The world’s number one blader, Richie Eisler, was in Malaysia recently and offered advice on living life on the road.

Ever dreamt of getting paid to travel the world to make videos of yourself skating with your friends? If so, you’d be envious of Richie Eisler then.

Voted the top blader (or in-line skater) of the year (alongside fellow pro-blader Franky Morales), Eisler stopped by Malaysia last week to flaunt some of his chops in Putrajaya, Subang Jaya and Shah Alam, Selangor as part of his globe trekking adventure.

Like many other Canadians, the 32-year-old began to play ice hockey as soon as he could walk and then took his skating skills to the streets. He made pro about 10 years ago and today, he has his own line of skates under Europe-based label Universal Skate Design.

“The reality is this (travelling pro-blader career) should have happened before I got so deep into school and because there are a lot of politics, for whatever reason, I was overlooked when I really should have been in this position eariler. I kinda gave up on it and worked on my real life,” said Eisler.

Evidently, Eisler wasn’t fated to continue living his “real life”. After gaining a degree in film and a masters in International Business, the bad boy blader got into some visa trouble when he was teaching business in Sydney, Australia, and was deported from the country.