Kaltik was established in 2002 by Conor Manweiler. His aim was to
support rollerblading through producing clothing and hardware and
sponsoring a team.
The team started out with six Irish riders
in 2002. It has expanded to sixteen, with nine overseas riders; Balazs
Zima (Hungary), Jirka Tomasek (Czech Republic), Keir Lindsay (Scotland),
Steven Swain (England), Russell Dineen (Scotland), Cameron Mitchell (Scotland), Peter Kallio (Sweden) Nicolas Schopfer (Switzerland) and Aaron Feinberg (U.S.A)
The Irish riders are; Kevin Mc Gloughlin, Paraic Mc Gloughlin, Gordo
Macallion, Jay Gorman, Daniel Gorman, Jay Mulligan, Albert Hooi and Joey
Egan. Throughout the years Kaltik has made a variety of clothing:
fleece jackets, polo shirts, hoodies, t-shirts, caps and beanies. A team
DVD was released in 2004, filmed in Ireland with the help of many Irish
rollers.
In 2006 Kaltik designed a prototype Frame which was
later sold to a U.K. production company. Kaltik created Kaltik Hardware
in 2008 and the Freestyle Frame was produced. They are currently
designing a Stealth Flat Set-up Frame to be released in early 2010, and a
second team DVD in the making.
