Unity

This is the only inline magazine out in the UK. I will be honest and say I only buy it to look at the photos of the skates and tricks. Why? The first reason is that the articles are boring. Most of the skaters I've never even heard of and are ordinary Joe's of the street...and no offence to them, but they just dont make interesting reading. Secondly, as a female skater there is nothing ever written about the female scene. We are always overlooked as readers and fellow inliners, even in the photo sections. But it is really the only form of print media that says anything about inlining at all in Britain, and so will be bought anyway. Not worth the ...

Since DNA magazine bit the dust two years ago, rollerbladers in the UK have been left with Unity. Unity is clearly aimed at the aggressive skating market, which makes we wonder how information is shared between recreational skaters, who don't seem to have a magazine? Unity looks cheap, and is obviously printed to a tight budget. The writing and editorial isn't bad, although the letters page reflects the limited perception of the magazines' target 12-16 year age group. Letters range from "We don't have anywhere to skate please build us a ramp" (as if..) to "I hate people with blue hair that skate" (some tolerance please...). ...