Tayvon Clarke’s best trick on his skateboard is a backside heel flip. To do it he combines a backside 180—which is already a combo of an ollie and a 180-degree turn—and a heelflip, where the heel hits the board and causes it to spin 360 degrees lengthwise. It requires—like all parts of skateboarding—hours and hours […]
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Film review: Mid90s
Jonah Hill makes his directorial debut with the coming-of-age story Mid90s, which received a rapturous standing ovation when it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last month. But let us push a pin into that festival bubble: Sunny Suljic leads a cast of mostly unknowns as Stevie, the son of a single mom (Katherine […]
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Broken Deck Show features art made from busted skateboards
Gavin Quinn of the Outsider Insight program says snowboarding helps him through his mental illness. “Snowboarding has been one of the most positive and productive things I could do with my winter,” says Quinn, who has been living with mental health issues for about 10 years. “You get to exercise and go out on the […]
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Why Dartmouth rules this weekend
As trees grow greener and commuters move from the sheltered lower deck to the open upper deck of the ferry, two Dartmouth events are inviting folks out of their homes for a weekend spent in the great urban outdoors. First, on Saturday, the Dartmouth Skate Coalition (that’s DSKC) is celebrating the grand opening of the […]
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Craig McNally wants to build Halifax an indoor skatepark
[Image-1] For a city that spends much of its year at the receiving end of the elements, there are a lot of skateboarders in Halifax. Skaters, bikers and scooters cling to the warm seasons, aware that the outdoor riding season is short in Nova Scotia. A lifelong skater, Craig McNally is used to the uncertainty […]
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Asinine helmet law: there needs to be a compromise
This is an issue many of you may not fully understand or care about but I’m sick of looking over my shoulder all the time. Cheers to the coast for being the only media source in the province to ever show skateboarding in an honest and realistic light in this article from about a year […]
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Another skateboarding bitch
Printing this statement “skateboarding in town is actually on the decline right now, especially around the skatepark, due to the police enforcing the helmet law. “They’re handing out $140 fines to 14-year-old kids and taking away their skateboards,” says Arsenault. “Cops don’t want kids to exercise. Skateboarding sits lower than soccer or basketball on the […]
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Abolish Skateboard helmet laws in Halifax!
If you don’t skateboard you probably think that the semi-new law that forces skateboarders to wear helmets is a great idea. I am bitching to tell you that it isn’t. To begin the Police force is funded by our tax dollars. They are wasting our tax dollars by NOT addressing the majority. Skateboarding amounts for […]
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Skate free and/or die
Citing safety concerns, the law says skateboarders must wear helmets. But some skaters and their supporters see the police
crackdown at the Commons Skatepark as mean-spirited and counterproductive.