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Skateboarding Vancouver
Vancouver Museum
1100 Chestnut Street
604-736-4431
It seems as though skateboards have always been a part of popular culture. Where they came from and how they evolved are the focus of a fascinating exhibit, Skateboarding Vancouver, that debuted in May at the Vancouver Museum in Kitsilano. Peter "P. D." Ducommun, who started collecting skateboards in the 1970s, organized and curated this creatively designed display. (Last year Ducommun created a virtual skateboard museum at his Web site, www.skullskates.com/.) The best of his collection is mounted at the museum, where it will be displayed through 2005. Skateboarding Vancouver demonstrates that trends come and go; what remains once the dross has been burned off is an untarnishable core of creativity--technical, physical, and artistic--that shows no signs of growing stale. Somewhere out there a kid is working on a new move that will test the limits of his or her board. And just as certainly, skateboard designers like P. D. are working on new models that will help such skaters achieve new flights of freedom.
Skateboarding Vancouver
Vancouver Museum
1100 Chestnut Street
604-736-4431
It seems as though skateboards have always been a part of popular culture. Where they came from and how they evolved are the focus of a fascinating exhibit, Skateboarding Vancouver, that debuted in May at the Vancouver Museum in Kitsilano. Peter "P. D." Ducommun, who started collecting skateboards in the 1970s, organized and curated this creatively designed display. (Last year Ducommun created a virtual skateboard museum at his Web site, www.skullskates.com/.) The best of his collection is mounted at the museum, where it will be displayed through 2005. Skateboarding Vancouver demonstrates that trends come and go; what remains once the dross has been burned off is an untarnishable core of creativity--technical, physical, and artistic--that shows no signs of growing stale. Somewhere out there a kid is working on a new move that will test the limits of his or her board. And just as certainly, skateboard designers like P. D. are working on new models that will help such skaters achieve new flights of freedom.
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