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Contributors Justin Schafer - Editor-in-Chief, Publisher Matt Stevens - Art Director/Layout Tony Beaudoin - Advertising & Circulation Mgr. Dave Bellis - Advertising Rep. David Seburn - Writer, Photographer Cam Nikkel - Writer, Photographer Dan Neufeld - Photographer Ryan Bergen - Photographer Krystle Sardina - Photographer Whitney Paixao - Photographer Leah Gillis - Photographer Graham Constant - Photographer Satan - Photographer
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By Justin Schafer
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This year on June 21st, Bigwoop and West49 collaborated to put on a contest at Skatepark West. It rained all morning. When the afternoon hit, it rained even harder. We showed up at the park around 2 PM, just in case it dried up in time for the contest. The downpour was uninterrupted, but we didn’t go anywhere. A couple skate-mentals showed up, all the way from Oak Bank and decided they weren’t leaving without a session. Landon Schreyer shot photos because of an injury, while Shane Kloschinsky surpassed all expectation. His first trick was an ollie down the big 3--no warm up, no big deal. And it wasn’t a big deal when you consider his follow-ups were all bangers. Most notable tricks included fs smith, back board, and front lip on the gap to flat bar, a crisp noseslide down the hubba, and a huge 360 flip up the bank. The kid
killed it, while landing in puddles. Peep the splashes in some of those photos, this wasn’t drizzle, we are talking a two hour skate shower. I watched true passion for skateboarding that day, good on ya Shane. Eventually some more hommies showed up and we continued the slip-n-slide action with a couple games of skate and best trick comps. One of the most fun skate days I’ve had in a while.
SHANE KLOSCHINSKY noseslide Photo: schafer TOP LEFT: SHANE KLOSCHINSKY 360 flip Photo: sardina
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AN EXCLUSIVE WOOP!
BW: Hi Jamie, how are you doing? Jamie: Good man, how are you?
BW: Great, thanks so much for agreeing to do
this interview. When we last talked, you had just gotten sponsored by Zero and were just starting to get coverage in Transworld. Since then you’ve really blown up, congratulations man.
black clothes and black sunglasses. When I awoke on the floor the next day, I saw that Jamie had also spent the night. The host informed us that the landlord was on her way down to show the house to a new potential renter and that we all should probably leave. So, the six of us who had spent the night piled into a car and went for breakfast. I had seen a few photos of Jamie in recent issues of Transworld and I was really looking forward to talking to him about skating, but Jamie was probably feeling the worst out of all of us. I don’t think he had woken up or sobered up by the time the food arrived. At one point he spilled his orange juice all over his lap. In an effort to clean it, he poured his glass of water onto his lap. Then he decided it was probably just best to take his pants off altogether. He ate the remainder of his breakfast in his boxers, not saying a word. Since then Jamie Tancowny has become one of the biggest names in Canadian skateboarding. He has earned cover photos on Transworld, Concrete and SBC. He has a full part in the highly anticipated Emerica video, and his impressive last part in Zero’s Strange World was voted best Canadian video part of 2009 by sbcskateboarding.com. I recently got the chance to ask Jamie a few questions about his success, shaving his head for cancer, and all around given’r.
BW
: Have you had experiences with weirdos?
Jamie: Ya, for sure, lots. On Zero trips they
BW: Nah, you worked hard man, congrats.
BW: I heard that you recently shaved your head
realized skating had become your career?
Jamie: Nah, I always wanted to just skate so ya it just kinda happened. I didn’t really realize at any point, I just always wanted to do it, so, just havin’ fun. Just doin’er.
Jamie: Ya, I dunno what though, it’s fun to do that stuff.
BW: Is there any bands or songs that get you stoked to skate?
Jamie: Uh, nothing really off the top of my head
BW: So, the Emerica Video is coming out any
BW: Sorry to hear that man, Congrats though.
BW: Was there a specific moment when you
charities in the future?
Jamie: I had a couple friends that died from
BW: What would you say is the most Video. It’s like this 16 or 17 stair rail and there’s a roof overhang at the bottom of it. I was doing a backside grind on it and I had to duck down to not hit my head on the way down.
BW: Do you plan on being involved in any other
but uh this one song: The Sails of Charon, by The Scorpions.
plan it out before I go there ya know? Not really a certain thing I do, just kinda go for’er.
