Up and at'em in Oshawa, Rob Davies, 17, is getting every foot and more out of the 15-foot high intermediate pipe at a new skateboard park in Oshawa. T(...)

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Up and at'em in Oshawa, Rob Davies, 17, is getting every foot and more out of the 15-foot high intermediate pipe at a new skateboard park in Oshawa. T(...)

Date7/11/1989

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Russell, Jim (photographer)

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Original Toronto Star caption: Up and at'em in Oshawa; Rob Davies; 17; is getting every foot and more out of the 15-foot high intermediate pipe at a new skateboard park in Oshawa. The new park at the Donevan Recreation Complex on Harmony Rd. S. will remain open until Sept. 30. It was built by a skateboard retailer with help from neighborhood youngsters. The park is open Monday to Friday from 10.30 a.m. until 2.30 p.m. and from 3.30 p.m. until 7.30 p.m. Saturday hours are 10.30 until 3.30 p.m.

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