Blade Jam Pics!- Round 3

Finally, you say! Surely there can’t be anything else after this? Well, I’ve yet to get to the photos Wheat took at the Sunrise Skate Battle, so you’ll have to just sit there and be patient.

While you’re twiddling your thumbs, here’s the prizegiving and wrapup of our 2009 Blade Jam. I couldn’t believe how many of you showed up! I was quite prepared to sit in the park with my nearest and dearest, enjoying a nice day out- but with close to 50 people we had an awesome turnout. Thanks for giving a shit and wanting to bring Toronto back : )

This entry was written by Guy, posted on August 25, 2009 at 8:00 am, filed under Session and tagged Blade Jam. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Blade Jam Pics!- Round 2

I just finished the second batch of pictures from the Blade Jam on Saturday; with over 430 pictures in total, I’d say the day was pretty well documented. There are a couple of pictures in this set with Unknown skaters; if anyone recognises them, if they could be so kind as to let me know I’ll give them the credit they deserve.

This entry was written by Guy, posted on August 24, 2009 at 8:32 am, filed under Session and tagged Blade Jam. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

Hanging round by the bay

So I’ve been on vacation for the last 3 weeks or so out here in my home town Halifax. I have taken a slight break from my blades due to the heat and the lack of people to skate with, but despite that I was lucky to get a session in with my old friend Mike Laphen whos been skating since close to 97. These days he trains for navy special ops (for real) but still fits in sessions when he can. He’s one of the very few skaters of the once populated east coast skate scene who actually still puts in time on his skates. 

Helmets here are mandatory hence us wearing them and Mike actually received a 135 dollar ticket moments before I  arrived at the park with my bucket and an old snowboard hemet for him (comical looking).  Tomorrow I’m off to the airport to pick up Taylor who is visiting for the week and then we drive to montreal for the Classic and eventually back to Toronto. So good times all around on my end and I hope the same for you.

This entry was written by Daniel, posted on August 23, 2009 at 6:17 pm, filed under Session and tagged Dan. Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.