Jamie: Uh probably, it’s gunna be in the Emerica
Jamie: Thanks.
for Cancer.
cancer recently, really good friends from the skate industry. I just wanted to raise some money for Cancer Awareness. We ended up raising like $15000.
intimidating spot you’ve ever skated?
with the theme of “Black Out”. Everyone there had to wear only
weirdos or else it’s not fun to go on trips.
Jamie: Thanks. I just got lucky.
Jamie: Uh, plan out a spot to go to, just kinda
I first met Jamie Tancowny in Edmonton, Alberta, at a house party
Jamie: I dunno cool people. Can’t have any
like to bring lots of random flow dudes, like from everywhere, definitely ran into a couple weirdos.
How do you mentally prepare yourself for huge sets, rails, and gaps-- like the one on the cover of Transworld?
Words by David Seburn Photos by Whitney Paixao
BW: What qualities make a skate team great?
day now, I’m super excited to see it.
Jamie: Ya, We’re going to L.A. for the premier in less then a week.
BW: Have you seen the whole video? Jamie: Nah just a couple parts, but I heard it’s good. (laughs)
Bw: Which part are you most excited for? Jamie: Reynolds for sure. He’s last part, don’t tell anybody though.
BW: I Can’t wait to see it. After the video drops what’s next for you?
Jamie: I just got a place in Edmonton, but
BW: So what do you think you’d be doing today
I’m probably going to move to Vancouver in December. I dunno, just take it easy for a little while, just skate. Not really any videos or anything planned out yet, we’ll see I guess.
Jamie: Ahh, fuckin bullshit, probably like
BW: You’re a huge idol to a lot of kids. Do you
BW: What would you say is the biggest perk
Jamie: I dunno, just keep on given’r I guess. Ya,
if you hadn’t gotten into skating?
working on the rigs, or some shit like that. Nothing cool that’s for sure.
of skateboarding as your career?
have any advice for the young Canadian skaters out there? just keep skating. Don’t give up.
Jamie: Well… being able to not do stuff. Well you have to do stuff sometimes but being able to not do stuff a lot of the time (laughs), just sit around and chill at home lots.
BW: Do you travel a lot? Jamie: Not so much lately, but when I’m filming for videos, definitely. Once or twice a month, go on trips.
BW: What would you say is the biggest sacrifice you’ve had to make?
Jamie: Sacrifice…it’s great now cause I get to
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spend more time at home, but definitely just spending too much time in California, not enough time at home.
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BW : So, when and why did you start up Red Riding Media?
Graham: We started in May 2009. It’s an
untapped market in Winnipeg. We wanted to bring more to the skate scene and we’ve done that through our boards, our videos, and our art. Words by David Seburn
Waka: Essentially, the reason why I wanted
A
lthough Winnipeg based skateboarding company Red Riding Media has been
around
over
a
year,
for
just
they’ve
made quite an impact on the local skateboarding
community, as well as the local aboriginal community. What began as a group of young aboriginal skateboarders with an idea, has grown and developed into a talented
to start the company really was to use the skills that we had just learned in school; he’s graduated from the multimedia design program at Red River College, and I’m just going to be graduating from U of M; Commerce. And actually the main goal was to get a television show on APTN. I figured, there are not really any realistic role models, especially aboriginal role models, you know? You can have the fastest runner or the smartest person, but that doesn’t relate to kids, because sometimes your not going to be the smartest person, so, it just doesn’t connect! So, I thought, we might not be the greatest at what we do, however we get it done and have a lot of fun with it. So really that’s what I wanted to show kids, that anything is possible.
traveling skate team, producing their own products, videos, and creative designs. Team member Jamie Suppes recently won the Red Bull Manny Mania Canadian final and placed 11th worldwide in the Red Bull Manny Mania World Final in New York. In addition to becoming a successful company, Red Riding Media has created quite an impact in their local community.
They’ve held demos and contests at skate
parks, schools, and in somewhat remote communities and reservations, which would otherwise never had the opportunity to be exposed to skateboarding. At a recent demo at Niji Mahkwa elementary school they talked to the youth and donated six complete skateboards.
Red
Riding Media is helping to make the future of Winnipeg’s skateboarding community a positive, hopeful one.
