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.

The session began as it normally does in the small bowl, warming up with grinds. Here’s a photo of Dave Ghent getting very excited, having learnt front torqueslides. Real men grab it.

Riley from Brantford travelled up for the session and landed this sweet mizou.

Kevin Chow landing the most perfect truespin top pornstar I’ve ever seen in a miniramp first go! I hate it when he does that, especially because it happens all the time.

Stephane taking it deep into the corner with a training foot fishbrain.

Some portrait posing led to a quick session on the grindbox under the trees at the back of the park.

Kevin started hitting the deep bowled corner with fast topsouls but I kept getting his hands across his face, so he switched it to a topacid and we got it first try.

Stephane had a go at it too, and nailed a very respectable alleyoop fishbrain.

Bloody Hoof Posers! Come skate next weekend, here is a map.