The Ottawa Skateboard Association

The year 2022 in review and our first ever newsletter 🎉

2022 was the year to log off (if you could), move away from screens (at least a little), reconnect with old friends (with precaution), and see our world slowly morphing into a new social period.

We at Ottawa Skateboarding Association have been busy slowly restarting our social projects and we couldn't be happier to share them with the community in our first-ever newsletter!

Here's a quick look at the highlights of 2022.

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JANUARY—APRIL

Free indoor skateboarding at Landsdowne Aberdeen Pavilion

Starting in January, the city of Ottawa pilot project for indoor skateboarding was a massive success, bringing over many skaters for free sessions every Tuesday in a safe and dry environment during the chilly winter months.

Masks and COVID screening were mandatory.

JUNE

Charlie Bowins park cleanup and board drive

The skate community put some rubber gloves on and came together to clean, organize and plant new flowers around Charlie Park. We also had a donation area for boards and any skate gear that would be later used for our For Pivots Sake program. Did we also mention free coffee, donuts and the best high-fives?
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JULY

New RDS granite bench at Landsdowne park

For the untrained eye: an inconspicuous granite bench. For a skateboarder: a playground exclusively designed for the smoothest of grinds.
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Big thanks to the legendary Red Dragons, Centre Distribution and Top of the World.

JULY

Girls+Skate 613 Montréal trip

In July, Girls+Skate went to Montréal for an inclusive and collaborative event where we brought the YOLO bus from Ottawa to the Montréal Olympic Stadium Vans park. It was awesome to see old friends and new faces!
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Thank you to Vans Canada, Vagabonnes, Annie Guglia, Frédérique Luyet, Pâle Skateboards, Planche Collective for an awesome day, and Birling for hosting our pickup and drop-off location.

JULY

The Slurpee® Canada Skateboard Open presented by Tech Deck

We all met in Legacy park for two days of skate celebration and prizes. The first day was Community Day: free skateboard workshops, skate games, prizes and several community events. The second day was Contest Day: over 4000k in cash, more prizes and points for the Canadian ranking list. Rad!
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AUGUST

Vanier skatepark opening

There's a new skatepark in town! Located next to Riverain Park playground (400 N River Rd), the park opened in August and OSA was there to celebrate with the community. Check our event recap

SEPTEMBER

Learn to skate in Vanier

Thursdays were for learning how to skate at the Vanier Community Hub. Skateboards, helmets, ramps, tasty food, rad instructors and sweet music provided!

OCTOBER

New Akwesasne skatepark in Cornwall Island (Kawehno:ke)

Just 1h outside of Ottawa we can find a new skatepark built by Papillon Skateparks. It's a story of how people came together and made it happen with the effort of the community and numerous corporate and private donations.

It's located on A'nowara'ko:wa Arena grounds (36 Arena Road) on Kawehno:ke, or Cornwall Island. Check their Instagram for more information.

An amazing destination for your next spring skate day trip!

NOVEMBER

Idle Hands Ottawa & Girls+Skate 613

We joined many members of our community and city to sell local merchandise at the beloved annual Christmas market to raise funds for our Girls+ programs.
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Thank you to everyone who came and said hi! Catch us there in 2023!

Thank you for your support!

See you next year!

Ottawa Skateboarding Association (OSA) is a group that works with youth, community members, leaders, and local organizations, with the mandate to help lobby the City of Ottawa to build more skateboard parks that are efficiently and effectively designed. OSA organizes and encourages youth involvement and is built on volunteer membership. Learn more