Skater boys and girls descend on downtown Vancouver for Go Skate Day

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Hundreds of skaters hit the streets of Vancouver Friday for the annual Go Skate Day.

Tricks aplenty were performed at the Plaza Skateboard Park, located under the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts in Vancouver.
Best trick contests are part of Go Skate Day. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

Award winning CBC photojournalist Ben Nelms captured some of the fun at the popular Plaza Skateboard Park in the Dowtown Eastside.

Hundreds of skateboarders take over a road near Rogers Arena.
Hundreds of skateboarders take over a road near Rogers Arena. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

Go Skate Day was created by the International Association of Skateboard Companies.

If it wasn't caught on video, did it really happen?
If it wasn't caught on video, did it really happen? (Ben Nelms/CBC)

It was first celebrated in 2004 as a way to encourage people to try the sport and to bring the skateboarding community together.

Hundreds of skateboarders participate in the annual Go Skate Day in Vancouver, B.C., on Friday, June 21, 2024.
Good looking railslide. (Ben Nelms/CBC)

Go Skate Day is now a global event marked in a dozen countries.

Ouch!
Ouch! (Ben Nelms/CBC)

Skateboarding is set to make its second appearance in the Olympic Games this summer in Paris.