About 8 years ago I was walking in downtown Vancouver, out of the corner of my eye I saw a board in the cart of an Urban Nomad. I figured even if it was a department store set up, it would be worth $5. Well he didn’t think so, he thought $10. I started to walk away and then remembered I had $2 more dollars on me, I offered him $7, he took it and we made the exchange. Little did I know how amazing of a deal it was for me.

I have since had this board in storage, until tonight, when I hope to walk down the snowy sidewalk to my local indoor, and rip it up all night. Boom!

Since we gave a shout out yesterday to CASE, I figured we should also let you know that our local rural Alberta indoor is now on one of the most amazing resources for skateboarding in Western Canada. Skateparktour.ca is a directory of Western Canadian Skateboard Parks. If you are doing a tour, you better hit up this resource before the trip, or bookmark it on your iPhone.

http://www.skateparktour.ca/AB/Three-Hills.htm

A quick shout out to Calgary Association of Skateboarding Enthusiasts for posting some info on one of our local spots, Skatelife’s Genesis Bike and Board. We also sell some decks and wheels out of a backroom of this place. If your in rural Alberta stop by and we will hook you up with a deal for making the trek!

http://calgaryskateboarding.com/?p=2739

Photo From Anti-Social Skateboard Shop

I wanted to give my quick two cents on the new Ladner Skateboard park.

First I think its amazing when a town builds a skateboard park, it is extra amazing when they replace an older park that may not have been built by professionals (take note Oliver, BC).

Two of the main critiques are that first, I think its great that Grindline built this park, I have been to many grindline parks over the last few years, but none of them compare to a New Line park. If you have the most amazing skatepark builders in the World 20 minutes from your build site, you should probably hit them up. I am sure Grindline had a better bid, or some other quality reason. Supporting the local community is a pretty good start. I’m just sayin.

Next, although old parks may suck on their own (not saying this about the OG Ladner park), but no matter how bad they might be (Oliver, BC) it is still worth keeping around, and building next to the old park. Obviously if you don’t have enough land, any fool would prefer a new park over an old one (if the old one is out of date).

These are just two directions I would take when working with a city doing an upgrade.