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WSA_: “Lets Talk About Feelings” Art Show/ Ipath shoes WSA Fundraiser
By: wsa

On the last day of the WSSF Bind Mute Productions and Crispin Lipscomb put together an art show in Function Junction. Blind Mute took care of the artists and Crispin decided it would be a good idea to get a bunch of white Ipath shoes that could be painted and then were auctioned which raised a total of $725 for the Whistler Skateboard Association. The event had a good vibe and a whole lot of sweet art from over 50 different artists. Thanks goes out to Pepe and Randy at Blind Mute Productions, Crispin Lipscomb and all the artists for making the event possible and thinking of the Whistler Skateboard Association.

Published On: 4/27/2008

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WSA_: Lets Talk about Feelings... group art exhibition in Function Apr. 19th
By: wsa

Blind Mute Productions will be holding an Art Exhibition on Sat. April 19th in Function Junction. Let’s Talk About… Feelings, group art exhibition featuring following artists.

Dave"PEPE"Petko, Randoid, Daniel Poisson, Arne Guttman. Tifdyl, Arin Seibler, Phresha La Vandale, Liz Thomson, Virginia Croix, KristaLynn Martens, Maria Sandner, Dagan Beach, Devin White, Helen Wojcik, The Incredible Amoeba, Farrahlynn Owen, Liks, Vanessa Stark, JoseeStAmour, Becky MacKeigan, Candace Webb, Oliver Roy, Pamela Mason, Pilar Alvarez, Bob Scott, Tom Meraw, Lauren Ritz, Amanda Lye, Mark"MUNK"Jansen, 12 Midnight, I Braineater, Nicole Steen, Holly Ruth Anderson, Andrea Tucker, Christina Christy, Tyler Bradley, Gayle Arnold, Mike Jackson and Erin Sharp.

Part of proceeds will be donated to WSA.

Published On: 4/5/2008

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WSA_: Whistler outdoor park is open
By: wsa

On Sat. March 22nd we had a bobcat and a bunch of skaters remove snow from the Whistler Skatepark.

We started removing snow at 10am and finished around 5pm. Capilano Highway Services were so kind to let their employee Mark Johnson use the bobcat to remove snow from the park.

Thanks goes out to Mark and Capilano Highway Services for their support. The park may need a little more shoveling and a water drainage system but it is skate-able and should be fully dry with the help of some sun and rain.

We didn’t get into the bowl removing any snow but the street course is a good start for March considering we are still getting some good pow days on the hill.

www.whistlerskate.org

Published On: 3/25/2008

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WSA_: New hrs of Creekside Undeground
By: wsa

The skatepark has new hrs and is officially closing at 10 pm now. Please respect these rules and the security guards as by cooperating and working with the mountain will go a much longer way for the future of skateboarding in Whistler.

For more details on Whistler Skate news check out http://whistlerskate.org/ to see the latest news and read a few articles published in the last few weeks.

Published On: 1/20/2008

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WSA_: WSA Board meeting Wed. the 28th in the Creekside Underground By: wsa
The WSA is having a board meeting Wednesday the 28th down in the Creekside Underground Skatepark at 8pm. Come show your support, get involved, hear what has been happening over the past few months, discuss what is going on this winter and what we should work on for the future. http://whistlerskate.org/ Published On: 11/21/2007 Add/View Comments (0)

WSA_: Creekside Underground Public Service Announcement By: wsa
Published On: 11/6/2007 Add/View Comments (0)

WSA_: How you can help save the Creekside Underground Skatepark
By: wsa

In the spring of 2004, Whistler/Blackcomb was gracious enough to offer the use of a dedicated space in the then newly constructed Creekside Underground Parking structure. Since that time, much hard work as well as over $10,000 have gone into the creation and maintenance of a small skateboard park. Although the ramp has seen phenomenal use, and has been recognized as one of the best things to happen off-mountain to this town in recent history, the actions of some are ruining it for all. A small group of people have not been treating the space with any respect, leaving garbage all over, vandalism, making unnecessary graffiti markings (we allow proper graffiti art, not “tags”) as well as, disgustingly enough, urinating in the underground area. Now because of these people’s actions, W/B is forced with the very difficult decision of having to possibly close the park due to the never-ending costs of cleaning up after us.

