SUMMER LAUNCH PARTY

*Past event

Date:

May 16th

Location:

Time:

10am – 4pm

Join the Peterborough Skateboard Coalition and @CityPtbo as we partner up to officially celebrate the summer launch of our newly expanded skatepark! Whether you’re here to land a trick, or grab a burger, everyone is welcome.

Food: Lions Club BBQ starts at Noon (raising funds for Kawartha Heights Park!)

The Lineup:

10am – Noon: Morning skate & design talk (check out that Liftlock-inspired layout!)

Noon – 1pm: Pointers from Coy’s School of Skate + 66Thieves warm-ups.

1pm – 1:30pm: PRO DEMO by the 66 Thieves Skate Team.

1:30pm – 4pm: Open Jam & Giveaways! Prizes for all skill levels.

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Skateboarding is growing, and so is Peterborough. We’re dedicated to improving skateboarding in this city and getting new skateparks built.

COME CELEBRATE THE SKATEPARK! 🛹✨
Join the Peterborough Skateboard Coalition in partnership with @cityptbo to officially celebrate the summer launch of the newly expanded skatepark! Whether you’re here to skate, learn, watch the skills on display or grab a burger, everyone is welcome!

The Details:
📅 When: Saturday, May 16 | 10am – 4pm
📍 Where: Bonnerworth Park
🍔 Food: Lions Club BBQ (including drinks) starts at Noon. Funds being raised for playground equipment at the Kawartha Heights Park redevelopment! @peterboroughlionsclub

The Lineup:
🔥 10am – Noon: Free skate, try skateboarding for the first time - we have some boards but need your own helmet. Say Hi and ask about our summer camp with @cityptbo in July or the skatepark design (like the Liftlock-inspired ledge).
🛹 Noon – 1pm: Pointers from @coysschoolofskate (all skill levels).
🚀 1pm – 1:30pm: SKATE DEMO by the @66thieves Skate Team.
🏆 1:30pm – 4pm: Open Jam & Giveaways! Prizes for all skill levels.

Huge thanks to @66thieves, @flavourfashion , and @dropinskateparks for providing prizes and supporting the local skateboarding community! 🎁Grab your board and we’ll see you there!

👇 Tag your skate crew in the comments. #Peterborough #Ptbo #Skate #skatepark #Community

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🛹 BONNERWORTH SKATEPARK 🛹

📍Location: 560 McDonnel St. Peterborough, ON

📐 Size: ~17,000 sq ft + Asphalt Pump Track

📝 Skatepark Expansion Design: Canada Ramp Company (2024)

🛠️ Skatepark Build: @dropinskateparks (2025)

💡Lights: 7:00pm - 11:00pm

🅿️🚻 Amenities: Parking, washrooms, water fill station, tables, shade shelter, bike racks

🚁📸 Drone photos: @jtdigital_ptbo

Everyone is Welcome!
We’ve worked hard to cultivate a culture of respect and friendliness in the Peterborough skate community, and we hope you’ll find this park a welcoming environment for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. On any given day you’ll find someone friendly to skate with.

Come on out and skate & tag us @ptbo.skate in your clips!

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🛹 BONNERWORTH SKATEPARK 🛹

📍Location: 560 McDonnel St. Peterborough, ON

📐 Size: ~17,000 sq ft + Asphalt Pump Track

📝 Skatepark Expansion Design: Canada Ramp Company (2024)

🛠️ Skatepark Build: @dropinskateparks (2025)

💡Lights: 7:00pm - 11:00pm

🅿️🚻 Amenities: Parking, washrooms, water fill station, tables, shade shelter, bike racks

🚁📸 Drone photos: @jtdigital_ptbo

Everyone is Welcome!
We’ve worked hard to cultivate a culture of respect and friendliness in the Peterborough skate community, and we hope you’ll find this park a welcoming environment for people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities. On any given day you’ll find someone friendly to skate with.

Come on out and skate & tag us @ptbo.skate in your clips!

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WANT MORE SKATE SPACES?
If you want to have a say in what these spaces look like - fill out the City’s survey BY MAY 8!!! Link in bio.

They are asking for resident input on the redevelopment of the Kawartha Heights park in the West End. EVERY voice counts in small surveys like these (link in bio)!