They
show the kids they meet everyday that anything is possible, even for an inner city skater. I was able to sit down with Red Riding Media cofounders, Graham Constant and Hanwakan Waka Whitecloud, to talk about their future plans.
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raham & Waka double Noseslides! Photo: Seburn
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You can have the fastest runner or the smartest person, but that doesn’t relate to kids because sometimes your not going to be the smartest person, so, it just doesn’t connect!” BW: On that note, you’ve had a big positive impact on the community, tell me about some of the things you guys have done.
Graham: We’ve been doing a lot of demos.
The last one we did was out in Beausejour, and Nelson House; we had a demo inside their gym, throwing down obstacles, it was so ghetto, but it was a lot of fun. The kids and the whole community liked it and came out to watch. We went to a north end school called Niji Mahkwa and had a chat with a bunch of elementary kids.
BW: Who is on the Red Riding Media Team?
Waka: Graham T. Constant, myself
(Hanwakan Waka Whitecloud), Jamie Suppes, Brendon Sanderson, Casey Jules Zechoval, Hanlon Jordan, Kevin Delorme Jr., Kyle Michell, Lachi MacLean, Skye Spence, Trinton Porteous, Tyson Kanhai, and Travis Nemeth. We’re always looking for new additions.
BW: Do you guys have plans for a full length video?
Waka: Yeah, we donated a bunch of boards
as well, and next Friday we’re going to go back and skate with the kids again.
Graham: And of course today. BW: So today you are putting on
a free demo and contest at the Forks. The event was made possible by the TRC. What is the TRC and how are they involved with RRM?
Waka: The TRC is a good thing. Not too
many people are aware of what happened with the residential school survivors and it’s a huge part of Canadian history. I think this is their first event of this kind in Winnipeg.
Graham: Just glad to be a part of it. Waka: Ya, really glad to be a part of it. Graham: Both of my parents are residential
school survivors, so for them to put on an event like this and have us be a part of it really means a lot. So thanks a lot to the TRC for putting this together and asking us to do this.
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Waka: Which is the biggest Pow-Wow in North America.
BW: Where did you guys get the initial funding to start up the company?
Graham: Our pockets. Waka: No it was mostly my scholarships.
I got a bunch of scholarships through school, and I won the Manitoba aboriginal youth achievement award as well. Which actually broke yesterday morning! With all those high winds that blew in through the office, it smashed to the ground. I was pretty sad. Other than that, I told people the idea, and they thought it was a great idea and latched onto it and gave us money. Right now though, we’re self funded.
BW: How can people buy Red Riding Media product?
Graham: Contacting us through
Facebook seems to be the major one.
Graham: The Truth and Reconciliation
Commission of Canada are a group who’s mandate is to seek out the truth about what happened in the residential schools. They are creating a historical record about the happenings, they also provide support to families, and they try to stay involved in the community, with events like this. They approached us to do a native skate demo. And umm…we did. We got together with them and told them our ideas for it. We got some funding to do it, and here we are.
with the All Nations Gathering.
Waka: In the future we’d like to get Waka: Yes. That’s a future thing though.
our own shop-office type of thing.
Graham: The footage that we’re building up
Graham: So we don’t have to be selling
is hopefully going to be to used for the television show, and promotional stuff for sure.
this shit out of our home and the back of our cars.
BW: When do you plan to have the show
BW: How has public support of the
Trinton porteus Gap to Crooked Grind Photo: Seburn
out?
company been?
n June 16th-19th, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada
Graham: It’s not set in stone but as soon as
Waka: Super great.
we finish editing the pilot, we’ll have a good idea. Right now we’re working on that.
held their first national event at the Forks in Winnipeg. The TRC is an
Graham: Ya, super duper.
important part of the settlement agreement and has been given the
BW: Will the show be all skateboarding?
Waka: Everybody likes the idea. As
responsibility of raising awareness among Canadians towards what
Waka: Skateboarding would be the main focus however we like to delve off into other things, just whatever interests us, what we think is cool. Ya know, artists of all kinds and all mediums.
BW: You guys recently went on a trip to
far as I know, this is a first for Canada with aboriginal inspired art for skateboards.
