Go Skateboarding Day – June 21
This Sunday, June 21 at 12 noon, if you have a skateboard, you should come to Top of the World (158 Rideau, Ottawa) and take part in Wild in the Streets, an international event that started in New York City in 2004 on Go Skateboarding Day. Basically, it’s a mass skate from the skateshop all the way to McNabb Skatepark (total distance, about 3km). I think there’s going to be a BBQ and some other stuff at McNabb.
When I’m not taking photos, editing photos or planning stuff with clients, I’m probably skateboarding (or riding my bike, I guess). In fact, I just spent the last four Sundays teaching skateboard lessons at McNabb Skatepark to kids aged 5-12. Skateboarding and skateboard culture really shaped me as a kid. Basically, it is what introduced me to photography and art and video and a bunch of other really cool stuff that engulfs my life now.
Totally awesome and I just want to share that awesomeness all the time. Come on Sunday!
Afterwards, be sure to check out activities going on around Ottawa for National Aboriginal Day.
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[...] Check out what local skateboarder and photographer Paul Gallipeau (aka le championdumonde) has to say about the event, or click here to see some You-Tube footage of last year’s Wild in the Streets in Vancouver (go to 1:25 for the good stuff). The web flier is included below. [...]
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