Youth Focused Skateboard Festival in the Works for Salmon Arm

Youth focused skateboard in the works for Salmon Arm

'There’s really that sort of renegade sense of community there which is super cool and I love supporting that'

Youth focused skateboard festival in the works for Salmon Arm

'There’s really that sort of renegade sense of community there which is super cool and I love supporting that'

World’s Fastest Boarders Bomb Into Tholt-y-Will

Some of the world’s fastest (and possibly most fearless) skateboarders are heading to the Isle of Man this weekend for Round 3 of the World Downhill Skateboarding Championships. From 4–6 July, riders will be flying down a 1.2km stretch starting near Sulby Reservoir and finishing in Tholt-y-Will Glen. The course includes steep drops, fast bends and two hairpin turns near the bottom. It’s got an average gradient of 8.5%, but hits a spicy 22% in pl…