BW: I know you talked about the TV show, other plans for the future of the company?
happened in the Indian residential schools. They honor the lives of former students and their families and are creating a permanent record of the Indian residential school legacy. This four-day event gave people a chance to learn about the schools, meet some of the survivors, and
New Mexico. Who went on that trip and what was it all about?
Waka: The biggest money maker
I figure would be the television show.
celebrate aboriginal culture. As part of the event Red Riding Media held
Graham: Me, Brendon, Waka, Jamie, Tyson,
Graham: Ya, get the pilot on and a shop.
a skateboard contest and demo. More information at www. trc.ca.
and Travis all went down. We attended the All Nations Skate Jam, which is in conjunction
Those are pretty much our main goals.
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SKATE 4 CANCER C BE: AUSE INDUSTRIES words BY CAM NIkkel Photos by Ryan Bergen
ou didn’t need a weather forecast if you were in Winnipeg on May 29th this year, all you had to
15 AND UNDER BEST TRICK 1. Josh Thorvaldson 2. Kieren Zimmerman
do was look outside to see the pouring rain. If you were planning
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1. JAMIE MOSPANCHUK 2. BROCK ANDERSON 3. DEVON WELTER
attending
the
Skate4 Cancer
Contest at The Plaza you didn’t have to be disappointed
because
Winnipeg
is
lucky
to have Cliff Heide and The Edge Skate Park. The Edge has saved the day time and time again
SPINE RAMP JAM
rained out.
1. JUSTIN BASSET 2. WILLIAM 3. DAVID
Mark Berndt was running the show, pumping
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everyone up about the skateboarding portion
1. BROCK ANDERSON
when contests scheduled at outdoor parks get
of the day’s events while keeping the flow of the contest running smoothly.
Results are as
follows: In the meantime at the Garrick Centre, people started flocking indoors to catch some action from some great local bands like High Five Drive, Hope Atlantic, Talk City, and The Afterbeat to name a few. To make up for the lack of on the scene coverage, I got together with Jay Fulmore, who is our local source for S4C events, to get the goods on all things S4C.
Jamie Mospanchuk : Back Nose blunt (opposite) justin basset: Frontside indy
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BW: What is your involvement with S4C? JF: My Involvement with S4C started about
5 or 6 years ago. I met Rob Dyer (S4C founder) through mutual friends in Toronto and just got to know him as this rad guy, and then found out about Skate4Cancer. Rob was so passionate about S4C and is such a positive person in general, he really inspired me to get involved with what he had going on. My band at the time ended up going on the S4C ‘The Cure is Knowledge’ tour with Shad K, Matthew Johnston and a band called Elephant. I booked the Winnipeg show (at the WECC) for that tour and that’s where the S4C Winnipeg stuff started happening. The idea of the tour was free all ages shows across Canada. Before the last band of the night, Rob and one or 2 of the guys from Elephant would give a talk about steps to take that would help minimize the risk of certain cancers and would demonstrate the self breast exam. All night Rob would have the S4C booth set up and talk with kids about cancer, share stories, and hand out flyers with preventative measures and detailed description of how to perform the self breast exam. Since then we’ve had a couple shows a year, and 2 years ago we moved over to the Forks and started including the skate contest.
BW: What is Be:Cause Industries? Who started it and who’s involved?
JF: Be:Cause Industries is an organization who’s mission is to help people use their talents to positively effect the world around them. We partner with different groups to create projects and initiatives for the benefit of various charities and non profit organizations.
Be:Cause Industries was inspired by Rob directly and my want to do more than just put on the Skate4Cancer shows once or twice a year. It was started by Mat Perlman and I a couple years ago and since then Nathan Terin (Sidelined Productions) has also officially come on board. There are so many more people actually involved with Be:Cause though, we couldn’t do any of the events we do without all kinds of people coming together to help make things happen.
for us to start. As far as who approaches whom, its a bit of both. Some events we have the idea for and some are brought to us, we did an event for the Autism Society of Manitoba that was the brainchild of a friend of ours from the band ‘Talk City’. One of my main goals from the outset of Be:Cause has been to not just plan things for people, but to help people plan their own events and initiatives or food drives or whatever it may be. Every one out there is good at something and we want to encourage and empower people to use what they are good at to help the world around them, be it locally or globally. One example I always use is: if a person says they want to support the MS Society because a family member has been diagnosed with MS. We’ll talk with them and find out what they are passionate about and what they are good at. Say the person is a long distance runner in Junior high; we would help them set up a walk-a-thon, possibly with their schools involvement and help them to see that through. Hopefully through that process they will have picked up the necessary skills and also be encouraged to continue on and do other things to help the cause (they are passionate about) through other events or whatever it may be.
