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SKATEISTAN FACEBOOK EVENT: facebook.com/events/129289270538785/

MOVIE: http://www.skateistanthemovie.com/

Props to Faction owner/operator Wayne Parsons for his foresight for the young and older to continue to participate in this active lifestyle all year round.

A 2500 square foot heated indoor facility gives Kamloops locals the opportunity to skate/scoot/bmx. Additionally Faction offers skateboards, longboards, BMX bikes, parts and repair in their in house shop. Get there.

Website: factionskatepark.com/default.html

Directions: mapq.st/J87Tb4

Congrats to “Hicks on Sticks” for winning outstanding achievement in action-sports film making at the Newport Beach Film Festival.

Skateboarders will get an opportunity to see professional demonstrations, win prizes and get a few tips from the pros at the Railside skateboard park on May 6 between noon and 4 p.m. It is free to participate and skateboarders can register between 11 a.m. and noon prior to the event.

This is one of the most comprehensive articles I have ever read on a local skatepark efforts. Props to Andrew Bennett > a reporter for the Rossland Telegraph for the 01 May 2012 article:Rossland’s skatepark gets a designer…and one step closer to reality | The Rossland Telegraph.

Congrats also to the Rossland Skatepark Association for their diligent efforts in taken the process slowly and thoughtfully. We are all looking forward to the 3-D renderings from Spectrum Skateparks.

Are you interested in helping to propel another generation of skateboarders in the Kootenay’s?
Ben Wixon. MA.ED, Director of Development-Programming and Instruction, Skaters for Public Skateparks and Executive Director of Drop In to Skateboarding is coming to Castlegar, BC.
Details
When: Saturday July 7th
Where: The Castlegar Skatepark
Cost: $20 includes a manual
Requirements: Keen attitude to learn, byo skateboard/helmet (some extra helmets and boards will be available)
Sign up: facebook.com/events/255184181247626/
***20 MAX************************************

Great to see the Trail Skatepark now having a website to promote it’s activity including some new funding. FMI: skatetrail.com/
Mixed thoughts are now being put out by the local print media about the Trail Skatepark. See below for some of the commentary…what are your thoughts?

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