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Kamloops a dream destination for Illinois longboarder

WANTS TO RIDE AT WORLD'S FIRST LONGBOARD PARK KAMLOOPS - An Illinois longboarder is doing anything she can to get to Kamloops so she can experience the world’s first longboard park. Samantha Marsteller is a sophomore at Eastern Illinois University where she is majoring in psychology and minoring in art and criminology. In her spare...

Longboarders fly down new track in Kamloops for grand opening

KAMLOOPS – The official grand opening of the Kamloops Longboarding Park was packed with riders Saturday. The Kamloops Longboarding Club held a Slide Jam to mark the park’s opening in the Aberdeen neighbourhood above Pacific Way Elementary School. The park cost property taxpayers $160,000 and was built about a year behind schedule. The off-road track...

Longboard park welcome addition to Kamloops

KAMLOOPS - A city-designed longboard track has been installed at an Aberdeen park and while some detail work is yet to be completed the longboard community is flocking to try out the long awaited track. “They’re a lot of fun,” boarder Ben Peacock says. “It’s also the world’s first longboard park as far as I...

West Highlands Park about a year behind, still on budget

KAMLOOPS - The retaining wall is in and the fencing nearly complete and now crews are ready to work on the actual soccer field portion of the new Aberdeen park. City Project Supervisor Nick DeCicco says if everything goes smoothly then the soccer fields could be complete with turf and irrigation by the fall, which...

Police identify longboarder killed in crash

VERNON - Police have identified the Vernon teen who died in a tragic longboarding accident Sunday night. “We have been in touch with his family,” RCMP spokesperson Gord Molendyk says. “It’s very devastating.” The 17-year-old, who was rushed to hospital in critical condition, had no ID on him and his family did not immediately come...