BW: Is S4C the largest scale project you work on annually?
JF: Yes, for right now, S4C and the Annual Kids
Help Phone Concert Series are the largest things we work on. The Kids Help Phone Series this year included 5 shows and youth music workshops in 3 days. Currently Nathan is spearheading a publishing project to benefit The Kids Help Phone. They are putting together a 12 x 12 hard cover coffee table book of photos, written works and memorabilia concerning Winnipeg youth in music.
BW: How many hours go in to the project and how many events are scheduled each year?
JF: The amount of hours going into any of our
projects depends on a bunch of different factors and varies from project to project. S4C events consume most of our free time, for a couple months, leading up to each event. The amount of events we schedule each year really depends on the time we have to commit to each event. We did two big skate park events for S4C this year, as well as a couple fundraiser shows.
BW:
How long have you been doing S4C and how much further do you expect to be promoting cancer prevention awareness?
JF: I’ve been involved with Skate4Cancer for
4 or 5 years now? We’ll be promoting cancer prevention and awareness for as long as cancer exists, and as long as there are steps that
a person can take to lower their risks of certain cancers. Cancer is starting to appear in younger and younger people, so it’s very important to get the prevention/early detection message out to the youth.
BW: Do a lot of people who show up to the events
Skate4Cancer is now working on raising funds to set up the “Dream Love Cure Center” in Toronto. It will serve as a home base for Skate4Cancer, as well as a place where people can go to learn about cancer prevention and find support in dealing with cancer and family members being affected by cancer. Past that there are plans for a second phase of the ‘DLCC’ that are even more involved with supporting cancer patients and family of cancer patients. That’s something we will be involved in supporting as well.
JF: Yes, I think some people do. People come to
you host fall under the assumption that S4C is simply another angle of a fundraiser to help find the cure for cancer? the events for a lot of reasons and with a lot of assumptions about the events. Skate4Cancer’s focus though is more on educating youth about preventative techniques, early detection of cancer, and providing support for people affected by cancer. Some people come out just to skate, some just to see the bands, but hopefully along the way they hear something, or pick up a flyer and take in some of the information.
BW: If the events are free to attend and money
from t-shirt sales does go towards cancer research... what does Be:Cause industries stand to gain from being involved? Is it a decision made for personal reasons or are you trying to bring more attention to your mission to gain more support or both?
JF: Well, for us it’s not really a question of what
is to be gained from being involved. We believe that it is an important message that needs to get out to people, so we do what we can to help that message get out. It is also partially something we do for personal reasons. Matt’s Father recently passed away from cancer and we all have friends and relatives who have been affected by cancer, so it’s an issue that hits close to home with us. We were doing the Skate4Cancer shows before we had Be:Cause Industries and Skate4Cancer was part of the inspiration for Be:Cause Industries.
BW: Do all of the bands volunteer their time for
the events? How do you cover overhead costs such as sound equipment etc...
JF: All the bands graciously donate their time
for the Skate4Cancer events, as well as techs and stagehands and the guys who run the skate contest and a ton of other people who volunteer to help us every time. So many people give time and energy to these events, its really an amazing thing to see
BW: How does Be:Cause decide where to focus
it’s energy? Do you approach people or people approach you...or both?
JF: We have a whole list of ideas that we hope to eventually work on, but we come from the music world, so concerts and events are the natural place
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I really like is always a good time! One of the specific most memorable moments was standing behind the stage when Rob was doing his talk at the event CBK headlined at the Plaza. Rob got the crowd to all hold up peace signs and I looked out at the crowd and actually realized how many people were out there, it was something really cool to see. I actually have a picture of that on my wall.
JF:
People can check out our blog at www.Be-CauseIndustries.com to find out what we have going on and what we are up to. Our email is on there if people want to help out with things or have an idea they would like us to hear. We’re always looking for volunteers at our events, especially the S4C Forks events.
