Go Skateboarding Day – June 21
Go Skateboarding Day is coming up on June 21st. What do you have planned?
Go Skateboarding Day is coming up on June 21st. What do you have planned?
New Line Skateparks posted some recent construction photos of the Sylvan Lake skatepark to their Facebook page. The park is scheduled to be done in a couple of weeks:
This CBC article talks about Calgary’s laws pertaining to skateboarding and longboarding. Click the photo to read more:
This article in the Globe and Mail talks about the increasing popularity of skateboarding as well as how dangerous it can be to do it in the streets. A man riding a longboard on a Toronto street was killed by a taxi earlier this week.
Please be safe out there, wherever you skate!
You may know the Sled Island music festival as a place to see a lot of non-mainstream musicians and up-and-coming bands. This year, they’ve added skateboarding to the mix. There will be a block party in the East Village on June 21st. This also happens to be Go Skateboarding Day! It’s shaping up to be a great event and runs from 4PM-10PM. Learn more on their Facebook Event Page.
Erica from Artschool Skateboards went out to Okotoks to do a skateboard clinic for girls. It was a basic introduction to skateboarding, getting them familiarized with the basics of skateboarding.