Saturday, 1 September 2018

Salaberry de Valleyfield, QC

Salaberry de Valleyfield, Quebec.
Outside of Montreal is one of the best community parks I've ever been to. It has a covered basketball area. It has water and washrooms.  The 'House of Games' is staffed and has table tennis and other activities. Oh, and there's a skatepark. The park is huge but not stuffed. there is a lot of flat to skate without getting in the way. The staff even greeted us with a big bowl of free skate tools. She gave a tool to each of the 13 guys on the trip. Great hosts. I'm pretty sure it's lit too.
42 Rue Anderson, Salaberry de Valleyfield, QC

Tuesday, 21 August 2018

Road Rage East 2018

Road Rage East 2018 went off with teams from Winnipeg & Minerville, MB, a joined Collingwood/Oshawa Team and Peterborough. I drove one of the two Toronto vans. We had a ton of fun. Here is our first place video.

Here's Oshawa/Whitby/Collingwoods 2nd place Video

Here's Winnipeg's video

Friday, 3 August 2018

Christie Pits Skate Spot

Christie Pits
Toronto, ON
Seasonal Spot got its own pad in the park. Now it's around all year.
It has some new concrete features including a bowl, ledge & fun box.

2026







2020ish



Old Pits - The OG park was seasonal and setup in the rink. I consisted of old Pop-up park (Dew Underground, House of Vans) ramps.










Thursday, 26 July 2018

Ilderton, ON

Ilderton, ON
Just outside of London is an incredibly flowy concrete park. Ilderton replaced their old modular park with a smooth flow spot by New Line. No rails, stairs or ledges here. Just quarters, rollers, gaps and extensions. Located at Heritage Park next to the splash pad.
Park #337
Kurt from the Dirty Jags Tour floats an Ollie by some scooter kid. 
Before you ask "why no ledges etc?" It is apparently what the local users wanted. 



Hmm. Looks a lot like the renderings for Bowness skate park in Calgary. 


Granton, ON

Granton, ON
In the small town of Granton sits an efficient new park that is a bunch of fun. The bank to curb is something special and the quarter pipe turn arounds are anything but standard.
By the baseball diamond at Queen st & High St. Granton only has about a dozen roads so follow the signs for Centennial Park.
Park #336.






Tuesday, 24 July 2018

All-Wheels Skatepark

All-Wheels Skatepark
Stratford, ON
Stratford's new park is great and they're already starting on phase 2. 
Shakespeare Park @ Downie st and Shakespeare st.






Beveled EVERYTHING for more slappys!
Gnorman approves of the seating provided by the rotary club. 



One of the greatest ideas I've seen recently. A solar power charging station/bench with USB hubs.


2022 Visit.
The Skatepark was expanded with a few new features, a pumptrack added and a mini bike path for groms to learn on.