Jul 6, 2016 | CASE News, Headlines, History, Interviews, Skateboarding, Skateparks
Unless you’ve been living/skating under a rock for the past two weeks, you’re probably aware of Calgary skater Kyle Conway‘s now-legendary appearance on CTV news. When asked by reporter Jamie Mauracher what he thought of the change to the bylaw that will now allow ramps on private property, he replied, “I’m so stoked, my dudes”, gave a quick dab and a “skurr” and skated out of the frame. All this after boardsliding the big rail at Southwood Skatepark!
It’s gone viral. In the past couple of days the clip has been featured on Metro Skateboarding, Gawker, Vice, Huffington Post, Mashable, Esquire, and the list goes on. Councillor Woolley tweeted about it. It’s even been remixed into a really bad trap song:
The reporter has been a good sport about what has become the meme of the moment. We asked Jamie about it and she said, “I’m surprised it took off. I just made him promise to answer my question and not swear”.
We got in touch with Kyle to learn more about him, his skating, and what’s happened since the clip went viral:
What’s the deal with the video? It was live, so did you plan what you were going to do with the reporter?
So, pretty much the reporter told me to just do the trick and then stop and come up beside her and just say I’m stoked, but my friend
Connor gave me the glasses to use and said it would be funny so I wore them.
Did you think it would get big?
No I didn’t think it would get big, but once
Metro posted I was really surprised haha.
What area do you live in? Do you skate Southwood a lot?
I live in Cedarbrae in the Southwest, and yeah I’m pretty much at Southwood every day.
How long have you been skating for?
I’ve been skating for about seven years now.
Photo by John Rajic
How many Instagram followers have you gained?
I think I gained about 2000. I had 1400 before or something like that.
Did you get the idea from the “It’s Wednesday my dudes” video?
Yeah, I got the idea from the “It’s Wednesday my dudes” Vine clip.
Do you think a lot more people will build ramps at their homes? Any shout outs, thanks, or anything to add?
I hope more people will be building backyards ramps, and I’d love to sesh some of them! And shout out to my dudes.
Jul 4, 2016 | News, Photos, Skateparks
The New Brighton park is looking good! Concrete will be poured next week!
Jun 24, 2016 | Activism, By-laws, CASE News, Skateboarding
Last year, we aided Councillor Evan Woolley in writing a notice of motion to change the outdated ramp bylaw which prohibited ramps on private property.
We’re happy to say that, on June 20th, city council passed updates to the bylaw which will allow ramps that are 6 meters long by 5 meters wide by 1.5 meters high (or smaller) on private property.
You can see how each councillor voted here. View the statistics of what citizens of Calgary thought from City of Calgary Engage studies here.
The bylaw isn’t finalized yet. City staff still need to do some consultation on the wording of the new bylaw. This will likely be completed this fall. We’ll keep you updated.
Read more about it in the Calgary Herald.
We’re extremely grateful for Councillor Woolley’s support on this. He’s one of the forward thinking politicians on council who has supported skateboarding since he got into office. Give him a high five or buy him a beer if you see him!
Jun 23, 2016 | Events
Three locations for a great Go Skate Day in Calgary this year: Millz, Huntington Hills, and Southwood. Great times celebrating skateboarding in Calgary’s awesome skateparks!
More pics on Facebook.
Jun 14, 2016 | Competitions, Events, Free Stuff!, Skateboarding
Again this year, CASE will be at Millz for Go Skate Day on Tuesday June 21st! We’ll have some contests, give away some prizes (thanks to our generous sponsors – see the poster below and please support them when you buy stuff!), and have a great time celebrating everything that skateboarding stands for!
There will also be events at Southwood and Huntington Hills skateparks. See posters below:
