Fabus Places 2nd in Both AM and Open at Park He Designed

FIGJAM'S Justin Fabus skated to a second place finish in both the Amateur and Open competitionthis weekend at Brampton's Chinguacousy Park. Fabus' consistency might have something to do with the fact he was part of the park's design committee. Fourteen year old Fabus, a Brampton native, was asked for his input on the parks design and ended up designing the top section himself.
The Next big comp for Fabus is the DC National Skate qualifier...stay tuned, there is more to come from this rising star.

meet justin fabus...

With hopes of qualifying for this year’s DC National Skateboarding Championships, Justin Fabus is securing his place as one of the country’s top amateur skaters. Joining FIGJAM in 2008, this Etobicoke native caught the eye of president Justin Hanna right away and was signed almost instantly. Fabus cites FIGJAM as a supportive and “awesome” organization that has “amazing clothes.”

Skating for 5 years and currently residing in Brampton ON, Fabus likes to head to downtown Toronto to practice some of his best tricks like sw tailslide and sw 360. His long term goals include learning sw lipslide down handrails, heading to university, and having a great life. We think that with his positive attitude and thirst for all things extreme, there is not doubt there are only great things to come for Justin Fabus.

GenME and Daft Hands

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GIVE'R

A big part of the FIGJAM mantra is giving. Yes, we love to shameless self promote on youtube, facebook, blogger; and we'd love for the world to be wearing our kickass designs, but in the end we can only get back what we put out.

The Staff and TEAM at FIGJAM are selected because they know what it is to give and they know how important is to give right now! They believe that the reward of self sacrifice is astounding that's why FIGJAM decided to sponsor the Summer for SickKids.

Summer for SickKids is a 2 day urban rail jam fundraiser that takes place from May 31st through June 1st at Boardsports in Toronto, On. Ok, but, WTF is an Urban Rail Jam you ask?? It means that right in the heart of downtown TO a giant pool will be created and the best wakeskaters and wakeboarders in the city will be throwing down their moves all for the kids at Toronto's Sick Children's Hospital. Pretty sweet eh? WE KNOW! So come out and support your local skaters/boarders and most of all come support SickKids hospital....we'll be there, will you???

FIGJAM'S NEWEST SKATER!

meet keenan beauchamp….

Macbooks, Iced Tea and FIGJAM. This kid sure knows what cool means. Keenan is the newest member of the FIGJAM TEAM but you wouldn’t know it with his confident yet down to earth demeanor. Skating since he was young, Keenan’s abilities have made him a quiet force on the skate circuit. Placing 3rd in his last competition, Keenan cites his best and favorite tricks as the Nollie heel and switch frontside flip.
This St.Thomas, Ontario native’s long term goals include going to university, meeting Steve Jobs and working at FIGJAM (and no we didn’t pay him to say that). When asked about what motivates him to skate he says, “my friends. They are my main inspiration.”
He’s unashamedly got Spice Girls on his Ipod, can shred the concrete like no other and is loyal to his friends---what more could you ask for? Keenan’s got that it factor.

Skateboarding and Cycling--the same sport?

While I can recognize the need to increase the Olympic's youth viewership I cannot fathom the thought of seeing skateboarding under the direction of the International Cycling Union as suggested in this article posted last year by ESPN.

In order for Skateboarding to appear at the 2012 Games in London, the sport must be filed as a new discipline under and already existing sport as it is too late to add any more sports to the 2012 roster. Skateboarding, like most extreme sports, is a little late on the organizational bandwagon and has no unifying international body of governance. Maybe it's the rebel ingrained within the culture or maybe it's plain laziness, whatever it is, it better find one fast before it ends up under the discipline of this organization.