Latest Site Updates from TorontoSkateboarding.Com http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/home2 en-ca Mantis CMS [www.mantis.biz] Skateboards, Shoes, Clothing, Outerwear, Snowboards, Accessories... All the best brands. http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=21 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=21 Sat, 22 May 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Congrats to Minor Media from Toronto, Ontario on winning the YOUnited Nations on the Berrics. I see these cats shredding the streets all the time so they fully deserve this. Click here to watch the winning part. http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/28/Congrats-to-Minor-Media http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/28/Congrats-to-Minor-Media Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:04:00 -0400 So It all began the other Friday when after a busy morning of work I went to grab a bite to eat. My usual pizza joint was packed, so I skated down to Queen St to grab a far less superior slice from another place. After getting my lunch, I skated along Queen St. then up my street. As I pulled up to the curb in front of my house I turn around and there was a bicycle cop asking for ID. "Did I do something wrong officer?" I ask. "Can't Skateboard on the street" she says, "It's illegal". Remaining calm I ask her how this can be as I have skated in the city for almost 20 years and there has never been a problem. "Well I guess today is not your lucky day then" she says as she pulls out her ticket book. I continue to ask questions about why I would never heard of this or why would nobody have mentioned it to me before as I skate by cops all the time. To which her reply was "We http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/26/125-Ticket-for-Playing-a-game-or-sport-in-roadway http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/26/125-Ticket-for-Playing-a-game-or-sport-in-roadway Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:21:00 -0400 Toronto's own Mark Appleyard gets his butteryass hustle on at the Berrics. Click here to go there now... http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/25/Mark-Appleyard-Battle-Commander http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/25/Mark-Appleyard-Battle-Commander Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0500 Congrats to the Skaters at Minor Media for being selected for the YOUnited Nations on the Berrics. Vote for them today!! http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/24/Ontario-Represent-Vote-for-Minor-Media-on-the-Berr http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/24/Ontario-Represent-Vote-for-Minor-Media-on-the-Berr Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:09:00 -0500 The folks at SBC Skateboard have revamped their website to make it easier to browse the vast amount of content they have. Click here to visit their new site http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/23/New-SBC-Skateboard-Site http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/23/New-SBC-Skateboard-Site Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:25:00 -0500 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/video/video:7/Ey-prak-locals http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/video/video:7/Ey-prak-locals Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:12:00 -0500 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/video/video:6/Ey-prak-life http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/video/video:6/Ey-prak-life Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:12:00 -0500 The East York Skatepark is a small community park, which has been made possible by Team EY and all the involvement of the skaters of East York and their supporters. Working together since 1998, dealing with local councilors and mega-city political changes, the skaters of East York finally secured money from the city in 2005 and the park was completed spring 2007. Jim Barnum (the designer) and Eric Meunier (who did all the smooth concrete work), worked with EY skaters though the construction process and created a park that provided the local skaters with the terrain they wanted. The result is a street area bordering on plaza style and a tight 5’-6’ figure 8 bowl. The street area consists of a Pier 7 manny pad, Commerce Court style multiple 3-sets, some larger sets, various rails and ledges, different sized hubbas, a long banked ledge (“The Wave”) and two granite caped ledges: one down the double set and one over a grass gap. This park is always busy with http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=10 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=10 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 DUNBAT has become a house hold name in southern Ontario. Designed and built by Rob Poyner, DUNBAT is the only wooden City of Toronto run park. Every year Rob changes a park obstacle or two, keeping it fresh with the trends, and to accommodate locals as best he can. There are lights until eleven and in the heat of the summer the night sessions are banging. All the crews and peeps show up to get their skate on and if you’re lucky enough to be there you can catch a sick session every night. These night sessions have inspired Leigh Lichacz to film this DUNBAT feature. This is a little Piece of Peace. Skate for life! http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/17/DUNBAT-Feature http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/17/DUNBAT-Feature Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:46:00 -0500 I was fortunate enought to checkout the Rail Skatepark tonight for the first time and was happy to see a skatepark done right. Lots of great obstacles strategicly spaced out to make for