This is an amazing chance to add more skate spaces - filling out the ConnectPTBO surveys is the most powerful way you can ever vote to shape what parks and future skate spaces look like. It helps us advocate for even more with the city.

More skate spaces provide increased access to recreation and less travel for people across the city, especially youth who need safe places to play freely and less screen time.

Background:
The Bonnerworth skatepark expansion last year was the first time in over 20 years the City invested money into a new skate space. But it doesn’t stop there.

Our initial advocacy was motivated by the deteriorating state of the skatepark despite heavy use. We connected with the right city staff to start the convo, with city councillors, 2 different mayors, and used research-backed arguments thru numerous committees, consultations, meetings, focus/stakeholder groups, presentations, etc. we were able to see progress.

We successfully advocated for definitions of skate parks, spots and dots into the City’s Open Parks and Spaces 2023 study (including #s for square footage of skate spaces needed to me the need in PTBO). This study guides the City’s next decade + of park development and why “skateboard/scooter obstacles” is on new park re-development ConnectPTBO surveys - usually there are a couple each year.

But we STILL need your support to advocate for more of these spaces and are most effective with numbers and your vision in the comments - YOU adding your voice to back up our goal of more skate spaces and what they look like.

We will continue to advocate for these spaces as valuable and efficient uses of public spending all across Peterborough - we know (and see) there is a huge demand for this important community infrastructure city-wide.

We can’t complain tomorrow if we don’t take the opportunity to guide the city TODAY.
-gr

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WANT MORE SKATE SPACES?
If you want to have a say in what these spaces look like - fill out the City’s survey BY MAY 8!!! Link in bio.

They are asking for resident input on the redevelopment of the Kawartha Heights park in the West End. EVERY voice counts in small surveys like these (link in bio)!

This is an amazing chance to add more skate spaces - filling out the ConnectPTBO surveys is the most powerful way you can ever vote to shape what parks and future skate spaces look like. It helps us advocate for even more with the city.

More skate spaces provide increased access to recreation and less travel for people across the city, especially youth who need safe places to play freely and less screen time.

Background:
The Bonnerworth skatepark expansion last year was the first time in over 20 years the City invested money into a new skate space. But it doesn’t stop there.

Our initial advocacy was motivated by the deteriorating state of the skatepark despite heavy use. We connected with the right city staff to start the convo, with city councillors, 2 different mayors, and used research-backed arguments thru numerous committees, consultations, meetings, focus/stakeholder groups, presentations, etc. we were able to see progress.

We successfully advocated for definitions of skate parks, spots and dots into the City’s Open Parks and Spaces 2023 study (including #s for square footage of skate spaces needed to me the need in PTBO). This study guides the City’s next decade + of park development and why “skateboard/scooter obstacles” is on new park re-development ConnectPTBO surveys - usually there are a couple each year.

But we STILL need your support to advocate for more of these spaces and are most effective with numbers and your vision in the comments - YOU adding your voice to back up our goal of more skate spaces and what they look like.

We will continue to advocate for these spaces as valuable and efficient uses of public spending all across Peterborough - we know (and see) there is a huge demand for this important community infrastructure city-wide.

We can’t complain tomorrow if we don’t take the opportunity to guide the city TODAY.
-gr

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This skate jam is gonna be BIG!
Bloc your calendars off May 16, 2026 to celebrate our local skate community!

We are so appreciative of all the skaters, shops and companies that came before us here (and those still pushing the scene forward) - we couldn’t do this work and get more skate spaces without all the amazing people in this community backing us!

DM us if you want to be involved / have an idea how you can help out :)

#skateboarding #community #skatepark #ptbocanada #skatejam

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Apr 24

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This skate jam is gonna be BIG!
Bloc your calendars off May 16, 2026 to celebrate our local skate community!

We are so appreciative of all the skaters, shops and companies that came before us here (and those still pushing the scene forward) - we couldn’t do this work and get more skate spaces without all the amazing people in this community backing us!

