1st Friday Night Skate. 2005

My first ever Friday Night Skate was in 2005 when I participated in the kickoff to the 2005 season in early June.


My buddy Jason Strimas did it with me. You can see various TISC/TBN friends like Kevin M, Randy, Richard A, and Mike L in attendance as well.

I can't believe in all my years in Toronto as a Rec Skater I had never heard about this weekly fun skate through the downtown core. I wish I could do this skate more often.

Friday Night Skate 2005

Friday Night Skate happens every Friday night departing at Yonge and Bloor at 10pm sharp, and is run by a gentleman by the name of Anthony who also runs the Toronto Blading Yahoo Group.

Anthony has been leading these skates for a number of years and I started doing it on occassion at the urging of friends like Angela, Richard, Randy (seen in the pic below) and Mike L.





Photos Courtesy of Peter.

There is an entire subculture of urban street skaters that you only see at Friday Night Skate. They are certainly a colourful group of characters.