Kevin Lowry Saskatoon Flow
Here’s a clip of Kevin Lowry getting some early Spring skating in at the Saskatoon Park:
Snake and Destroy Results/Photos
Dalhousie Skate Church hosted the “Snake and Destroy” competition this past Saturday. The premise for this cool event was that each invited shop team would build their own obstacle for the competition. Things got heated and some crazy tricks were pulled. One of the worst scorpion bails ever seen went down too; good thing he was okay. Here are the results and some photos:
Team Results:
1. Skaters
2. The Source
3. Chikko
4. Mission
5. West 49
Ramp Awards:
Most Skateable: The Source (roof-top ledge)
Most Unique: Chikko (barrier/rail thing)
Easiest to Move: Anchor
MVP for the Day: Dustin Henry
Backyard Ramp Bylaw Update
Back in October we told you about a north west Calgary family who had received an order from by-law officers to remove their backyard skate ramp because it violated Calgary’s no ramp bylaw (Land Use Bylaw 4.27mb PDF). We’re kinda slow but it is time for us to give you an update on the Collins’ appeal of the removal order.
Jeff watching son Jack skate their ramp
Back on January 14th Jeff Collins formally appealed the removal order, appearing before the development appeal board. Jeff laid out his case that the ramp was not noisy and had in fact been in place for three years without incident. Collins informed the board that Calgary stands alone in Canadian cities with it’s outright ban on backyard ramps and that skateboarding is part of the active healthy lifestyle that the City of Calgary and others promote so vigorously. Having made his case before the board as best he could without the help of anyone like Ben Matlock, Mr. Collins had to wait a further two weeks until January 28th to hear the verdict for the ramp that he and son Jack love to skate.
Blast From the Past: Ryan Oughton
Check out Ryan’s “Draft Picks” from the Skate Canada video series:
Machotaildrop Movie
Artschool Skateboards is presenting Machotaildrop at the Calgary Underground Film Festival on April 18th at the Plaza Theatre. Here’s the trailer, featuring Rick McCrank:
Clean Up Shut Down by Bylaw Officers
Thanks to everyone who came out to the clean up on Saturday. Lots of people cleaned up lots of garbage in a short period of time. Unfortunately, by-law officers ordered us to stop pretty quickly into the day.
We were told that we would be fined $500 for setting up a tent in a public park without a permit and giving out free stuff in a public park.
It’s unfortunate that bureaucracy gets in the way of fun events that are beneficial to everyone but that’s the way it goes sometimes.