DM us if you want to be involved / have an idea how you can help out :)

#skateboarding #community #skatepark #ptbocanada #skatejam

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Awesome night at the skatepark! The lights are a game changer with summer ahead!
#skateboarding #skatepark #ptbocanada #timelapse #perfectloop

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Awesome night at the skatepark! The lights are a game changer with summer ahead!
#skateboarding #skatepark #ptbocanada #timelapse #perfectloop

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2026 spring skatepark montage from bonnerworth - starts off with pre-lights clips then footage from the FIRST LIT FRIDAY NIGHT SESSION!
Filming (the stuff shot well) by @groovy_shots_
iPhone clips / editing by @geoffrix

Skaters featured are tagged as best I could - sorry if missed you - so many people i missed getting clips of!
-gr
#skateboarding #lights #community #skatepark #ptbocanada

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Apr 22

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2026 spring skatepark montage from bonnerworth - starts off with pre-lights clips then footage from the FIRST LIT FRIDAY NIGHT SESSION!
Filming (the stuff shot well) by @groovy_shots_
iPhone clips / editing by @geoffrix

Skaters featured are tagged as best I could - sorry if missed you - so many people i missed getting clips of!
-gr
#skateboarding #lights #community #skatepark #ptbocanada

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SAVE THE DATE: MAY 16, 2026
Bonnerworth Skatepark
Peterborough, ON
SUMMER KICK OFF JAM
More details to come.
#skateboarding #community #skatepark #peterborough #skate

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SAVE THE DATE: MAY 16, 2026
Bonnerworth Skatepark
Peterborough, ON
SUMMER KICK OFF JAM
More details to come.
#skateboarding #community #skatepark #peterborough #skate

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LIGHTS!

The skatepark expansion is finally feeling complete - HUGE thanks to @cityptbo @ptborecreation for collaborating throughout the process and getting the lights turned on for the skatepark!

They are currently set on a timer to be on from 7pm-11pm - in keeping with the operating hours for Bonnerworth Skatepark for over 20 years (they will adapt to earlier sunsets late summer). The lights don’t turn on automatically - there is a button on the metal pedestal that becomes “active” after 7pm (lift up the newly unlocked panel and voila!).

Lights and shade shelter were not in the original plans - we had to advocate for these but @ptborecreation staff worked hard to listen and deliver an amazing upgrade to Bonnerworth Park. Skatepark design by @canadianrampcompany and skatepark construction by @dropinskateparks. Thanks for working with us through the process. The lighting is a massive improvement on the old park lights and important to have night skating in the heat of summer. The shade shelter was funded by a donation from @hydrooneofficial and supported by other park advocates (pump track and pickleball).

Stay tuned for some more updates soon on upcoming events and opportunities to add more skate spaces to the City of Peterborough!

Happy skating - hope to see you all out there!!

@canadaskateboard @flavourfashion @ptboskatepark @bbbsptbo @ptbo_canada @trentarthurnews @pboroexaminer @globalpeterborough #skateboard #community #skateparkadvocacy #skatepark #skateboarding

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LIGHTS!

The skatepark expansion is finally feeling complete - HUGE thanks to @cityptbo @ptborecreation for collaborating throughout the process and getting the lights turned on for the skatepark!

They are currently set on a timer to be on from 7pm-11pm - in keeping with the operating hours for Bonnerworth Skatepark for over 20 years (they will adapt to earlier sunsets late summer). The lights don’t turn on automatically - there is a button on the metal pedestal that becomes “active” after 7pm (lift up the newly unlocked panel and voila!).

Lights and shade shelter were not in the original plans - we had to advocate for these but @ptborecreation staff worked hard to listen and deliver an amazing upgrade to Bonnerworth Park. Skatepark design by @canadianrampcompany and skatepark construction by @dropinskateparks. Thanks for working with us through the process. The lighting is a massive improvement on the old park lights and important to have night skating in the heat of summer. The shade shelter was funded by a donation from @hydrooneofficial and supported by other park advocates (pump track and pickleball).

Stay tuned for some more updates soon on upcoming events and opportunities to add more skate spaces to the City of Peterborough!

Happy skating - hope to see you all out there!!

@canadaskateboard @flavourfashion @ptboskatepark @bbbsptbo @ptbo_canada @trentarthurnews @pboroexaminer @globalpeterborough #skateboard #community #skateparkadvocacy #skatepark #skateboarding

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