great lines. The Staff were super friendly and quickly fixed my bearing at no charge when I blew it out. I would highly recommend this park if you are ever in the area or in need of a place to skate on a snowy night like tonight. http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=8 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=8 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0500 Here is a sick clip of Toronto's Brandon Del Bianco. This guy is killing it these days. Video courtesy of SBCSkateboard. For more about skateboarding in the Canada visit www.sbcskateboard.com http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/18/Brandon-Del-Bianco-from-Prodome http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/18/Brandon-Del-Bianco-from-Prodome Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:12:00 -0500 CONSTEST CONS Skate Shoes and Adrift Skate Shop held a best trick contest at DUNBAT, called CONSTEST. Thanks to Wes Loates there were three obstacles that you could win $500 on, the long ledge, the loading dock ledge, and the 6 foot mini ramp. Although there was a little rain the contest turned out successful. So this is how the day unfolded. Check it out!!! http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/video/video:5/Constest http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/video/video:5/Constest Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:44:00 -0500 Lord of the Lines TORONTO,ON Semi's/Final's MATIX Clothing Co. with the help of Blue Tile Lounge Skateboard Shop and COLOR Magazine present The Lord of the Lines, in Toronto. It was held at DUNBAT for the second year in a row and this year the heat was on. The humidex it was at 38 degrees and my camera almost melting a tape during the semi-finals. So I apologize for any missing footage. The line was tight starting with a flat bar, then the big ledge, and finishing with the manny island. Lines went down during the day and by the finals were cleaned up nicely. ENJOY!!! http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/video/video:4/Lord-of-the-Lines-SemisFinals http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/video/video:4/Lord-of-the-Lines-SemisFinals Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:27:00 -0500 Lord of the Lines TORONTO,ON MATIX Clothing Co. with the help of Blue Tile Lounge Skateboard Shop and COLOR Magazine present The Lord of the Lines, in Toronto. It was held at DUNBAT for the second year in a row and this year the heat was on. The humidity was at 38 degrees and my camera almost melting a tape during the semi-finals. So I apologize for any missing footage. The line was tight starting with a flat bar, then the big ledge, and finishing with the manny island. Lines went down during the day and by the finals were cleaned up nicely. ENJOY!!! http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/video/video:3/Lord-of-the-Lines-Qualifiers http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/video/video:3/Lord-of-the-Lines-Qualifiers Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:32:00 -0500 Here is an interesting little gem I found on Youtube showing some of Toronto's Underground Path system. Wanna see your video on this site? click here http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/19/Where-Canadians-Skate-in-the-Winter http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/19/Where-Canadians-Skate-in-the-Winter Sat, 23 Jan 2010 11:13:00 -0500 Canada Represent!!! ... Go to the Berrics and vote for them here http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/20/Vote-for-Calgz-Locz-on-the-Berrics http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/20/Vote-for-Calgz-Locz-on-the-Berrics Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:15:00 -0500 The second video from Change Skateboards and Chris Quick. Video courtesy of SBCSkateboard. For more about skateboarding in the Canada visit www.sbcskateboard.com http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/21/Midnight-LumberJacks http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/21/Midnight-LumberJacks Tue, 12 Jan 2010 11:17:00 -0500 So Hip it Hurts is a Skateboard, Snowboard & Surf Shop located in the heart of Downtown Toronto. Their friendly staff and vast selection of gear is probably the reason why they have been around for over 20 years. If you are looking for Supra shoes in Toronto or any other hard to find brands, So Hip has the gear you are looking for. Also you never know what celebrity you may run into while you are there as they often seem to stop by. As they say "We don't jump on the bandwagon, we fuckin' drive it" http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=1 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=1 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Dunbat is a free skatepark located in Scadding Park on the corner of Dundas & Bathurst (hence the name). The park is put together every year by Toronto Local Rob Poyner and various volunteers. These photos are from a couple years ago, so if you have any more recent ones submit them here. Thanks http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=20 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=20 Sun, 27 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Hogtown is probably one of Toronto's oldest running skateshops. Back in the day they were located on the Danforth around Pharmacy, but have since moved downtown to the King and Spadina area. Huge selection of products for skateboarding, snowboarding, bmx, wakeboarding and more. http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=4 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=4 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Shred Central has been around since 1998 when ownership was changed