Hopefully it is not too late and are optimistic that if the community steps up this week by committing to reform the way we have been acting, then possibly we will be allowed to keep this park.

At this point we must make one thing clear. Whistler/Blackcomb is the good guy here. They gave us the space, gave us two years to prove we can use it responsibly and now because of the actions of the skateboard community as a whole, they might have to close it down because of the insane amount of money they have been spending to keep it clean and safe.

Next Friday, November 9th, all the people involved in the Creekside Skatepark from the Whistler/Blackcomb side will be meeting to decide whether to continue to support the project or close it down all together. We are hoping that enough of the skateboard community will make their voices heard as to affect their decision.

Quite Simply, our actions this week will decide the future of the Creekside Underground Skatepark. If you want to see it kept alive then it is up to you to get off the couch and spread the word. One thing you can do is to write a letter to the editor of one of the local papers. We are hoping that next Thursday’s paper will be filled with letters of support (you must get your letter in by Tuesday to be included in that weeks paper). Explain why you think the park should be kept alive, how it has changed your experience of living in Whistler. Don’t forget to mention how much of a valuable community resource it is. Below you will find some key contact info

Pique Editor: Editor(at)piquenewsmagazine.com or go to their website and follow the link

Question Editor: general(at)whistlerquestion.com (put Letter to the Editor in the subject field)

Published On: 11/5/2007

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WSA_: Beef Under The Chief Video
By: wsa

The first annual Beef Under the Chief wrapped up Sat. 25th. The rain held out and skaters threw down some groundbreaking tricks. Prangnell held it down with 2 powerful runs taking home 1st.

1st-Mike Prangnell $400

2nd-Kris Foley $300

3rd-Dave “57″ $200

4th-Steve Denman $100

5th-Johny “Dread” $100

6th Arte $60

7th-”Princess” Jimmy $40

8th-Tosh Osaka

9th-Martin Gallant

10th-Adam T

Top 5 also got a custom a Sector 9 board/trophy

Best trick on Gap

Tosh Osaka $100

Runner up Kris Foley & Steve Denman

Best trick on large handrail

Steve Denman $100

runner up Kris Foley

Published On: 10/29/2007

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WSA_: Beef Under the Chief Video is up By: wsa
Check out Beef Under The Chief contest at Squamish park on www.WhistlerSkate.org Published On: 10/1/2007 Add/View Comments (0)

WSA_: Beef Under The Chief results
By: wsa

The first annual Beef Under the Chief wrapped up Sat. 25th. The rain held out and skaters threw down some ground breaking tricks. Prangnell held it down with 2 powerful runs taking home 1st.

Highlight CLIP of Dave Priest going LARGE.

1st-Mike Prangnell $400
2nd-Kris Foley $300
3rd-Dave “57″ $200
4th-Steve Denman $100
5th-Johny “Dread” $100
6th Arte $60
7th-”Princess” Jimmy $40
8th-Tosh Osaka
9th-Martin Gallant
10th-Adam T

Top 5 also got a custom a Sector 9 board/trophy

Best trick on Gap
Tosh Osaka $100
runner up Kris Foley & Steve Denman

Best trick on large handrail
Steve Denman $100
runner up Kris Foley

Complete video coming shortly.

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Published On: 9/4/2007

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WSA_: Free Public Skatepark Development Guide
By: wsa

The International Association Of Skateboard Companies, Skaters For Public Skateparks and the Tony Hawk Foundation have worked together to bring you the ultimate Public Skatepark Guide.

My bet is it is a great tool for any individual or organizations to get some more information on how to get skateparks built.

For more info on the guide and your free copy go to http://publicskateparkguide.org/

The Tony Hawk Foundation recently awarded their Spring 2007 skatepark grant awards.

Tony Hawk Foundation Spring 2007 Grant Awards Announced
23 communities receive financial assistance for skatepark construction.

The Tony Hawk Foundation has announced its Spring 2007 skatepark grant awards. Collectively worth $210,000, the 23 grants were awarded by the Foundation's Board of Directors to help build free, quality public skateparks. Grant recipients were selected based on a number of criteria set out by the Tony Hawk Foundation, including the local median income and demonstrated need of the community where the skatepark will be located, the scope and quality of the skatepark design, the degree to which skaters themselves are involved in all aspects of the project (including planning, fundraising, and design), and other factors.

