I believe this was 1994. Standard backside air. 12' vert ramp. Seattle.
Monthly Archive for May, 2010
View from our upstairs window. Stellar evening last night in Revelstoke. Mt Begbie defines the skyline and rises over 7,500 ft above the Columbia River.
Let it begin, the skate season is upon us. I’m fired up. Yesterday, three of us headed from Revelstoke to skate Slocan, Kalso, and Sky’s bowl in Trout Lake.
There is nothing like wiring frontside grinds on concrete coping after the annual five month hiatus forced by BC’s winter. The feeling is unbelievable. It seems that it always takes a few tries to get them. After a little while though they come back and the mighty frontside grind goes down with force and grace.
Slocan, BC is a town of a few hundred about 75 km from Nelson, BC and somehow they managed to build the best bowl in the BC Interior. It is so smooth and endless lines flow. It has an 8’ deep end, with various other heights, pockets, and hips to hit. I’m not sure why they didn’t put any vert in the bowl and really is the only major drawback.
Kaslo has a fun park if you are passing through. Pretty rad little street zone and the bowl is fun, although kinked in spots.
This fella Sky built a bowl in his yard in Trout Lake and was nice enough to let us skate. It is a very fun bowl in a very chill and great setting.
The drive from Kaslo to Trout Lake is 100 km of back roads. It is unbelievable and one of the most awesome spots in BC. We checked out spawning trout along the way. The biggest I’ve ever seen 10-20 lb each.
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