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2008 DREW'S JAM June 8th Drew Cormier Memorial Jam at the Miramichi Freestyle Park. BBQ, Games, Prizes, Music, and Friends. Be there! I know I will. Jam starts at 2pm. Entry $5 which includes a free ticket in the draw for a complete skateboard.
GO SKATEBOARDING DAY - SATURDAY JUNE 21ST On June 21 skateboarders around the globe will celebrate the pure exhilaration, creativity, and spirit of one of the most influential activities in the world by blowing off all other obligations to go skateboarding! Skateboarders everywhere will hold fundraisers, contests, protests, demo’s, they’ll skate across cities, gather in skateparks, stream into their local skate shop and some will even revel in the solitary act of skateboarding alone, all bringing together the skateboarding community in the grind heard around the world. Meet at the shop around 1:00pm. We are going wild in the streets. Prizes for best trick, etc. Man Go Skateboarding day was sweet. It went down, dude are you glad you stepped on a board that day?
SKATE CAMP Learn to skate this summer. June 21st, July 5th, July 19th, Aug 2nd, and Aug 16. Saturdays from 10 - 11:30. The lessons will be given at the Miramichi Freestyle Park. These clinics will teach beginner and intermediate levels, covering basic tricks. $5 to enter and boards and helmets will be provided for those who do not have them. Sponsored by the Skateboard Commision and JJ's Boardshop. For more information call Mary Lynn 623-2054 or JJ's Boardshop 622-4111. All proceeds will go towards project stairs. The First session got rained out as the park is dangerous when it is wet, especially that poly bord surface. I look forward to seeing you all on July 5th. Skate on...
SKATEBOARD DEMO Demo is shaping up to be an awesome event, the only time we can skate downtown and not get busted, ha ha. And plus the skatepark commison is bringing some ramps for the street. Bills is throwing in free water for the participants and there will be prizes throughout the session from Emerica, Centre Distribution, and Greco. Dont miss this. June 28th Skateboard Jam in front of JJ's Boardshop. Prizes, games, tatoos, free water, and more. 12-2pm. The Demo went over really well. Buzz Ink was giving free tattoos, and we had prizes from our friends at Emerica and Greco. Thanks to all the sponsors, the skate park commission, Greco, Bills Quick way, Buzz Ink, and of course JJ's Boardshop. Thanks for all the free water from Bills. Also a big shout out to everyone who participated. Check Wednesdays Leader for some pictures and our blog for a video.
DC REGIONALS July 26th DC Regional Qualifier at the Halifax Commons Skate Park. Please contact Pro Skates to register. The local qualifiers have been cancelled to allow for a bigger purse ($20,000) at the national level. More info at http://www.dcnationals.com/
SKATE COMPETITION July 27th (raindate Aug 10th) Skate Comp. More info soon.
LOCAL YOUTH FUN DAY Sept 14th Local Youth Fun Day
2007 Birdhouse The Beginning Video Premiere The Video Premiere went really well. Thanks to the GCP for the live entertainment and thanks to everyone that came out. We raised $130 towards a new stair set at the skate park. Check the photo album for some pics.
The day of skate went over excellent. We all skated aroung avoiding tickets and had a great session. Contgratulations to Eric Dugas for winiing best trick.
The Youth Fun Day went over really well. Everyone had a good time participating on a nice cool day. Thanks to the sponsors and everyone who made this a day to remember!
Skateboard Competition August 5th The competition went over really well. Thanks to our sposors: Crimson and Teenage Runaway through Ultimate Distribution, C1RCA, and JJ's Boardshop. Thanks to all the participants, judges, organizers, and all the people who helped make this contest a success! Results Open 1st Ben MacLean 13 and Under 1st Billy Gallant Best Boardsman (Sportsmen) Ben MacLean Best Trick Nazan Bjurstrom
Skate Jam June 30 The Skate Jam went really well. Thanks to the sponsors: Greco, Bills Quick Mart, Zero, C1RCA, Emerica, The Skatepark Commision, and JJ's Boardshop. Everyone that entered got a prize and we had some great live music from the Undergradutes. Check out some pictures in the photo album: http://jjs-boardshop.magix.net/
DC LOCAL QUALIFIER Results 13 and Under 1. Brady Gallant Mens Open 1. Maurice Savoie The top 5 in Men's Open will advance to the Regionals in Halifax Nova Scotia on July 22nd, 2007.. The top 5 skateboarders from the Regional qualifiers will earn their spot in The DC National Championship on Saturday August 25th, 2007 at South Parc in Montreal, QC. Here Canada's top amateur skateboarders will compete to determine the National Champion in their class and grab a piece of the 10K CDN cash up for grabs. For more informtion go to www.dcnationals.com
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Drews Memorial The weather for the Memorial was awesome! Everyone had a blast skating it up and playing games for prizes. Congratulations to Ben Chavarie for winnig the complete skateboard in the draw. Grant Carson won the game of skate and took home a ATM Deck. For some pictures of the event check http://jjs-boardshop.magix.net/
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