SkateFM

Written by Chris Gehret

SkateFM was original founded in 2006 by DJ Scotymax and DJ Gforce who were roomates at the time and wanted to bring skate music to the whole country. The music on SkateFm is the style that is played at most of the major rinks that have an Adult or Jam night but is not widely known to the whole country or the younger skaters. So in an effort to promote this style of music, Gforce with his background in networking and computer hardware and Scotymax, who is a webdesigner/programmer, decided one day to build a streaming music server at their house and... SkateFm was born.

Scotymax hails from the original Skate Station of Gainesville, Florida where he DJ-ed for six years. In 2000 he got his first set of turntables and has since spun at rinks and parties throughout central Florida. Scotymax has produced several mixed CDs and remixes, including the popular "Boogie Down Bronx" remix. He is the man behind the scenes, responsible for nearly everything heard on SkateFM and seen on it's website.

A vinyl junky from back in the day, G-Force (a.k.a. ChrisG) is the veteran scratch DJ of the SkateFM crew. He grew up in Miami during the early 80's, routinely tuning into the Miami Bass and Freestyle jams on the radio and skating at HotWheels skating center in South Miami. Although his old school sounds also crossed the turntables at Semoran Skateway of Orlando, G-Force is probably best known as the producer of the JamSkate Mixed CD series that now spans 15 volumes.

SkateFm later added DJ Vitamin-E (the dj formerly known as Essence) who spins on Sunday nights live from Semoran Skateway's Adult night and DJ Hypnotic, the latest addition to the residents at SkateFm, who spins in the Tampa Bay area and is featured live on SkateFm weekly.

SkateFM is always looking to help promote both amateur and professional DJs. If you would like to be a Guest DJ on SkateFM, have a megamix, remix, or original music for the fans of SkateFM, goto contacts on the SkateFm site for more info.

SkateFm is a main sponsor of this site and a player window is featured on the Jamskate.com main page. You can see what is playing live on SkateFm and click on the banner to open a new pop-up window so that you can listen to SkateFm live while still on our site.

SKATEFM WEEKLY LINE-UP
MONDAYS CATCH THE BMOD(BLACK MAN ON DECKS) DJ HYPNOTIC CUTTIN THROUGH THE AIRWAVES.

TUESDAYS NOON AND 7PM CATCH DJ JRAVER SPINNING THE BREAKS, OLD SCHOOL, AND FREESTYLE.

WEDNESDAYS CATCH DJ ESSENCE DROPPING THE BASS AND KICKIN THE BREAKS NOON AND 7PM.

THURSDAYS CATCH THE MAN BEHIND THE SKATEFM WEBSITE DJ SCOTYMAX AND HE LIKES TO RUN A GAMBIT OF GENRES.

FRIDAYS CLASSIC MIXBACK NOW ON FRIDAYS NOON AND 7PM. TUNE INTO THOSE CLASSIC JAM MIXES FROM DJS G-FORCE, SANTANA, HEAVY B AND SWIFT. AND DON'T FORGET GET TO TUNE INTO FREESTYLE FRIDAYS STARTING AT 9PM. YOU'LL TUNE IN TO THREE FULL HOURS OF THE HOTTEST LATIN AND CLUB FREESTYLE JAMS!

ALSO CHECK OUT SPECIAL GUEST DJ'S DROPPIN BY DURING THE WEEK. SKATE FM IS LIKE A BOX OF CHOCOLATE, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOUR GONNA GET! MAKE SURE YOU TUNE IN AND CONTINUE TO SUPPORT JAMSKATING'S ONLY INTERNET RADIO STATION....SKATEFM!!!!(ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN)

If your local rink has internet access, tell them to check it out. Its perfect to listen to anytime you are at the computer and would rather be skating.