bcskateboarding.org » Education http://bcskateboarding.org Uniting the Skateboarders of B.C. Tue, 22 May 2012 03:44:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Skateistan http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/16/skateistan/ http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/16/skateistan/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 03:04:06 +0000 bcskateboarding http://bcskateboarding.org/?p=7258

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

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

 

]]> http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/16/skateistan/feed/ 0 Skateboard Camp http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/15/monke-skateboard-camp/ http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/15/monke-skateboard-camp/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 22:58:56 +0000 bcskateboarding http://bcskateboarding.org/?p=7238

]]> http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/15/monke-skateboard-camp/feed/ 0 Faction Skate and BMX http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/12/faction-skate-and-bmx-kamloops/ http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/12/faction-skate-and-bmx-kamloops/#comments Sat, 12 May 2012 18:58:29 +0000 bcskateboarding http://bcskateboarding.org/?p=7223 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

]]> http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/12/faction-skate-and-bmx-kamloops/feed/ 0 Hicks on Sticks http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/05/newport-beach-film-festival/ http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/05/newport-beach-film-festival/#comments Sat, 05 May 2012 22:22:51 +0000 bcskateboarding http://bcskateboarding.org/?p=7158 Congrats to “Hicks on Sticks” for winning outstanding achievement in action-sports film making at the Newport Beach Film Festival.

]]> http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/05/newport-beach-film-festival/feed/ 0 POCO Skate Jam http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/02/skate-jam-poco-railside/ http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/02/skate-jam-poco-railside/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 03:50:40 +0000 bcskateboarding http://bcskateboarding.org/?p=7140 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.

]]> http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/02/skate-jam-poco-railside/feed/ 0 RSA meets with Spectrum http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/01/rsa-meets-with-spectrum/ http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/05/01/rsa-meets-with-spectrum/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 03:04:25 +0000 bcskateboarding http://bcskateboarding.org/?p=7110 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.

 

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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/
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]]> http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/04/30/youth-week-2012/feed/ 0 Hicks World Premier http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/04/28/hicks-on-sticks-world-premier/ http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/04/28/hicks-on-sticks-world-premier/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:43:44 +0000 bcskateboarding http://bcskateboarding.org/?p=7044

]]> http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/04/28/hicks-on-sticks-world-premier/feed/ 0 Trail Skatepark http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/04/28/trail-skatepark-4/ http://bcskateboarding.org/2012/04/28/trail-skatepark-4/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:46:50 +0000 bcskateboarding http://bcskateboarding.org/?p=7028

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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