Vancouver Skateboard Coalition

Kaelen Morrison is a photographer from Ladner. “Skateboarding has always been really interesting for me especially shooting it. The atmosphere that it gives off is like nothing else, I love it!”

Andy Anderson air walks the 7 at the Vancouver Skate Plaza
on Go Skate Day 2017.

Sheatherz heavy nose blunt slides across a crusty bank on
East Hastings st.

Tshawn Cope nose grinds some marble ledges at the
playground known as UBC.

Austin Doquiatan back tails a buttery curved ledge at Charles
Dickens elementary.

Callum Derrig throws down a bs feeble at Alpha rail for his
upcoming part in the Acronym video.

Justice Wilson one foots it at the legendary DIY park Leeside.

Dolan Slingsby 360 flips at the Vancouver Georgia banks.

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In April we hosted our AGM, where we reviewed 2016  and elected this year’s Board of Directors, we are happy to announce the new board.

The results are as follows:

President: Jeff Cole
Vice President: Michelle Pezel
Secretary /Treasurer: Kristen Landry
Director of Events: Melanie Mercier
Director of Marketing and Communications: Norma Ibarra
Executive Members: Will Pearson, Spencer Hamilton and Geoff Dermer
Members at Large: Jesse Oye,  Micheal Gordon, Sasha Van Stavel, Bill Silver, Chris Young

The Park Board and the City of Vancouver are undertaking a survey for the planning of the area around the Vancouver Downtown Skateboard Plaza.

They want to hear from plaza users right now to get a good understanding of our needs, wants and expectations, in our quest for a better Plaza.

The survey can be completed online here.

Skates hosts will also be at the Plaza between October 15th and 29th to gather information from Plaza skaters. Please fill up the survey,  pass it on share the survey.

Let’s not hope for the best future plaza but get our best future plaza !!

The Vancouver Skateboard Coalition

The 3rd Annual UBC Skate Calendar Skate Jam took place last September 22th.  Thank you to everyone who organized this event.  Looking forward to the next UBC Skate event coming soon!

Video Luke Strahm

https://www.facebook.com/UBCskate/videos/1066964253416737/

Photos: Jack Hauen

When Dan Manchee was preparing to return to Canada, prescription he ask Michael Schafer to paint a deck to help him remember his time in Mammoth. While discussing the idea the 2 agreed that there was something unsettling about painting a skateboard and then simply hanging on the wall, skateboards are meant to be skated.

This was the spark ignited the aSymmetry Project.  The aSymmetry Project set out to merge the worlds of art and skateboarding. Together artists and skaters engaged in a process of creation, transformation and destruction.

Here some photos from the exhibition day in Vancouver on August 12th

Photos by Norma Ibarra @LaPir0

Photos & Words: Norma Ibarra @Lapir0

Summer flew by and August 21st week marked the end of the 22th Bowl Series at the Whistler Bowl. Every year a King and Queen of the Bowls tittle are awarded and this year the honour goes to Cam Mc Gregor and Carrie Williams! Congratulations!!

To check the full photo album visit here.

Good music, good food, tattoos and skateboarding were some of the highlights of the 30th year celebration of Ultimate Distribution.

Congratulations to all the team and and here’s to another 30 years!

Photos: Norma Ibarra