The new Inukjuak skatepark built by Make Life Skate Life is officially open

August 24, 2022

New concrete in Inukjuak, one of the most remote areas in Canada, and you're going to need a plane or boat if you want to skate here.

Caroline Gleason, a teacher in the hamlet of about 1821 residents (2021 Canadian Census), was the person behind the whole project. Her dream was to build a skatepark for the kids who spend their summers in the community, because unfortunately they don't have much to do there. Caroline brought together a variety of partners from the public and private sectors to make this happen: the Northern Village of Inukjuak, the Nunavik Regional Board of Health, Social Services, CRT Construction, the non-profit Make Life Skate Life, and several local businesses.

We reached out to Arne, from Make Life Skate Life, to find out more.

Introduce us to the park - tell us its name, where it is, what kind of park will it be (more street-oriented, just a bowl, a plaza...), its approximate dimensions, if it's already open to the public, who involved in the construction and design, that sort of stuff.

Inukjuak Skatepark is 300m² and located in the small town of Inukjuak in Northern Quebec, Canada. Inukjuak is very remote and can only be reached by air travel. The park is beginner's oriented with a long bank with slappy and igloo features on one side, a long quarter with extension on the other, and a tiny rooftop, medium size ledge, flatrail, mannipad and small pyramid in the middle.

Is there any feature that you're particularly happy with, that came out really nice or is really fun to skate?

The skatepark skates super well and all features also work super well together. The big advantage for the local kids is that they can do laps around without having to stop.

Any dream trick or link you'd like to see go down in any of the park's features or areas?

We just want to see the locals take up skateboarding and progress. But there is a lot of talent and motivation so we're sure that there will be some rippers coming out of the park.

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