I start the beginning of every bike riding season with a trip, and tribute, to my local skate park Leeside. Seeing as I tweaked my back a few days ago, my inaugural 2015 ride will be on hold for just a bit longer, so instead I went for a walk around the "Hastings Park" area and "Leeside" skate park. For the past 3 years, as Vice President/President/Past President of the Hastings Community Association, I've been requesting that the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation find a solution to the ongoing garbage issue at Leeside. Perhaps if they had, the Leeside fire of 2014 might not of happened... "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana Here are my Leeside 2015 pictures, and as you will see that 1 year later and the garbage problem has not been dealt with yet nor has the skate park been repaired.