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Summer 2009 promo edit by Daniel Lefebre

Daniel — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:00:04 +0000

I got some clips I captured from this summer lined up to some music. Hope you enjoy!
Thanks to my brother Darren, Taylor, Wheat, Dave and most of all my tripod.

-Dan Lefebre

Summer 2009 Promo from Dan Lefebre on Vimeo.

Hanging round by the bay

Daniel — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:17:27 +0000

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.

Marianne’s Video Edit

Chowsa — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:53:36 +0000

She came up with some fresh clips you have to see.

Testing the new Generator

Daniel — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:00:22 +0000

I’ve finally got around to purchasing a little generator and a set of lights. The first session was great, expect many more.

Total Photo Overkill!

Guy — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:39:44 +0000

Ok, ok, so I got a new camera and I can’t put it down.

So much about learning photography is hit or miss- I just hope I get less shit at it before my endlessly patient friends are completely bored of hearing “Can you do that again? I missed it, sorry”. Thursday Night Skates are a bit up in the air at the moment- nobody seems able to co-ordinate far enough in advance that we all move as a Unit, so we end end up in tiny little groups across the GTA, grumbling about how no-one seems to want to skate together any more. Not true!

From a Downtown perspective it is difficult to get to parks outside the city without a car unless Kevin or Dan drive (and now we have enough skaters downtown that we need both to transport everyone out there), and with our little scene blossoming again in the city we’re exploring and finding new things to skate every time we go out. I promise we’ll start to see more of a united front in the coming months; it just requires better planning and co-ordination.

Enough waffle! Last night we ended up skating a great ledge that Dave recently spent the time bricking and waxing conveniently over the road from St George subway station. Its an awesome spot and once we’ve finished bricking everything it’ll be great for some awesome lines.

Jay Smith, one of Toronto’s secret weapons.

Taylor Ritchie spent the last two weeks in Vancouver and San Fransisco and was itching to skate. Fresh from Kevin’s skate workshop and a lot happier with his skates after some Dremel action, hai Taylor.

Aaron Wheat, the original cool snake.

And of course, the kendama kids.

Now, some skating! A grabbed true makio. Fucking steeze.

Jay fishbraining in the first of three pairs of skates he’d try on during the session.

Wheat LOVES his new skates, and well he should; they’re awesome.

Happy with your wax job, Dave?

Some people just know that ungrabbed tricks are incomplete.

Wheat looks so much more comfortable on his new skates already compared to his old busted ass skates.

Continuing his smiley destruction session, TR with a sick (grabbed) front torque.

Dan loves switchups, and he should- he’s bloody good at them.
This true mistrial switched to alleyoop top porn, but I’m rubbish and didn’t sequence it.

“I think I’m gonna go try a true fish” -Taylor Ritchie

Kevin wiping the ledge down with a true savannah in a quick break from Kendama. Pimping ain’t easy.

Wheat is a sexy bitch.

Dan wants… “but in a size 9″.

I hate to finish on a blurry picture, but the rest of it was so good…
sorry Jay, I’ll work the camera out by next time!

All the photos are available in higher resolution on our flickr.

Dan Lefebre Summer Edit Number One.

Guy — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:31:48 +0000

Without telling anyone (except Taylor, who filmed) Dan has been quietly collecting clips downtown and has put together his first summer edit of 2009. What a sneaky bastard!

I, for one, welcome more Dan clips.

Victoria Day Disarray.

Wheat — Tue, 19 May 2009 15:42:13 +0000

What could be better than a long weekend to mark the beginning of what is looking to be a great summer in Toronto. All of the blokes, hardheads, and crackerjacks made it out to a rousing session at Ellesmere Park and Garrison Creek yesterday. If it is any indication of what is to come, how can we not be excited for this summer. We seem to slowly be taking over every park and spot we go to. Busted shins (Jay Smith), dirt covered tees (Jong), and the smell of rendered pigs aside, the skating went off like last nights fireworks. Full size pics at our Flickr link.

Jay ‘The Karate Kid’ Smith gets low on a backside unity.

Guy saw Star Trek before the session, and busted out this vulcanized 720. Come back to Earth buddy!

Ok, so I get mixed up with all the unity tricks. So here is Dub with a frontside savannah? Or perhaps an alleyoop unity. You decide.

Frans didn’t show his face today, so Hans had to ‘pump, pump you up’ all by himself. Front royale 540.

“Show a man a fishbrain; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fishbrain; and you have fed him for a lifetime” Jay Smith.

If Blair laced a full speed AO top porn, would you follow?

Maybe its not Karate, but some kind of zen state skating. My fav trick of the day, Jay with an AO fish 360 out.

Ever see a 40 km/h spike? Neither have I.

Second Spot, Garrison Creek. Dan with a styled out top acid.

Taylor is trying to steal this trick from me. Full speed mizou.

Dave will soul grind….your soul.

I don’t think I need to tell the story about the fish again. Blair fishbrain.

British Invasion / more like a whimper

Guy — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:15:52 +0000

Dre and Ben arrived this last Friday afternoon from Bristol, UK to visit for two weeks.

Despite being five hours ahead and being awake for 26 hours straight, the gents have gotten stuck straight in and brought presents with them…

Which made this Guy very happy indeed! Even if I didn’t look it.

Some airs were had… and felt a lot easier with crazily light skates, new fiziks and new wheels.

K-God also showed up and threw down some vert steeze with some sick soulgrinds and a 360.

Dan Lefebre busted out a sweatstance the week before; this seems as good a time as any to include it.

He also rocked a sweet kneeslide to layback fishbrain stall on the edge of the foampit. Rockstar.

Ben Solt also turned up from Belleville and busted out some Euro bodypresses.

Thanks Wheat and Ben for taking such great pictures!

Road trip to Montreal

Daniel — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:19:21 +0000

It was a sweet April weekend in Montreal, Quebec at le nouveau Taz skate park. Kevin and I headed out on a 3 day trip to shred mountains and indoor ramps. Although we ended up spending most of our time on the hill, we did make sure to stop by Taz on the last day. It was great to see the park reopen after 8 years or so. Montreal rules, we were too excited to skate so we didnt film much but we did get these clips.

Road trip to Montreal from Dan Lefebre on Vimeo.