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When did you open LBC and why?

LBC opened in a tiny shop located on 29^th & Lonsdale in May of 2003. We started out as a longboard shop because there was no shop in Vancouver that properly represented the growing population of longboarders. I wanted to create a shop that met the needs of this group because I love hill bombing.

You got a pretty tight park setup, what are specs on your guys mini ramp? Who built it?...Radius height…

LBC moved into the new location @ 839 West 1^st street last April. I got together with my friend Jim Barnum to design an indoor park in this 3000 sq ft building. We enlisted the help of Seb Templer to help us build it and the rest is history. Now we have this cool little indoor that has ledges, rails, flatbanks, mani pads and a five foot mini ramp that has a six foot extension covered in pool coping. The mini is twenty feet wide and has seven ft tranny. This is a nice mini ramp.

Indoor parks seem to be economically impossible to be sustainable how does LBC do it?

No doubt it can be tough at the best of times but we have a loyal and strong customer base. We do all the things that any indoor facility would do to make ends meet, like Birthday parties, lessons, camps, events and try to sell a lot of product. That being said, if you are reading this and you have not been to the LBC yet get your but over here and spend some money.

Is the park frequented by certain skaters or do you have new people stopping by all the time?

What pros have sessioned the ramp? I heard about Daewon and Haslam just recently blew people’s minds away.

We have been very fortunate to have some amazing shred dogs in our house to include, Alex Chalmers, Dawon Song, Chris Haslam, Rick Mckrank, Steve Lange, Chris Foley, Paul Carter, Justin Hoffart, Steve Denum, Jamie Sherrat, Shane Hunter, Russ Milligan, and a bunch of other people that rip shi*t up.

What can we expect in the future from LBC?  Any events coming up?

We like to throw events at the LBC as much as possible. So watch our website ride guide link for upcoming shows, contests, movie premiers and other cool stuff.

You carry longboards at the LBC, what is the Vancouver downhill scene like and how has it changed in the last 2 years?

The DH scene is blowing up and LBC is at the business end of the fuse. Honestly I think that longboarding is the fastest growing sport out there today and I love it. Equipment has changed and there is now such a huge selection of quality product out there for longboarders that it is really exciting to a part of this new development of downhill equipment and the new breed of rider coming up today. LBC has a tour bus and our race team can be found at every DH event in and some down south as well. That is the best part of my job.

Who is on the LBC team and what are they up to?

Look for a new some fresh faces in the 2007 LBC team. We are excepting applications now for Team 07.

Thanks for your time, any closing statements?

Special thanks to skateboardvillage.com you guys are awesome. I love your website.

LBC Clubhouse profile

www.sk8dex.com

839 - 1st Street

North Vancouver

British Columbia, Canada

(604) 904-7889

20 Questions with Bruce Treby
 

Questions Asked By Vaughn Whynot

Answers by Bruce Treby

Photos by Scott McClellan

State Your Name, Age & current Location you are at?

Bruce Treby, 21, and I live in Little Harbour, NS

How’s she going?

Things are going great! I’m healthy, back in school and skating as much as I can when the weather is good. It’s been raining for almost a month straight now.

So Bruce when you were a kid, what made you start skaten?

I started skating when I was in grade 7 cause I seen a few older guys doing it and it looked fun. I tried it once and was hooked!

Who did you look up to when growing up (pros, People)?

I mostly looked up to the local guys but for pros I really like Deawon Song and Jamie Thomas

So who are your sponsors these days…and how did this happen, where you a video-tape kid or did they find you?

I ride for Homegrown Skateboards and Ipath Footwear.  Homegrown just kinda found me and I got hooked up with Ipath after “The Burning Whale Project” was released.

It must have been fun filming parts for the Homegrown Video. Do you have an interesting story from the whole time filming?

Yeah, I had a great time filming. I’d say the most interesting story from the whole thing is that I was working 6 days a week and filming only after work and on Sundays. It made it interesting, especially when we had to drive a few hours to some spots. All in all it was a great time!

Hey Treby, do you mind me calling you Treby; do you have any hobbies besides skating?

Everyone calls me Treby, even my girlfriend does too! When I’m not skating I’m usually snowboarding or causing trouble for someone.

What are you views on the harassment skater get from, police, bikers/bladders and local mouths? Have you ever encountered arguments or fight because of being a skater?

I’m so sick of getting razzed and harassed by the police and other “authority figures”. I mean sure their doing a job but this whole helmet law thing has gone too far. I can’t count the number of times I’ve been kicked out of spots as soon as I roll up. I haven’t gotten in a fight but there have been some close calls.

Do you still believe skaten is about roots or is it something else these days?

I like to think skating is about roots but every little kid always asks who you’re sponsored by or if you’re pro or am and how could they get sponsored. I think a lot of kids are skating for the wrong reasons these days.

So anything coming up these days with you (mags, videos, new product) or you keeping low?

I’ve been keeping it pretty low key this year. It was a pretty rough one for injuries.

I saw that footy of your bail….your a real trooper for getting back into the scene, I also heard you where more worried for your tattoo then your body, what was you thinking?

That was a rough little patch for me but I’m good to go now. Yeah I didn’t realize how serious it was until after the surgery but your right. I was worried bout my tattoo. I went back to the rail and cut the kink off to keep it for a trophy and decided to try it again and slammed on my face. Lost a tooth and knocked myself clean out. I didn’t know who anyone was or what happened for a good 10 or 15 minutes. Needless to say I’m not going back…lol

Here are a few simple questions, Fav AM this year?

Ryan Decenzo                                                                       

Fav Pro?

Jereme Rogers, He’s so well rounded on everything.

Last Skate Video you watched?

DVS skate more

Last Mag you read or book?

I haven’t had time for anything but school work….

Biggest Fear?

Not scared anymore. I already lost a tooth skating…might get one for Christmas though!

Trick you’re stoked on? Trick your trying to get down?

Pretty much anything on a rail. And I’ve been trying to get tre flips…..

Saying over used?

Do you think Skate Style is Important, and is this g-unit and/or emo getting out of hand?

Thanks for your time…hope to see you kick'in around the area around here. Any last words or props for anyone? P.S. Did you see the Hali-Park, She’s looking sexy.

Thanks to Jesse at Homegrown, Shayne and Mike at S & J for the Ipath gear, Brad Macdonald, Travis Francis, Scott Maclellan and everyone else I’ve forgotten you know who you are.

Questions by Brian Hockenstein

Answers by Chris Charlebois

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