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 Slam City Jam '01
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* Indoor: 'Crete
* Pro Competition
* Vert / Trannie / Street
* Rating: Droppin' the Slammer!
This year in May, it was our pleasure to attend Slam City Jam. While this was the eighth running of the "Big Ass Skate Contest" in Vancouver, BC, for us it was our second trip. We love Canada... cool contest, tons of great skateparks, and local park riders with serious skills and chill attitudes. You better believe we're going back next year!
The contest is killer. Tons of pros show up - in fact, the whole city of Vancouver is practically overrun w/ skaters - pros and otherwise. I didn't really like the course as much this year - it was smaller - but the skating had me stoked as ever. Moreover, I like seeing that many skaters in one place. Skate heaven. This may be the only time of the year that no one complains that I can't stop talking about skating... paradise.
We hope you get a sense of what went on from our pics below... and of course, we're real proud to introduce our first installment of Shiteo™ [shit quality + video = shiteo!] coverage. Look for the "Shiteo!" clips below for ani-motion magic from a few of the pros.
We'd like to take a minute to thank Jay Balmer and Marnie DiGiando w/ the Slam staff for settin' us up and just generally making us feel at home. It was a kickass time, thanks!
Wrapping up this review, we'd be glad to suggest a few skateparks for you. Next year, stay around for a couple of days and have yourself a little push-push grind-grind at any of the following: Whistler, Parkgate, Whiterock, Seylynn, Griffin, Hastings, etc. Keep checkin' our list - we're adding more Canadian parks all the time.
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