City Announces Winning Firm for Skateboard Amenities Strategy Implementation

Nov 1, 2013 | Activism, CASE News, Headlines, Skateboarding, Skateparks

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

November 1st, 2013

CITY OF CALGARY ANNOUNCES WINNING FIRM FOR SKATEBOARD AMENITIES STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION

(Calgary, AB),

The City of Calgary (Recreation) has announced that Van der Zalm & Associates has been selected to implement the city’s 10-year Skateboard Amenities Strategy.

The 10-year Calgary Skateboard Amenities Strategy recommends approximately 270,000 square feet of future concrete skatepark development, spread over every quadrant. The sizes of the future skateparks will vary from small “skate spots” to larger “neighbourhood size” parks. These future parks will cater to every style and skill level of skaters; terrain will vary across the many parks.
The Calgary Association of Skateboarding Enthusiasts (C.A.S.E.) is excited about today’s announcement. “We’ve been working very hard for many years towards the goal of new facilities. This announcement confirms this goal will soon be a reality. This is great news for Calgary skateboarders and we’re looking forward to riding new parks in 2014,” says C.A.S.E. co-chair, Josh Etherington.

The actual number of parks has yet to be determined. However, over 25 communities have expressed interest in developing skateparks in their areas. C.A.S.E. will be working with Van der Zalm & Associates and City of Calgary Recreation to engage the local skateboarding community at a series of public input meetings beginning early 2014.
A copy of the 10-year Skateboard Amenities Strategy and a list of interested communities can be found on the C.A.S.E. website. Information on the public input meetings will be posted on calgary.ca as well as the C.A.S.E. website.

ABOUT VAN DER ZALM AND ASSOCIATES
Van der Zalm + associates inc. (vdz) is a full service Landscape Architecture and Development consulting firm with offices in North America and China.
Established at the turn of the millennium, vdz employs experienced, qualified, and registered professionals with a passion for their work. Their focus is parks and recreation. They enjoy a strong national reputation for our work in developing action sports facilities – skatepark, bmx, and technical mountain bike. They also work closely with communities to develop masterplans, urban parks, streetscape plans, water parks, and environmental projects.
Notable skatepark projects by vdz include: The Plaza at The Forks (Winnipeg, MB), Chuck Bailey Skatepark (Surrey, BC), Ed Benedict Skate Plaza (Portland, OR)

www.vdz.ca

ABOUT CALGARY ASSOCIATION OF SKATEBOARDING ENTHUSIASTS
The Calgary Association of Skateboarding Enthusiasts (C.A.S.E) is a non-profit society which promotes skateboarding in Calgary by using the collective efforts of its volunteer members. Through this united effort CASE works to improve the accessibility and growth of skateboarding in Calgary.

www.calgaryskateboarding.com

Bowl-A-Palooza in Cochrane Saturday, July 27th

Jul 21, 2013 | CASE News, Competitions, Events, Skateboarding, Skateparks

From the Bowl-a-palooza website:

BOWL-A-PALOOZA is BACK!! The hit event brought to you by your friends at Ekumenik is gearing up for year 2 and is sure to be better than ever!

Cochrane Skatepark, July 27th
Forks Plaza Winnipeg, Aug 17th

Prizing and contest format:

We will be accepting 45 skater entries. 3 Pools of 15 who will skate in turn for 45mins. Everyone participating will be eligible for “Wildcard prizing”, a 10 trick hit list that will pay out $50 cash to the skater who takes it. Final will consist of top 15 as decided by the judges. 1st: $300 2nd: $150 3rd: $50 Based on difficulty and line selection and trick variation throughout the final round. Registration starts at noon for both venues, hope to see you out.

Bowl a Cochrane Tabloid

Millennium Park Hours Change

Jul 16, 2013 | CASE News, News, Skateboarding, Skateparks

According to a recent City of Calgary memo, Millennium park’s hours of operation are changing temporarily. See below:


• The Planetarium, formerly occupied by the TELUS World of Science, is being used to accommodate Calgarians displaced by the recent flood whose building requires repair before being reoccupied.
• Shaw Millennium Park will be amending park hours of operation temporarily to provide these evacuees greater privacy and quiet.
• Shaw Millennium Park will change its hours as of July 15th, 2013, to operate from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
• These hours are consistent with all other regional parks.
• To help communicate the new hours of operation signs in the park will be updated as well as information on calgary.ca.
• This is being done as a temporary measure for the balance of 2013.
• The impact to park users will be assessed and evaluated during this period.
• For more information on Shaw Millennium Park visit calgary.ca/parks.

St Jude School/Woodcreek Skatepark Update

Jun 25, 2013 | Activism, CASE News, Skateboarding

LTBK St Jude/Woodcreek Recreation Area has posted an update on their blog regarding their “skatepark”. They say on their blog, “We were not able to obtain a development permit in time to proceed with building.”

Definitely check out their site/blog to learn more about this proposed/future mobile park development. Once again, we want to stress that CASE does not support the development of this park as it does not fall in line with the Skateboard Amenities Strategy.