BW: Am I safe to assume that locally the biggest BW: Do you love skateboarding itself or is that turn out was for CBK at The Plaza? JF: Yeah, that’s right. So far the biggest turnout
was the one CBK headlined. Man, there were so many people all over the Plaza and filling the sides of the ‘stage’ it was pretty insane.
just part of the S4C thing and it has nothing to do with the Jay Fulmore thing?
JF: I do love skateboarding. I grew up around
skateboarding, all my friends in school were skaters and snowboarders. I bought my first deck back
1 PHOTO FEAUTURE IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE: 1. KEVIN FRIESENS’ third elbow arm break after commiting to a huge boardslide on the rail behind him. PHOTO: SEBURN.
2. During
a recent volunteer trip to Africa, LEAH GILLIS hooked up SK8 Skates tees at the orphanage she was working at. PHOTO: GILLIS. 3. Brendon Sanderson. Yank in. PHOTO: SEBURN. 4. CHRIS GUZZI. Pole jam. PHOTO: SATAN. 5. Taking 3rd place at this years Lord of the Lines. COLE MIDDLETON. smith kickflip out. PHoto: Schafer 6. MAT WAVER. Drop. PHOTO: NIKKEL. 7. GRADY KULY. Foot-plant pop-shuv. PHOTO: NIKKEL. 8. KIEREN ZIMMERMAN. Frontside kickflip. PHOTO: NEUFELD. 9. JAMIE SUPPES. Ollie. PHOTO: CONSTANT.
10. CHRIS ROSSONG.
Kickflip. PHOTO: NEUFELD. 11. KECHAUD. Bluntslide. PHOTO: NIKKEL.
BW:
What are some of the most memorable moments from the S4C events?
JF: Some of my favourites are just walking around talking with people all day and seeing how stoked people are on the events and S4C in general. I always love watching the grommets skate and just be so excited about skateboarding and life in general. Also, getting to see a bunch of bands
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when SK8 was on Corydon, down those stairs, I think its like a gelati shop now or whatever? The roof of my basement used to be lined with all my friends busted decks. I still love watching people skate and watching skate videos, the first time I saw the intro to Fully Flared, I lost it! So rad!
BW: How can someone get involved to help out Be:Cause industries?
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Young Aspiring Professional skaters | aka young guns | AKA LITTLE RIPPERS | AKA GROMMIES | AKA BETTER THAN YOUR OLD ASS!
Travis is nine years old and can also be found on the dirt track, the snow hills, and the skate parks. Doctors suggested that Travis would have troubles walking due to the fact that he was born with a clubbed foot. If you’ve seen Travis skate, you’d quickly notice that he didn’t take this concern too seriously. Nothing keeps him down. With his older brother and the other local kids skating in front of the house when he was growing up, it didn’t take long for him to join in. My first impression is that Travis was small for his age, but he skates big so that’s that!
SHANE & TRAVIS KLOSCHINSKY words & Photos by cam nikkel
Step aside soccer and hockey moms and make room for the next generation. The motocross, snowboarding /skateboarding mom! I make mention of this, because if it wasn’t for the mother described above, I may not have had the chance to meet Shane and Travis Kloschinsky this summer. Many kids become embarrassed with the presence of their parents around but since the brothers are too young for a driver’s license, I don’t think Shane or Travis would hesitate to give their mom (Colleen) big ups. She ensures they make the trek from Oak Bank, Manitoba,to the local parks of Winnipeg and the surrounding area as much as possible to satisfy their need to skate.
Shane is fourteen years old and is in to all things skateboarding, motocross, and snowboarding. His current favorite park is the new Selkirk Skate Park.We took a couple carloads of friends out for a road trip out to Kenora, Ontario, this summer for Concrete Chaos and Shane took home 4th place in a well-stacked intermediate category. Shane plays hard so look for this guy in the near future.
