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Go Skateboarding Day in Van
Go skateboarding day in Vancouver Monday June 21st
ALL ABOARD VANCOUVER GO SKATE DAY
In true hobo/train hopping fashion, skaters will ‘ride the rails’ together hitting a multitude of spots the GVRD has to offer starting at 12pm at the Skate Plaza and ending with an evening session at Strathcona Park and BBQ at 6pm.
Meet up at the Skate Plaza in the morning at 1030am and enjoy waffles courtesy of Vans shoes.
SPOT 1 – 12pm
MAIN STREET STATION @ TERMINAL
BANK/WALL on south side of Starbucks, STAIRS/RAIL on north side of Starbucks
SPOT 2 – 1pm
RENFREW STATION, HIP/LOADING DOCK
behind Staples (Grandview Hwy)
SPOT 3 – 1:35pm
HOLDOM STATION, GAP TO LEDGE, GAP OUT
SPOT 4 – 2pm
SPERLING SKYTRAIN, LEDGES, BANK TRANSFER, BRIDGE BOMB
SPOT 5 – 3pm
ROYAL OAK SKYTRAIN, MANUAL PAD, LAUNCH GAP, LEDGE
SPOT 6 – 3:45pm
METROTOWN STATION, BONSOR BOWL JAM
SPOT 7 – 5pm
STADIUM SKYTRAIN, DROP-IN GAP TO LEDGE
5:30pm
GEORGIA VIADUCT, THE TRADITIONAL BARGE
6:00pm
STRATHCONA, BARBECUE
Publicity for Nelson Skateboarders
“JUNE 18,2010
COLIN PAYNE, DAILY NEWS REPORTER
Having recently lost one of their own and searching for a place to call home, Nelson area skateboarders will be coming together in a show of solidarity Monday evening.
In recognition of Go Skateboarding Day, an international event aimed at promoting skateboarding, Nelson skateboarders will be skating down Baker Street to the Nelson and District Youth Centre skate park where they’ll gather for some fun.
Elliot Ingles, program coordinator at the Nelson and District Youth Centre, helped organize the event and said it’s time for skateboarders in Nelson to come together to advocate for themselves.
“I think that at this point in the Kootenays it’s definitely needed for skateboarders and friends of skateboarders to all come together, because we need an outdoor skate park,” Ingles said. “Skate kids are fairly alienated in Nelson and they deserve a place to play as much as anyone else.
“It’s time for us all to get together and try to figure this all out because city council is not moving forward with (the skate park). We need power in numbers and I’m hoping people will come out for it.”
Ingles added that the event will also help pay homage to the late Josh Evin, the professional skateboarder and Kootenay native who died suddenly in a motorcycle accident last weekend.
The event starts at 5 p.m. across from The Sacred Ride on Baker Street, and skateboarders will make their way down Baker to Josephine before heading to the NDYC for a skate session.
Because of the new anti-skateboarding bylaw, permission was needed from local police and a police escort will accompany the skateboarders through the downtown area.”
For more information, visit http://www.goskateboardingday.org/.
Go Skateboard Day in Nelson
RIP Josh Evin
Nelson’s game of skate
Why Trail youth need a skatepark
Rhea Heink is part of the Trail Columbia Youth Development Centre and she has written a sensible message to her community about the urgent need for action around the Trail Wheel Park……..read more.
Nelson NEW TRAFFIC BY-LAW KILLS STREET skateboarding!
Nelson City Council has adopted their revised TRAFFIC BY-LAW……which includes NO SKATEBOARDING ON CITY STREETS….for more info
Castlegar Skateboard Jam
Awesome day for the organizers in Castlegar…super support from spectators, sponsors and skateboarders
SIMON YOLE FROM NELSON—UNDER 14 2ND PLACE 2010 CASTLEGAR SKATE JAM—DECK BY ARTSCHOOLSKATEBOARDS
Go Skateboarding Day-June 21st
Here is the official ABOUT from goskateboardingday.org;
“What It’s All About: On June 21 skateboarders around the globe will celebrate the pure exhilaration, creativity, and spirit of one of the most infuential activities in the world by blowing off all other obligations to go skateboarding. OK, most skateboarders do this every day of their lives, but this is just one more reason to blow off your television/computer/video games and go skateboarding!
Skateboarders everywhere will show their love and support for skateboarding by holding fundraisers, contests, protests and demos. They’ll skate across cities, gather in skateparks, stream into their local skate shop and some will even revel in the solitary act of skateboarding alone at their favorite spot, all bringing together the skateboarding community in the grind heard around the world.
The History: Go Skateboarding Day, held on June 21 every year, is the official holiday of skateboarding. The holiday began June 21, 2003 as an excuse for skateboarders to make skateboarding their top priority. Go Skateboarding Day began with a few simple skate sessions and bar-b-ques held in skateboarding’s unofficial capital, southern California.
Founded by the International Association of Skateboard Companies (IASC), Go Skateboarding Day gives passionate skateboarders as well as those who are simply inspired by skateboarding, the opportunity to drop everything and get on a skateboard. Go Skateboarding Day is a cooperative of decentralized events that take place around the globe. Skateboard retailers, manufacturers, skateparks, distributors, organizations and individuals of all colors, creeds, and attitudes hold skateboarding events to celebrate the holiday. Skateboarders around the world create their own events and traditions to celebrate skateboarding.
Go Skateboarding Day originated as the day for skateboarders to have fun, to raise awareness about the issues we face; to show the world what skateboarding is really all about; to reclaim our culture; and to define skateboarding as the rebellious, creative celebration of independence it continues to be. In the years since that first celebration, the holiday continues to grow, but the mission remains the same: Have fun, go skateboarding!”