What is Greenskate.
GreenSkate is a grassroots event that started from a simple idea:
Celebrate and encourage the low impact of longboard skateboards on our environment as a form of effective transportation.
On Earth Day 2007 Calgary Alberta Canada was the host to the first GreenSkate Event. It may come as a surprise that a community of longboarders surrounded by the Calgarian oil and gas industry would feel sympathetic to any green cause; however the Speedboard and Longboard Association of Calgary couldn't be any more ambitious.
GreenSkate was expanded in 2008 to include the global skateboard community. Rocio Caceres Borlando from Chile in 2008 and 2009 continues to organize the largest GreenSkate with over 100 + riders that cruised 7.5 km to “La Moneda”. Everyone who skateboards in every city around the world is invited to participate in GreenSkate 2010.
Energy and environmental issues are on the global stage more than ever. Earth Day is a great time for longboarders to take to the streets to promote longboarding as a fast, environmentally friendly and sustainable form of urban transportation.
Be a part of GreenSkate! We are looking for volunteers to organize Greenskates in cities around the world from April 18-24,2010. If you are interested in organizing a GreenSkate event please
contact ross.baradoy@gmail.co
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Date time and meeting locations to be announced
Canada -
Calgary AB,
Edmonton AB
Moncton New-Brunswick,
Vancouver,BC
Toronto,Ontario
USA -
Spokane,WA ( Part of the Spokane Earth Day Celebration),
Salem, Oregon
Salt lake City ,Utah,
Oklahoma State University.
New York, New York
Miami, FL
United Kingdom-
Cardiff
NEW ZEALAND-
Christchurch
South Australia -
Adelaide
EU -
Umeå,Sweden (April,24th)
Zurich, Switzerland.
Kiew, Ukraine (April,18th)
MIDDLE EAST-
Kabul, Afghanistan
SOUTH AMERICA -
Santiago Chile (April,25)
Montevideo, Uruguay, April 24
Organizers:Bruno Pavlotzky and Argentina Longboard Club
Caracas,Venezuela Saturday, April 24
Organizers: Joan La Riva and Argentina Longboard Club
ARGENTINA (Argentina Longboard Club-ALC)
Buenos Aires,Argentina (ALC)
MARCOS JUAREZ (ALC) Saturday, April 24.
Mendoza,,Argentina (Silvestrone Roberto,Beto Gomez and ALC)
Rosario,,Argentina (Fernando Raimondi and ALC)
San Luis,,Argentina (Gianni Trani and ALC)
Marco Paz,,Argentina (Nino Luaiza and ALC)
Rosario,,Argentina (ParadiceLongboard and ALC)
