http://tbsc.ca TBSC Blog Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:32:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thunder Bay received  the PRO Award of Excellence in Design for the Marina Skateboard Plaza. TBSC members Pia Erkkila, Chris Bayko, David Vass, and Myles Cizmar accepted the award last month at the ceremony in Niagara Falls In 2005, the City of Thunder Bay began working with a group of youth ... http://tbsc.ca/2010/05/07/pro-award-of-excellence/ A group of skaters have been working hard on removing ice and snow from the plaza.  View photos taken on February 28th and March 7th. http://tbsc.ca/gallery/?album=6&gallery=6 http://tbsc.ca/2010/03/07/skate-plaza-cleared-of-snow-ice/ You may have heard that the Grand Opening was postponed by a week to December 19th. The main reason was due to insurance, which is a slow and complicated process, especially for indoor skateparks. We appreciate your patience and support. Also, we'd like to apologize again to the individuals that ... http://tbsc.ca/2009/12/12/sanctuary-skatepark-grand-opening/ David Tranter has informed me that TBSC has teamed up with the Elim Community Christian Centre (in Current River) to start up an indoor skatepark called "The Sanctuary". The anticipated grand opening is early December. Stay tuned for more information, either check our blog or the Facebook fan page. The ... http://tbsc.ca/2009/11/02/the-sanctuary-indoor-skatepark-opening-this-december/ Mike Vallely is this month's Battle Commander at the Berrics. Check out his video http://www.theberrics.com/batcom090725.php I bet that few pros/ams can land half of the tricks he does in this video. Don't forget to watch matches from the Battle at the Berrics 2, http://www.theberrics.com/batb2.php http://tbsc.ca/2009/07/27/vallely-destroys-the-berrics/ The Marina Skateboard Plaza Grand Opening was fun yesterday. The weather wasn't the greatest and it eventually rained after 2PM.  There are some photos on the site now, http://tbsc.ca/gallery or http://tbsc.ca/gallery/?album=5&gallery=5 Check out the sick video posted on SBC. Footage filmed by Damien Gilbert and Chris Johnson. http://sbcskateboard.com/videos/video:1387/Thunder-Bay-Park-Grand-Opening I uploaded a short video ... http://tbsc.ca/2009/06/28/grand-opening-photos-and-videos/ I added 33 photos of the Marina Park Skate Plaza to the site's gallery page.  Visit http://tbsc.ca/gallery or  http://tbsc.ca/gallery/?album=4&gallery=4 I'll be adding more photos next week.  Also, don't forget about the TBSC Apparel Contest that John started.  I just checked the public FB Fan Page, right now it's between Hopkins and ... http://tbsc.ca/2009/06/17/plaza-photos-and-tbsc-apparel-contest/ The Current River mini ramp has been taken down. Kudos to Dave Darcis, David Tranter, and other volunteers for maintaining it. Photos of the Current River skatepark are now on the site, http://tbsc.ca/gallery/ I'll be adding photos of the other parks soon. http://tbsc.ca/2009/06/05/cr-mini-ramp-taken-down/ Check out Ben Fisher's sick Recruits video on the Berrics! http://www.theberrics.com/dailyopspost.php?postid=1074 His style and skills are a combination of Daewon Song, Ed Templeton, and Heath Kirchart. I haven't seen anyone this talented in a long time. I'll be adding more photos to the TBSC site in the next few weeks.  It's been ... http://tbsc.ca/2009/05/30/fishers-recruited-more-photos-soon/ We have a date! On Saturday, June 27 we will have the official grand opening of the new skate plaza. The fence around the bowl/pool will be removed, the brick donors will be unveiled, the new artwork will be presented, and some crazy skateboarding is going to go ... http://tbsc.ca/2009/04/21/marina-skate-plaza-grand-opening/