Police, school officials and city representatives in West Vancouver have called a community meeting on June 26 to discuss longboarding on that city’s steep and winding streets.
Constable Jeff Palmer says it’s vital to give teenagers as much information as possible before the end of the school term, because police worry even more will try longboarding over the summer.
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Palmer says the sport puts lives in danger because longboards — a specialized type of skateboard — reach dangerous speeds on West Vancouver’s hilly streets, and riders have no way of stopping if a vehicle pulls into their path.
Several longboarders have been severely injured in recent weeks in accidents in West Vancouver and around Metro Vancouver and Victoria.
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