shane: front smith Travis: Olliie
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JOSH THORVALDSON words & photo by Cam Nikkel
Josh Thorvaldson has been skateboarding
for just about half his life! That probably helps one understand how, at thirteen years old, he has placed in the top five at the DC Nationals Qualifiers inWinnipeg the past two years in a row. I was blown away the first time I saw him rip up a park. Every time I’ve seen him since there’s always something fresh and extraordinary going on. Josh sharpens his skills by spending six to sevendays a week at many of the skate parks throughout Manitoba, with his personal favorite being The Plaza. I’ve seen him take that same skill set to the streets and execute one big trick after another at the more popular spots in downtown Winnipeg. My first impression of Josh aside from his skateboarding was that he was friendly, but reserved, so it was no surprise when I asked him “Skate and Destroy”, “Skate or Die” or “Shut up and Skate”, he replied “Shut up and Skate”! Front boardslide @ woodsworth
DANIEL NIKKEL words by justin schafer | photo by cam nikkel
Daniel ollies into shred at komenda
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Daniel Nikkel is a cool little dude. I see him out skating from time to time with his pops. The kid is no fear, he just goes for tricks. Daniel started fooling around with a skateboard at age three. Now, at the ripe-old-age of seven, his current favorite trick is Frontside Indys over the hip, in the bowl. But like most seven year olds, favorite tricks change as fast as favorite girlfriends. Though, when asked if there were any lucky ladies in his life, he responded: “NO WAY”. Last week, his favorite trick was Ollieing the four-stair at The Plaza. The week before that it was Rock to Fakie in the pipe. I cannot wait to see where Daniels skating goes in the years to come. On a whoa, this kid is more metal than me note… Daniel is currently excited to go and see his second favourite band: All That Remains. Second behind Dragon Force, of course.
MARC LAPOINTE Marc Lapointe is an aspiring artist, working and living in Winnipeg. To see more from Marc, visit: www.crystal-mourning.deviantart.com.
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What would you do with $1,000,000.00?
the alex Doyle & kevin friesen interview
[while he lights a cigarette] “I’d buy an above ground pool, and a trampoline, and I’d jump off the trampoline into the above ground pool naked. And with the rest I’d just gamble it. Doyle Interviewing Kevin
Doyle: How did you get into Skateboarding
Kevin: Roadkill-- fall of Grade 8.
Kevin: From my neighbor Matt Hawkins, and it
Doyle: What’s your favorite video part of all
Doyle: What pros and locals inspired you? Kevin: Umm, pros… probably Reynolds, T. Hawk.
Doyle: Any locals? Kevin: Just my friends basically. Doyle: What was your first setup, and where’d
W taken note. You
With over 300 uploads and almost 2000 subscribers on his YouTube channel, the skate community has
Well, taken note is a bit of an understatement.
see, from
those
300
a million views. A MILLION.
uploads, he
has
more
than
Check out his video blog at
alexdoylevideo.blogspot.com. Kevin Friesen is one of Winnipeg’s skateboarding elite.
effortless. Kevin and Doyle happen to be best friends. Together they have put out some of the most captivating skateboarding videos this writer has ever seen. With a mix of inspiring skating and ridiculous antics, if you’re not stoked on the skating, at the very least you’re in for a laugh. The following is the duo interviewing each other. Enjoy.
His
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He skates big, and he skates tech, and he makes it look
Kevin: Cole Middleton because he can do
anything. Except not Nollie Flip…wait can he Nollie Flip?
Doyle: Any crazy injuries?
Kevin: Just the front street mostly, and
Doyle: You broke your toe? Which one.
Hey what’s up, you wanna skate?
Everett: No, it’s raining Kevin. Kevin: It’s JL. Everett: Yeah…it’s not JL Kevin: Yeah it is. Everett: You aren’t fooling anybody. Kevin: What? Everett: I almost got into a car accident thanks to you.
Kevin: My left pinky toe.
Kevin: Really?
Doyle: Must have been sore eh?
Everett: Yeah.
Kevin: Yeah I had a cast up to here [points to
Kevin: What happened?
world to skate where would you go?
knee], but then I didn’t want it anymore so I went in the shower with it, and got a walking cast so I could skate around.
Kevin: Morden, Flin Flon, Swan River.
Doyle: What’s your take on smoking cigarettes?
McGillivray and I got cut off and my phone rang, and I almost hit it.
Doyle: LaSalle?
Kevin: It’s a great habit.
Kevin: You shouldn’t have answered
Doyle: If you could travel to anywhere in the
Doyle is one of the best.
Kevin: [deep, fake voice]
Kevin: Do you wanna go skate?
why?
Kevin: Broke my toe.
Kevin: Komenda.
ring ring-
Doyle: Who is your favorite local rider and
started?
now?
Kevin: Hahaha, okay.
