Rising local skateboard star Oli Ward of Burnaby and national skateboard team coach Adam Higgins lobbied Burnaby city council for an indoor or outdoor skatepark in the city.
Oli Ward, a Burnaby North Secondary student, and national skateboard team coach, Adam Higgins, were at the July 24 city council meeting to make a pitch for a competition-style venue for Olympic skateboarding.
Higgins said Oli has “incredible potential” for the Los Angeles Summer Olympics in 2028 and Brisbane in 2032.“For Oliver to continue to do this, he’s either going to have to relocate to California, or he’s going to have to find some additional indoor training space so he can keep pace with the rest of the world,” Higgins said.
“Everybody is welcome to skateboard, no matter their gender, ability, age, and their build,” he said.“There are unlimited tricks you can learn, and I have to work really hard to learn them. It can take me up to weeks or even longer than that.” Coun. Daniel Tetrault agreed and asked if the city could zone industrial areas for leisure use like skateboarding or rock-climbing walls.
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