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I lifted this from Earthwing Skateboards where they have a larger version and no information other than this is a guy named Adam Auger, who apparently rides for Rayne. That’s the Montreal Olympic Stadium. There are lots of shots eslewhwere, but this is the only shot I’ve seen of it from this angle. It almost looks as if there is a half pipe at the bottom where the roof meets the ground in the, uh, foreground. Pretty clever, actually. The snow melts and funnels into a collection pond. Previously, the only skateboarding I’ve heard about associated with this stadium is Big O. Getting back to Adam Auger, I don’t know anything about him, but there’s a video after the jump and some random Big O vids too.

This is an Adam Auger video. It’s downhill slide action, some of it on short boards. I’ll always have a soft spot in my heart for downhill slide that dates back to the first time I ever saw it on the Bones Brigade video. I can hear the echoes of the wildlife (howler monkeys?) in my head right now. Downhill guys, help me out here. Is “Coleman slide” just an all encompassing term for that type of sliding, or is there a specific move known as the Coleman Slide? The thing I liked about that early footage was the speed. This type of downhill skating has been enjoying a surge in popularity for a while now. Ironically, it’s taking some cues from street skating in the early 90’s. Some technical sliding comes at the expense of speed, which is exactly where I lose interest. It’s kind of like watching some of those 90’s skate videos where the moves are amazing but then you realize they are moving less than 2 miles an hour on that curb, so what’s the point? Right. Theres some speed and some tehcno in this vid, but sadly, no skating on top of the Montreal Olympic Stadium.

Random Big O videos.

Aw heck, here’s the link, go find your own.