Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Head over heels over skateboarding, Tom Boyle stuns onlookers as he balances on one hand on the edge of a skateboard ramp in a crackerjack example of (...)
Head over heels over skateboarding, Tom Boyle stuns onlookers as he balances on one hand on the edge of a skateboard ramp in a crackerjack example of (...)

Head over heels over skateboarding, Tom Boyle stuns onlookers as he balances on one hand on the edge of a skateboard ramp in a crackerjack example of (...)

Date5/14/1987
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Head over heels over skateboarding; Tom Boyle stuns onlookers as he balances on one hand on the edge of a skateboard ramp in a crackerjack example of elite skateboarding at Exhibition place. The event was held to promote Skate Wave '87; the Canadian International Skateboard Championships; to be held May 27 to 31 in the Better Living Centre; with videos; safety clinics and fashion shows.
Medium
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0097322F
Left, on the vertical ramp, Tom Boyle, 16, ranked No
Left, on the vertical ramp, Tom Boyle, 16, ranked No
6/2/1987
Jay Vaughan, 14, whose nickname is Super Jay, grabs some air as he practices on a skateboard ramp to keep in shape for freestyle skiing
Jay Vaughan, 14, whose nickname is Super Jay, grabs some air as he practices on a skateboard ramp to keep in shape for freestyle skiing
11/6/1992
Jeremy Hillier, 12, wants to skateboard until he's 92, I'm goin' to skateboard till I'm 92, Jeremy Hillier, 12, told The Star this week, looking over (...)
Jeremy Hillier, 12, wants to skateboard until he's 92, I'm goin' to skateboard till I'm 92, Jeremy Hillier, 12, told The Star this week, looking over (...)
11/8/1977
Beached sailor Stan Louden skims over the parking lot at Woodbine Beach on his sailboard, complete with sail, mast and boom on a skateboard base. To b(...)
Beached sailor Stan Louden skims over the parking lot at Woodbine Beach on his sailboard, complete with sail, mast and boom on a skateboard base. To b(...)
4/26/1979
A Swimming Pool, as long as it's empty, will do for 19-year-old Californian skateboarding professional Mike Weed to show off his skills as he does fli(...)
A Swimming Pool, as long as it's empty, will do for 19-year-old Californian skateboarding professional Mike Weed to show off his skills as he does fli(...)
8/31/1977
Skateboarding Is fun, but many youngsters and a few parents, too, found themselves in the emergency rooms of Metro's hospitals this summer with broken(...)
Skateboarding Is fun, but many youngsters and a few parents, too, found themselves in the emergency rooms of Metro's hospitals this summer with broken(...)
10/3/1977
The weather was golden, so Tyler Hasen, 10, left, and his brother Adam, 8, pushed off for a little skateboarding on Toronto Island yesterday, as the m(...)
The weather was golden, so Tyler Hasen, 10, left, and his brother Adam, 8, pushed off for a little skateboarding on Toronto Island yesterday, as the m(...)
1/28/1989
Defying gravity, Pastor Deleon, who skateboards for Welches Wild Ones, gets an upside-down view of Richmond Hill's skateboard park at Bond Lake Arena.(...)
Defying gravity, Pastor Deleon, who skateboards for Welches Wild Ones, gets an upside-down view of Richmond Hill's skateboard park at Bond Lake Arena.(...)
8/29/1990
Tim Topman of Canadian Skateboard Parks banks one
Tim Topman of Canadian Skateboard Parks banks one
4/30/1978
It's easy when you know how, like Jeremy Buck, 13, who clearly knows just what he's doing aboard his skateboard, but this feat is definitely not for b(...)
It's easy when you know how, like Jeremy Buck, 13, who clearly knows just what he's doing aboard his skateboard, but this feat is definitely not for b(...)
10/29/1976
Sports - Skateboards - (-1979)
Sports - Skateboards - (-1979)
7/25/1977
Walking the Dog! Jenny goodman, 10, of Willowdale is sitting pretty on her skateboard as she cruises down a gentle hill with Blaze, here 9-month-old E(...)
Walking the Dog! Jenny goodman, 10, of Willowdale is sitting pretty on her skateboard as she cruises down a gentle hill with Blaze, here 9-month-old E(...)
11/11/1976