The Spring 2007 Tony Hawk Foundation Grant Recipients include the following communities:

• Nederland, Colorado    $25,000
• New Braunfels, Texas    $25,000
• Fowler, California    $15,000
• Cedaredge, Colorado    $15,000
• Coos Bay, Oregon    $15,000
• Barstow, California    $10,000
• Spirit Lake, Iowa    $10,000
• Duluth, Minnesota    $10,000
• Poteet, Texas    $10,000
• Clifton Forge, Virginia    $10,000
• Redlands, California    $5,000
• Hart, Michigan    $5,000
• Keewatin, Minnesota    $5,000
• Crookston, Minnesota    $5,000
• New Madrid, Missouri    $5,000
• Newport, New Hampshire    $5,000
• Hugo, Oklahoma    $5,000
• Echo, Oregon    $5,000
• Pendleton, Oregon    $5,000
• Spearman, Texas    $5,000
• Almira, Washington    $5,000
• Durbin, West Virginia    $5,000
• Viola, Wisconsin    $5,000

The Tony Hawk Foundation also welcomes two new members to its staff. Scott Taylor joins the Foundation as Programs Manager and is the primary contact for the Foundation's Grant and Technical Assistance Programs. Scott spent the past decade working in the skateboarding industry, most recently as Web Editor for Skateboarder Magazine. C.C. Flashman is the Foundation's new Development Associate, and will be working with our team to further develop sponsorship and fundraising programs. C.C. has extensive experience in sales, marketing, and event planning.

Applications for the next round of Tony Hawk Foundation grants are due October 1, 2007. For more information on the Spring 2007 Tony Hawk Foundation grant awards, click here.

And in other Tony Hawk news:

Athletes For Hope Links Top Athletes' Charities

Tony Hawk, Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Andre Agassi, and other top athletes launch new nonprofit organization.

4/25/07 (New York) Tony Hawk joined some of the world's most famous athletes to help launch Athletes For Hope, a nonprofit organization that will help link and strengthen his and other athletes' charity groups. Under the banner of "Pass The Passion," Athletes For Hope will be a resource for athletes to grow their existing charity organizations, to launch foundations of their own, or to work with other athlete's foundation to get involved in charity work. It will also be a resource for anyone who would like to contribute or volunteer to help work for a particular cause to connect with charities that focus on that cause. Founded by Hawk, Muhammad Ali, Lance Armstrong, Mia Hamm, Andre Agassi, Warrick Dunn, Jeff Gordon, Andrea Jaeger, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Mario Lemieux, Alonzo Mourning and Cal Ripken, Jr., Athletes For Hope launched Wednesday, April 25 in New York with many of the Founding Athletes appearing on Good Morning America. The media blitz continued as individual members made additional appearances on other talk shows, news, and sports broadcasts. Click here for more information about the Athletes For Hope launch. To visit the Athletes For Hope Web site, go to www.athletesforhope.org.

Published On: 5/29/2007

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WSA_: Outdoor park is Dry...
By: wsa

Thanks to some of the crew at Evolution; Bruno, Tim and who knows who else helped plow the snow out of the street course of the Whistler outdoor park.

Nothing beats skating the outdoor in March.

Word on the outdoor is that we asked the Municipality to come thorugh with $100,000 for improvemnts and additions to the outdoor park, well for this year they hope to bring $30, 000 to the table.

So that is a start and we'll see what else we can do to possbly double that investment.

Stay tuned for updates and more info.

Published On: 4/3/2007

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WSA_: Creekside underground bowl resurfaced with Skatelite
By: wsa

THE WHISTLER
SKATEBOAR ASSOCIATION

For Immediate release:

After an incredible amount of work on the part of everyone from organizers, fundraisers and especially our team of highly-skilled and highly-motivated builders, The Whistler Skateboard Association is pleased to announce the re-opening of the Creekside Underground Bowl, fixed-up and resurfaced with over $4,000 worth of Skatelite, a durable material that should last for years to come.

