{"id":16702,"date":"2025-02-17T17:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T17:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/saskatoon-skateboard-museum-reopens-in-new-location-saskatoon\/"},"modified":"2025-02-17T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T17:21:07","slug":"saskatoon-skateboard-museum-reopens-in-new-location-saskatoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/17\/saskatoon-skateboard-museum-reopens-in-new-location-saskatoon\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatoon skateboard museum reopens in new location &#8211; Saskatoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>When you think of Saskatoon, a rich <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/skateboarding\">skateboarding<\/a> culture may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But the city\u2019s only skateboard museum has grown so much since opening its doors in the summer of 2023 that it made the move to a bigger location and reopened to accommodate all its new pieces.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe outgrew the space and we got so many boards and so many people came in and visited us,\u201d said Bruce Tucker, owner of the Totally Rad skate shop and founder of the museum. \u201cThere\u2019s been a lot of good boards, like some \u201980s gems, and they keep coming, which is awesome.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get breaking National news<\/h3>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s not hard to find yourself immersed in Saskatoon\u2019s skate culture right as you walk in. The walls are lined with boards from decades past, signatures of skateboarding legends and old newspaper articles documenting how far skateboarding has come in the city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Skate shop team member Dustin Reiner has been lending Tucker a hand and helping with the museum\u2019s curation, and said it is a great way both for older generations to look back on the history and for younger ones to become inspired.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11018242\/canadian-man-sells-teslas-boycott-elon-musk\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Tesla-boycott.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Canadian man sells both Teslas, cancels Cybertruck order to boycott Elon Musk\" data-title=\"\">Canadian man sells both Teslas, cancels Cybertruck order to boycott Elon Musk<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11021612\/saturday-night-live-celebrates-50-years-how-to-watch-the-celebration\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/3190ec9ca74fcd70eb44de8e70e8e2979722f76ae8e420b9c84394f300d7d430.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"\u2018Saturday Night Live\u2019 celebrates 50 years. 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How to watch the celebration<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really cool to be a part of the evolution in Saskatoon and to see how far it\u2019s come since back in the day and a lot of these boards showcase that exactly, how far it\u2019s come,\u201d Reiner said.<\/p>\n<p>For Tucker, the museum is his passion and he said it is a great feeling to see the skateboarding community come and grow together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love to skateboard; I\u2019ve always loved to do it,\u201d Tucker said. \u201cI can\u2019t do it as much because my knees don\u2019t work as well as they used to when I was a kid, but I get to give back to the community that I love.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11022110\/saskatoon-skateboard-museum-reopens-new-location\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Descrease article font size Increase article font size When you think of Saskatoon, a rich skateboarding culture may not be the first thing that comes to mind. 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