We’re for sure not the only ones out there who’ve fallen prey to Covid’s moratorium on skate trips with the homies and perhaps, some would say, fun in general! 2020/21, the era of feeling-sorry-for-one’s-self, came with many challenges but one that was particularly painful for us was the ban on travelling to the kinds of beautiful locations & epic hills that help us create the media that you’ve come to love! We set out with cruisers and race boards and ventured from North Vancouver down to Richmond, stopping anywhere that took our fancy - a luxury that the big Skate and Explore tips don't really afford as the schedules are strict. It was certainly a nice change of pace to go back to a more simpler kind of tour, the one where you just do what you want!

We scoured through google maps and our memory banks to find new zones, a challenge when you’ve spent much of your life skating this city… But it wasn’t all bad news as, In the wake of Covid lock-downs, we revelled in the reduced traffic on both road and sidewalk, empty mountain roads and a general unwillingness from intolerant bystanders/security to move us along…!