Hx5KxaQU–w?si=HUurouWGMaY8H322
CLOVER https://youtu.be/9afED5OMe5k?si=_AEcmq4O6A3WxUM3

44 Comments

  1. Glad to say I've never once skated razors. Even before any drama, I never liked how clacky and plastic they sound. Ground control and razors are garbage products, regardless of all the nonsense.

  2. 6:55 I forgot about that!!! All the girls I knew got a pair of skates with their Covid cash 😂

    10:14 That’s a fire hazard, at the very least the doucheshnozzle could understand fire safety?

  3. What a complete sociopath…Not the right platform? What is the proper platform for you to spew your racism Andy?

  4. Didn’t realise just how much of a nut job he was. 😱 when you out it all together it’s surprising he hasn’t been pushed out somehow by shareholders. Not that I understand how that works but always thought it was possible. To attack a brand and person like that is surely some sort of last strike?! No one guna want anything to do with them till he’s gone. Doesn’t help that everyone is like ‘oh ye that guy from cougar, he’s an awesome guy, committed to the sport and treating the pros right’ lol basically picking on the new guy but turns out the new guy already managed to earn all respect you lost and then some. That apology was the the most hollow pointless use of words I’ve seen in a while too.😂
    *side note- I have SLs but they are old and that cougar boot is looking pretty nice tbh. Sure I won’t be the only one considering them for a next skate just out of spite alone.😒

  5. Why are you doing this? There is an actual villain you know,(it's the power structure which does not change when you vote) – its Pro V–x and it's Pro Is–el. You id–ts, there is a gen–ide happening right now that the US keeps funding and you think a fuqin rollerblade company owner is your problem.

  6. Andy's wallet will no longer be #StrongerThanEver . His opinions are now #WrongerThanEver ! Andy still can't tell the difference between Stephen Horngacher and stefan brandow. I skated the razors warehouse once while Andy was there. I said hie. He looked at me like when the Rock goes "it doesn't matter if you said hi!"

  7. I think Andy got really jealous of how Cougar did more for the community in such a short period than him in the last decade 😂

  8. what u mean the loca situation? I just bought those skates ^^ sumthin wrong with em? :b or just the way they wanted to market em? dey did this 13 years ago with the sega blue? ah well, loca r girlskates maybe? but I have smallfeet & dey where cheap :b sega blue vid: https://youtu.be/IdSvdP-aR4o

  9. Mad respect to murda, just bah,aragon all the pros on razors who fucking murdered it all for pennies. Put their lives at risk in pursuit of progression.That is true love of the sport.

  10. wow this vid answered a lot of questions i always wondered about what happened with some of skaters that were pro for razor ….great video…..

  11. Stopped skating about 15 years ago, I had a pair of razors creams and absolutely loved them! I want to get back into it, so I researched all the current skates on the market and was set on a pair of SLs, then I saw all this stuff..I have no idea what kind of skates I want now because I don’t want to support or enable Andys behavior. Any suggestions?

  12. Dude the knock on the door sound effect at 9:34 legitimately had me freaked out thinking someone pounded on the window next to me. I just stormed around outside with a flashlight and a club searching for the hooligan that knocked on my rural window.

  13. I had a pair in the 90’s I now feel disconnected…. They need boycotting… this information should be in the school curriculum. Keep up the hard work 🔥🏆👏🏽

  14. This all makes me super glad that I never liked razor skates designs, and hated their style and have never owned a pair in my life. I’ve never even put them on my feet.😂🎉

  15. I met Broom at my local park a few months ago, and he went out of his way to chat with me. He even told me about the local DIY spot he and his friends go to. He’s such a solid dude. Thanks man!

  16. one time at the razors warehouse in SD Andy was watching Bruce lee enter the dragon, he was making Bruce lee noises and started punching the air rapidly as fast as he could, he looked me in my eyes and said Chang Chu Wong Wing. I left because i felt uncomfortable. I never went back there…SMH

  17. I saw Andy at Blading cup 2019, he told me that he doesn't want to eat Chang chu wang wu, I was like what are you saying, Im Filipino, not chinese, he then called me a dumb jap and told me to go back to my country but I was born in Carson

  18. for haloween one year at the Razors house I dressed up as a Police officer my homeboy was a firefighter and Andy wore a KKK hat with a robe, we were like what are you doing Andy? he said that he is a ghost not a Clansman. SMH

  19. "so we, the ýoutube court, found this men to be, GUILTY…! do ýou agree..?" "mimimimimimimimimimimimimi…!!!!!!!!" 😄🤣😂 hahahahahaahahahaha.. jeezus, folks are so stupid.. "..a men fell on his head and he did nothing !" ýou have insurance ? ýou have a contract with insurance? what does ýour sponsorship contract saýs ? do ýou even have one? "ýeah but i felt things should be like…" ITS NOT ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS YOU STUPID ASSHOLE…!!! ýou idiots are in KINDERGARDEN and ýour diapers need to be changed..!

  20. I really don’t understand the racist context in the history that he posted on Instagram. Can someone explain it to me ?

  21. Tom, love your videos. This is one for the ages. I'm getting in these comments because this is going to be one people look back on. Spotty dog.

  22. One time at the razors ware house, I was with andy and my Indian friend Akbu. Andy called him a Dirty "N" but didnt realize that he was just a dark indian. SMH

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