Schlepping It
Faces 'n' Spaces: 8.6
Life
Winter in Montreal is anything but ideal for skateboarding—so is Canada in general when you think about it. Even the most convenient of places, like Vancouver, offer many obstacles like rain or short days that can restrict our skate time. Add transit, work, and average adult responsibilities to the equation, and the chances of skating on a daily basis are next to none anyway, even before any climatic restraints. For those in warmer places, all you need is a roof and a light to skate in January, but DIY takes a whole different meaning when you have to heat a building against freezing temperatures for six months of the year. Someone has to pay the rent. So in the same way one of Montreal’s depanneurs spring up, supply must meet demand, and the No Damn Good skate park and skate shop was born. It is a simple project, formed from opportunity, necessity, and a whole lot of innovative use of space.
