_Roadtrip to Le Taz (Fast Motion/Lylac session) by Taylor

This Saturday, Dave, Guy, and myself headed to Montreal with Stephane and his girlfriend Marie for the Fast Motion/Lylac session at Le Taz skatepark. We met up in the morning at the Vanderhoof bowl for a quick skate before we hit the road.

Ben Solt, winner of the Brampton Comp Amateur division with a brave safety handplant over the hip.

Stephane styling an alleyoop top porn around the bowled corner.

Parkour style!


Guy is staying off his skates for a while due to a shoulder injury but came along to document the trip. It was a tight squeeze in the back seat but there were multiple pit stops to stretch (ie. knock strangers over while they were peeing) and before we knew it we were in Montreal. The session itself was a lot of fun. Plenty of kids showed up to support the rollerblade only session that takes place the first Saturday of every month. The difference this month was the cash prizes being offered for best and weirdest trick. Dan Miller dominated these categories with a huge royale to drop and a sidewalk with helmet wraparound to solo roll down the kinked rail. I won a prize for best line and Jason won with a four-way switchup across and down the rail.

Six hours later.

SO JEALOUS.

Taylor with a halfcab back torqueslide. Taylor destroyed this box.

Guillaume and Stephane planning the event.

Dave, mute transfer.

Dan Millar wins best trick with a Royale to drop.

Dan is cash money.

Dave humors Guy with a hip transfer to topsoul.

Taylor back royales the entire spine from flatbank to flatbank to win best line.

The Winners!

We had a great time in Montreal. Thanks to Stephane and Marie for driving and an extra thanks to Marie for letting us crash at her parents place! Don’t forget about the MTL Classic coming up in South Parc on 29th of August.

—UPDATE—
There’s a video of best trick, by Positive Pictures.