immigrantscanada.com

Independent topical source of current affairs, opinion and issues, featuring stories making news in Canada from immigrants, newcomers, minorities & ethnic communities' point of view and interests.

Skateboarding: Forks Skatepark and Skateboarding Lessons

skateboarding: He also learned he likes riding ramps more than flat ground, because he can go down them and go super far, with speed, effortlessly, according to Metro News. Ramps may be scary to some new skaters, but not Spencer. It's fun, said the boy, beaming, at The Forks Skatepark on Monday. Because I'm brave, he said. Participants just need a helmet and signed waiver to try skating for the first time with instruction and supervision. He may have known he was brave before Monday he said so very matter-of-factly but the rest of it was new to him, all thanks to a newly launched free skateboarding lessons being offered at The Forks Skatepark by the not-for-profit Winnipeg Skateboarding Outreach Organization WSOO . Beginning this week and running daily at 10 30 a.m. until August 18, the lessons hosted in conjunction with Sk8 Skates are not only free, but also make skateboards available for use. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.