100% NE Girls Skateboarding Group at the Genesis Centre

For the 2021 skate season, board member Peggy Seto started up a junior and senior high school girls skate group at the Genesis Centre. Peggy is a teacher at the Nelson Mandela high school and felt that girls from under-represented communities in the NE, would benefit from skateboarding. The club runs after school on Fridays, and we hope to be …

100% Skate Club Survey

100% Skate Club has been operating for over 6 years, creating a fun and supportive community for girls, women, BIPOC and LGBTQ skaters in Calgary and beyond. We are introducing some changes for our 2021 season and we need your feedback to make next season our best yet! We want to hear from everyone! If you are a parent/caregiver please …

Interview with Skateistan’s Talia Kaufman

INTERVIEW BY: Erica Jacobs Where are you from? Where do you live now?  I was born in Calgary, AB, and lived there until I was 29, except for a few 6-month periods where I was travelling. Since 2012, I’ve been working and living overseas with Skateistan. I’ve lived in Afghanistan, Berlin, Cambodia and South Africa and for the last year I’ve …

100% Skate Club Zine

As a way to stay connected and engaged during this world pandemic we thought it would be a perfect time to showcase women’s unique perspectives about the skate scene.  Skateboarding artwork, in its many forms, is all part of our collective skate culture. As women and girls we have our own interpretation of what we see and experience. It’s not …

2020 Skate Season Update

We miss you all and can’t wait to skate again in the near future. We want to communicate our current position with 100% meet up sessions for June. We have decided to continue to postpone any 100% sessions due to these challenges: Maintaining 2 meters physical distance at skateparks No hand wash options We can’t assist people with helping hands …

What Flamingo 3 Recap

What Flamingo 3 was held June 22-23, 2019. What Flamingo is our annual skateboarding festival featuring clinics with celebrity skate instructors, and a party with lots of giveaways. This year we had three events over 2-days. For Saturday’s skate clinics at Huntington Hills skatepark, we hired three of Calgary’s most popular skate instructors; Brooke deHondt, Tom Nelner and Benjamin Zack. …

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First 16 Plus Skate Sesh

This past Saturday was our first 16+ age group skate sesh. It reminded me of the very early days of 100% Skate Club, when we had no children in the club. About a quarter of the 13 skater girls were new to the club. A couple had never been to a skatepark before, so they were happy to be with …

Skateboarding Lessons at 100 Percent Skateclub

At 100% Skate Club we get asked all the time if we give lessons. At this time, we don’t give formal skateboarding lessons. We’re a mentorship club where more experienced skaters help out those who want to try new things or need help with hand holding when doing things like dropping in. Many times parents of our younger skaters also …