After the initial success of the ramp last summer, it was made awfully clear that standard ramp-building practices were not enough to withstand the incredible amount of use a ramp of this nature, in a town of this nature, would be receiving. The decision to resurface the ramp in Skatelite was an easy one, securing the funds to pay for the new materials has proven to be a lot more challenging. But with hard work and perseverance, goals can be achieved and with the use of funds raised through past fundraisers, as well as several key “donations/loans”, we were able to complete this long overdue task.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those involved in The Whistler Skateboard Association as well as this past weeks build. Thanks go to Whistler/Blackcomb, especially Brian Finestone, The Resort Municipality of Whistler, The Rotary Club, Lawrie at Rona, Kyle and Rick at Snowboard.com & SkateboardVillage.com, Mike at Garf’s, Phsea at Daily Slice, Kyle at New Line Skateparks our lead builder Dean and all of our builders who put in a ton of time and effort this week.

On behalf of The Whistler Skateboard Association,

Lenny Rubenovitch    -President
Dave Murphy              -Vice-President
Brian Hockenstein       -Secretary/Treasurer

http://whistlerskate.org/

Published On: 2/20/2007

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WSA_: Underground bowl completed By: wsa
The bowl has finially been completed, come out to underground tonight to skate the ramp and have a few complimentary refreshments. Dean knows how to get it done. Official news post and media to come. Published On: 2/13/2007 Add/View Comments (2)

WSA_: Skatelite has arrived and we cant wait to start resurfacing bowl. By: wsa
The Skatelite has arrived and we are working on making a build date. We would like to make the repairs to the ramp in under 4 days of work. So in the next week or so if we hope to have all tools, 2nd layer of plywood and builders ready to build. In the meantime check out a video of one of our previous fundraisers: Merlins Fundraiser video. Published On: 1/24/2007 Add/View Comments (0)

Events: Call for Builders, WSA Board meeting
By: Lenny

The WSA is having a meeting at 3 Below, the restaurant next to the movie theatre, on Monday Jan. 15th. The main objective of the meeting is to get everyone together to talk about the rebuilding of the ramps down in the underground. We have ordered the skatelite for the resurfacing of the bowl (which cost $4,500) and it will be arriving next week. We would like to put a call out to any interested skilled builders for the resurfacing and expansion of the park. As well, we will be talking about our next fundraiser/event among other things. So come on out and support Skateboarding in Whislter.

Go to WSA profile

Published On: 1/11/2007

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WSA_: Call for Builders, WSA Board meeting
By: wsa

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Published On: 1/11/2007

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WSA_: Skatelite ordered and park adjustments.
By: wsa

Well Santa has gave us what we have been asking for, we are glad to have ordered enough sheets of skatelite from New Line Skateparks to resurface the bowl.

A building crew will be assembled in the next 2 weeks and builders will fix and repair the first and second layers of the ramp while we anxiously await Skatelite.

Stay tuned for information concering exact time and location of Board meeting. Anticipated date should be around the 9th or 10th at Millenium Place.

Due to the busy time of the year WB has asked that we move all obstacles in the the official skatepark room. Skaters have cleaned up the park and have came up with a pretty tight skate area.

Published On: 12/27/2006

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WSA_: Article in Pique..... & Skatelite coming soon. By: wsa
The Pique News magazine helps spread the word on the WSA. Check out next weeks Pique or this blog for date and times of WSA next board meeting. A Skatelite order will be placed very soon and we will start the re construction of the bowl shortly. Click article to read article. Published On: 12/14/2006 Add/View Comments (0)

WSA_: Video of Longhorn patio railjam is up
By: wsa

Click video or here to watch Longhorn Railjam Fundriaser video

Compeition Results:

Lee Sauders won the $200 Longhorn best Rail trick with a backside kickflip 5-0. Lee also won the Nomis $100 MVP with sick tricks on all obstacles.

Nathan Lacoste won the $200 Longhorn best trick for the Stair section with switch kicklips , switch heelflips and switch bigspins down the stair setup.

Johnny aka “LA “ won the $200 Longhorn best Ledge trick with a technical nollie heel frontside tailside to fakie

Subscribe or add the WSA as a friend to the WSA profile so when we upload photos and video coverage of the event you will be notified.

Stay tuned for more coverage of the event.