from the old park known as Rampsterdam. The name came from Canada's famed punk group The Dayglo Abortions who wrote a song about a place where all the skater punks hung out. The park has gone threw many changes over the years but has maintained it's attitude and commitment to keeping things real for Toronto's only indoor skate park. All proceeds generated are used to repair and maintain the skate park. Shred Central is designed to give kids and adults a much needed place to skate, hang out and listen to good music when the weather is awful. Shred Central is small but it's a BMX /Roller Blade free zone which helps keep accidents low and the ramps in fare condition. Shred Central is owned and opperated by skaters only with absloutely no help from the city or major corperations. Shred Central is commited to having a safe and fun place for everyone to skate. On behalf of Shred Central I woul http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=6 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=6 Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0500 Supra Distribution presents this sick video of Paul Liliani that Tomas Morrison put together. Video courtesy of SBCSkateboard. For more about skateboarding in the Canada visit www.sbcskateboard.com http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/skate-videos?news_id=49 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/skate-videos?news_id=49 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500 At 6,500 square metres, the skateboard park at the northwest corner of Lake Shore Blvd. E. and Coxwell Ave., is the largest in Ontario. It's one of only three street plazas in the country, a new generation of parks for streetstyle skateboarding. Video by Randy Risling. (Sept. 29, 2009) http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/skate-videos?news_id=50 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/skate-videos?news_id=50 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400 CANADA'S LARGEST INDOOR SKATEBOARD PARK! 28,000 square feet; featuring the best Vert ramp in Canada, Foam pit, mini ramps, and a newly designed street course. Offering private, group and special needs classes for all skill levels! NEW: BMX on Wednesday and Sunday nights from 6:30pm to 10:00pm. http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=19 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=19 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Final Footage of this spot... what a bummer Video courtesy of SBCSkateboard. For more about skateboarding in the Canada visit www.sbcskateboard.com http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/skate-videos?news_id=44 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/skate-videos?news_id=44 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=11 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=11 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=12 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=12 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 This is a really nice park!! Lots of transitions, fun boxes, rails and more. http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=13 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=13 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=14 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=14 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=15 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=15 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=16 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=16 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 15,000 square feet (construction phase 1) 5-foot bowl transitioned to a 4-foot 1/4 pipe to 1/4 pipe hip Street Design with rails, a 10-step, planter boxes and a pretzel Shade Structure For BMX, skateboards and in-line users of all levels Park designed by riders…for riders http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=17 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=17 Sat, 27 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Over the past few months we have been upgrading our systems to make this site a more useful guide to skateboarding in Toronto. Some of our latest updates include better park and store profiles. Click on the links to check it out. More stuff coming soon... http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/15/New-Updates http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/blog/post/15/New-Updates Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:58:00 -0500 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/events?event_id=1 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/events?event_id=1 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=2 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=2 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 Established in 2004, HAMMER caters to all levels of skateboarders. We are committed to giving expert service & advice without any attitude. Stocking all types of cruising boards, safety gear, beginner packages, youth size boards, clothing & shoes. Skate brand shoes & clothing exclusively. teamriders: Dan Arget, Blake McKay, Andre Besner, Rob Carley, Will Baigent, Zack Ferguson, Mike Mains, Joel Scullard, Nolan Waller. http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=3 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=3 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=5 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=5 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=7 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=7 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=9 http://www.torontoskateboarding.com/locations/?location_id=9 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0500