The dudes from the Medicine Hat Skateboard Association are good friends of C.A.S.E. and some of them are involved in putting on some skate camps this summer. The camp has a great street course and is also home to the now legendary snake run that will make a man out of anyone who can hold on for the whole ride. Here’s what they say about their camps:

A Christian organization called Eagles Nest Ranch and some local Medicine Hat skateboarders are teaming up to do a skateboard camp focused entirely for skateboarders. This camp is made by skateboarders for skateboarders. It is based on not only the regular habits of a skater, but the regular wants and needs of one. With late nights and late mornings, this camp is exactly what you’re looking for.
The idea of this camp is to bring all the skateboarders from Western Canada together into one area to get to know each other. This is an outreach camp and will have a Christian aspect to it. It is minimal cost and minimal effort. It will be great for team building and for all skaters to meet and hang out. Another bonus is that kids are going to come to “Beat The Heat” our July 1st skateboard competition with $5000 for first.

Dates: June 28th – July 1st

Millennium Session 052309 from Donovan Watson on Vimeo.

As we progress as an association, we would like to shed more spot light on the skaters of Calgary and area. We will be creating a page for the locals to post their goods on this site.
If you have any ideas for C.A.S.E. or would like to contribute some skate propaganda, send it our way. admin@calgaryskateboarding.com

Skate or Die!

Since the weather is finally conducive to skateboarding outside, this is a good time to become acquainted with the City of Calgary’s by-laws as they apply to skateboarding.
If you check out this link, you will notice that skateboarding on city sidewalks is legal, provided it’s not in the “Central Traffic Zone” (essentially all of downtown). Skateboarding on any city street is technically not legal. Skateboarding is allowed on all city pathways, provided you’re not doing anything “unsafe to other people” and not breaking the other pathway rules (speed limit 20 Km/h, pass on the left, etc). You can see the pathway by-laws here.
Most importantly, you can’t skate anywhere where there is a “no skateboarding” sign (duh). This includes places like Stephen Avenue Mall and in front of the Kerby Centre (8th Ave SW between 10th St. and 11th St.)
Technically, permission from the owner is needed to skate on private property.
As long as you’re aware of these rules, are courteous to other people, and use some common sense, you should be able to “street skate” without any problems.

The new issue of SBC Skateboard (Summer 2009) has a bit of Calgary coverage. Both Sean MacAlister and Drew Merriman have shots from Spain. Drew and Geoff Strelow each have a “Recognize”.

Aight!  The Langdon Kids are getting their claim to fame for all the hard work they’ve done to get their new skate park.  The park opening is slated for July 17th.

Skaters is hosting a free BBQ at Millennium Park on Sunday, May 24th. Check the poster below for more details. Skating and food are both great!

Here are some shots from the Blind video premiere last week. Thanks to Vannessa Conley for the photos and Mission for donating the proceeds from the premiere to C.A.S.E.

Skateboards are still banned at St. Francis High School in Northwest Calgary. Come out to the school to show your support for the school’s skaters on Wednesday May 20th at 4:30PM.
St. Francis is located at 877 Northmount Drive NW.

Sean Sader posted a nice little clip from Calgary/Saskatoon featuring Kevin Lowry, Dennis Montgomery, Riley Boland, and others
(via www.calgaryisawesome.com):

Shorts from Sean Sader on Vimeo.

It seems like it was ages ago when they came here, but the Habitat crew just posted a video from their Canadian tour. They filmed quite a few tricks during their demo in Cochrane. Click the logo for the video: