Skaters Parade On Sherman

Every year about this time, it’s a local skateboarder tradition to gather somewhere out on East Sherman and just “bomb” downtown on the city’s main drag. At 11 a.m. on Sunday — which was Go Skateboarding Day 2015 — the traditional grinding, roaring of wheels and scraping of boards down Sherman continued as an official parade. A Coeur d’Alene Police Department cruiser led the way for safety. “It’s just a new evolution of an old skate tradition,” said Nathan “Ope” Baker, of Coeur d’Alene. Baker was one of the parade organizers, and he estimated 130 people participated. Young and a bit older gathered at Java on Sherman before the parade. Most were on skateboards and longboards, but a few were roller skaters and bicyclists/ David Cole , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here .

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