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:
Former Calgary skater and former New Deal pro, Anthony Hancock could often be seen skating the big bowl and full pipe at Millennium Park. It appears as though he’s been living in/near Powell River, BC for a few years and has a very nice vert ramp at his house. Here’s some footage of it:
On Saturday, October 15th at The Palomino four bands will play: Spastic Panthers, Warbird, and Better Off Dead.
Profits of Crime will be filling in for Topanga and the Flatspots. It’s a bar show so 18+ only.