Everett: What?
Kevin: He can’t Switch Tre that’s for sure.
Doyle: Where are your favorite places to skate
Doyle: Lets just prank.k him.
skateboarding. It’s just good!
Kevin: It was a Boarders Anonymous complete,
Charleswood Library.
Alex
Kevin: Probably Reynolds in this is
Doyle: I dunno, probably not.
Doyle: What spots did you hit when you first
Apple team. Watching Kevin skate in person is a treat.
time?
you get it?
equipped with Krux trucks.
hen it comes to filming and editing,
when?
and when?
was in grade 5.
Foreword by Justin Schafer | Interview by Doyle and Friesen
Doyle: What was your first video part and
Kevin: Been there.
Doyle: What would you do with $1,000,000.00?
Doyle: Are you still riding with some of the
Kevin: [while he lights a cigarette] I’d buy an
same people from when you first started?
Kevin: Used to, until Justin Norris and Mike Mclean quit. Oh and I still skate with Glenn sometimes.
Doyle: Who’s Glenn? Kevin: The bi-guy.
above ground pool, and a trampoline, and I’d jump off the trampoline into the above ground pool naked. And with the rest I’d just gamble it.
Doyle: Last words or anything? Kevin: Shout out to Alex Doyle, Glenn
Studney, Cole, Kendall from the legion, JL, oops I’m calling Everett by accident.
Everett: I was driving down
your phone, that’s illegal and I’m reporting you to the police. I’m not kidding. [no reply]
Kevin: I’m just doing an interview right now and you’re in on the videotaping of it. Do you have any last words? [no reply]
Kevin: Do you have any last words Everett?
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the alex Doyle & kevin friesen interview
[hangs up]
Kevin: He’s pissed.
Doyle: Pretty good, all the people in the video were friends so it was easy to film them all the time.
Kevin: What inspired you to make the video? Kevin interviewing Doyle
Kevin: When did you get into Skateboarding?
Doyle: I got my first board for my 11th birthday, so around 7 years ago.
Doyle: I just knew there wasn’t going to be a Sk8 video last year, so I wanted to make my own.
Kevin: Was there anyone you wanted to film
for the video but didn’t for one reason or another?
Everyone got to see rough drafts of their parts before the video was done. That way I could make the changes that they wanted and shit.
Kevin: Did you have any days where you just wanted to kill someone?
Doyle: Not really. I was mostly just
filming people I’d hang out with anyway.
Kevin: What has been the general reaction since its release?
Doyle: I dunno, I
Kevin: What was your
think people like it?
first setup?
Kevin: Do you
Doyle: A Flip Rowley
think the video being on YouTube has affected sales?
board with blue Venture trucks. I don’t remember the wheels and stuff.
Doyle: I wasn’t
Kevin: How did you
was like 14 I hit my head on a manhole, skating. So I stopped skating as much and just started filming instead.
too worried about sales, I wasn’t trying to get rich off a local video. So, obviously it being on YouTube has made me sell less, but I don’t care really.
Kevin: What type of
Kevin: Where
get into filming?
Doyle: Well when I
equipment do you use?
could someone pick up a copy?
Doyle: I’ve got a
broken VX1000, a DVX100a, and a Canon 7D.
Kevin: What would you say is the craziest thing you’ve ever filmed?
Doyle: Um, probably either Nick’s kickflip into archives, Gaucher’s hardflip at the art gallery, or something that I’ve filmed this year for the Sk8 Video.
Kevin: How was your experience shooting A very large , very Bromantic Ollie at Komenda . Photo: SATAN
O’Doyle Rules?
Doyle: Right now
Doyle: The one and only MATT WIEBE. He
started the year off getting some footage, but he’s got a wife and a life so it was hard to get him out on the streets.
Kevin: Did everyone get to choose their own
music for their part? And were they involved in the editing of the video?
Doyle: For the most part everyone chose
their own songs, but I wouldn’t let someone use a shitty song if I knew it’d make the part suck.
they’re rare, but I’ll try to get some in Sk8 Skates and Green Apple.
Kevin: So what’s next? Anything in the works?
Doyle: Sk8 Skates is making a video
that I’m trying to help out with, and if I film enough I’ll probably put out my own video as well.
Kevin: Last words? Doyle: Rest In Peace.
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