You’ve probably seen do-it-yourself parks like Burnside, FDR, Channel Street, and others in videos. Maybe you’ve been to them. Is it time for Calgary to get one of these? Click the photo below to read about 10 functional DIY skateparks (via Skaters for Public Skateparks):
Thanks to John Rajic for shooting these photos of some skaters at the Airdrie skatepark:
Photothug has some photos of the new Lacombe skatepark up on his blog. Click the photo below for the rest and check the video below:
Lacombe is a about a one and a half hour drive from Calgary but from the photos below, it looks like the new park there is worth the drive. The #2 highway is getting to be a bit of a “skate highway” between Calgary and Edmonton with parks in Airdrie, Olds, Red Deer, Lacombe, and Leduc.
Thanks to all the bands for playing our benefit show at the Palomino last Saturday night. It was a great time! Thanks again to Spastic Panthers, Warbird, Better Off Dead and Profits of Crime.
Calgary photographer Steve Marentette has a few photos up on Jazzpush, a skateboard photo sharing site. This one of Derrick Timoshenko kickflipping on the Stampede grounds is a great example:
