For the 3rd year Tribu Experientiel produced the famous Jackalope Fest at the Olympic Stadium of Montreal. Started by skateboarders, the goal was to have a familly event and bring new generations of kids into a sport they probably didn’t knew before. This year you could do some parkour, bike, wake skate, slack line, but for the most of us, skateboarding was the main sport upfront.
Since the first edition, i have been lucky to be the official photographer, and seen that “little” event evolving into something who is growing up bigger and bigger each years. This years was particularly intense, cause it ends up to be an official stop of the world cup of skateboarding in Canada. the pressure was high, but even if in this kind of event its hard to have everything perfectly smooth, to my opinion the crew killed it.
It’s definitly a big deal to have this kind of fest in Montreal, cause its unique, its not only a skateboard contest, its more than this. Each years i can see the smile on kids faces, or just stoked to see skateboarding for the first time. And that’s definitly my motto to keep going.
i surely didn’t shot only skateboarding that week end, there is tons of other pictures on the official Facebook
Jon Cos – Frontside 180 to Switch feeble
Top: Kayde 8 years old – Frontside ollie, Down:Frank Lavallee – Handstand
J.S. Lapierre – Noseblunt slide
Dave Bachinsky – Frontside Flip
David Loy – Pole jam frontside 360 out
From top left: Mikemo Capaldi, Dave Bachinsky, Ben Garcia, Greg lutzka, Micky Papa, J.S. Lapierre
J.F Gagné – Noseblunt slide
Jon Cos – Backside Smithgrind
Pamela Rosa – Kickflip
Top: Dave Duncan – Frontside FiveO, Down left: Jayden Bono – Frontside 180 to Switch Crooked, Camille Lanctot – Boneless
Phillipe Dulude – No Pick Drop
Top left: Alishia Stevens, Leticia Bufoni, Annie Guglia, Fred Luyet, Pamela Rosa, Camille Lanctot
David Loy – Backtail upside down
Jon Cos – Switch Heelflip
Top 3 winner, 1st Jon Cos, 2nd Greg Lutzka, 3rd Ryo Sejiri