Ticker Tape Double Feature

Ages ago, there was a newly discovered spot called Ticker Tape, a bar meant for an older crowd somewhere on Mainway or Harvester or something like that in Burlington. Just outside this bar was a pretty good rail with a really sketchy run way. McNeil had been there a few times, and had landed a back board before but I guess he just had a thing for doing it over and over again. His good friend Eric on the other hand, went frontside and fully went for it but unfortunately things didn't really work out. There's also footage of Burlington's wannabe amazing spot called AmCan, a sequence of 4 stairs in roughly the same area I think.

Andrew McNeil Sacks from Tony F on Vimeo.

Eric Westra Sacks from Tony F on Vimeo.

Mac Beaulieu Creek Jumper Extraordinaire

My brother used to skateboard a lot more than he does now, and in his prime he tried this ollie over a little creek somewhere in Burlington. Using the sketchiest runway/kicker/landing possible, he really went for it but unfortunately things didn't go quite as planned and he almost broke a few ribs. Thankfully he didn't land it so everyone can laugh at this hilarious video.

Mac Beaulieu: Creek Jumper Extraordinaire from Tony F on Vimeo.

Magnificent Boys

The Magnificent Boys, Mag Boys for short, were a group of young gentlemen at Maple consisting of Spencer Owens, Robbie Gaskin, Phil Devries, Bryden Ferrato, Kyle Hammond, and Llama. The name "Magnificent Boys" came about in a pretty amazing way - a few of the above mentioned dudes wrote "MB" in capitals on their griptape, due to their infatuation at the time with then B-list pop star Michelle Branch. Klayton, another dude who used to frequent Maple and still comes around once in a while, one day asked one of them, "What the %&^$ does 'MB' stand for? Magnificent Boys?" And here started an epic concept for a video. Unfortunately the full length video is only available on VHS and the 3 or so copies are very rare, so all there is to this post is the trailer and some Mag Boys-related videos from back in the day. FWWAAAAAAAAASH!

This is the trailer for the full feature:

MAG BOYS TRAILER from Tony F on Vimeo.

This one's a montage made by almost all members of MB:

Summer In The City Montaglius from Tony F on Vimeo.

This here is a line Rob Gaskin did at Muskoka Woods indoor facility. The first fall is hilair:

Rob Gaskin Muskoka Line from Tony F on Vimeo.

And finally, two videos of Spencer Owens. The first - him skating the second version of Evolushun indoor skatepark in Hamilton and landing nothing. In contrast, the second is Owens landing the greatest trick ever documented at Maple skatepark:

Nothing Landed from Tony F on Vimeo.

Spencer Owens Knee Jumper from Tony F on Vimeo.

Ryan Hunt

Back when Ryan Hunt used to go to Maple, you could hear every little kid at the park talking amongst themselves about whether or not he really was Andrew Reynolds. One of the first times I'd ever gone there he was trying to ollie a picnic table standing up, the wrong way. Eventually he messed up his knee trying a kickflip front board in Mississauga and shortly after that joined the army and went overseas. Not too sure who made these videos but they're all of Ryan before/during his introduction to the army.

Nosegrind at Shell:

Ryan Hunt Nosegrind from Tony F on Vimeo.

Getting really loose at Common Ground:

Ryan Hunt Loose at Common Ground from Tony F on Vimeo.

A video Gula made of Ryan when he first joined the army:

Saving Private Hunt from Tony F on Vimeo.

And finally his sponsor me video from way back when:

Sorry

To the three people who have ever checked this thing, sorry for not putting any more boring videos up for the past month or so. To make up for it here are a bunch of new ones.

First a video Erik Sviergula made of one day at Maple with McNeil's bench:

Gula's Maple Edit from Tony F on Vimeo.

Secondly, an old Kingsmill video of a gnar quarter sesh:

Maple Gnar Quarter from Tony F on Vimeo.

And lastly, a Devin "Suckseal" Morrison video of one Friday evening at Maple:

Friday Night At Maple from Tony F on Vimeo.

Stay tuned for the next post devoted to a Maple legend who no longer attends the skatepark.

More Milton

3 more videos from Milton, the first two were filmed and created by Spencer Owens, the other one is a B Shans creation if my memory serves me correctly:

First Milton Adventure from Tony F on Vimeo.

Milton September from Tony F on Vimeo.

Windy Milton from Tony F on Vimeo.

Enjoy!

Milton

When Milton park first opened, everyone from Maple became fascinated by a new park in a relatively nearby town, so we all went there pretty often back in the day. This is one of the first of many Milton videos Kingsmill, B Shans or Owens made, this one being made by Kingsmill:

Kingsmill Milton Demo from Tony F on Vimeo.