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TORONTO BMX SUMMER JAM 2010 PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION - PHIL WHITE ARENA (not Wallace Emerson Park). INDOORS. HOT, COLD, RAIN, SHINE - DOESN'T MATTER. THE EVENT IS ON ANYWAYS! DATE: Saturday September 4, 2010, 9:00am to 8:00pm LOCATION: Indoors at Phil White Arena, 445 Arlington (just northwest of Bathurst/St.Clair). Go north on VAUGHAN road from St. Clair and look for the signs to Phil White Arena (otherwise, you'll get lost with all the one-way streets!) PRACTICE DATES: Thursday September 2 and Friday September 3, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm FORMAT for SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 4: All comps in Jam format - 4 riders per session for 8 minutes with 2 minute changeover for 10 minute total. Morning for anyone who has learned to ride this summer by attending one of the Toronto Parks and Recreation Summer Camps at Wallace Emerson, plus another division for anyone who is just learning to ride. Afternoon for riders with experience: Amateur and Pro, approaching Pro, wanting to be Pro - we'll call it Open REGISTRATION: Morning registration will be $5.00 per person: Space for 16 summer camp riders and 16 beginner riders Afternoon registration will be $10.00 per person Space for 24 Amateur riders and 24 Open riders Registration fees go toward what it cost to move the Metro ramps from Kingston to Toronto (see below). PARKING Available on site. FOOD There will be a barbecue with food and drinks for sale. HOW TO REGISTER: Send your info to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it with your name, age, and whether you want to ride: MORNING: register for either summer camp beginner or beginner AFTERNOON: register for either amateur or open You can request some tunes and we'll try, but it's not guaranteed at this event!
HELPERS Always looking for help - let me know at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it if you can give us a hand. Just when you were wondering how long I could keep Jay's Metro ramps in storage before driving the entire BMX community nuts, an indoor location for the ramps emerged. Phil White Arena sits empty all summer, so through the kindness of parks Supervisor Tino Decasto we're going to be able to put the ramps up from March until September NEXT year. But just to see how it all looks and transpires, we've been given permission to put the course together for a couple of weeks this year. Beginning August 19, I'll be looking for people willing to help me put everything together so we'll have as much as possible available for our Summer Jam. IF YOU CAN HELP PUT THE COURSE TOGETHER, it will be every day from Thursday August 19 onwards (except Saturdays and Sundays) from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Any questions, etc. just let me know at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it . Mike Heaton WHERE ARE THE "BIKE 4 BETTY" RAMPS? They're on loan to the Regent Park neighbourhood. Yes, even the 10 foot quarter. They're on the outdoor hockey rink just west of River Street, south of Gerrard. Open all the time and free to use. DREW BEZANSON TEACHES RICK MERCER HOW TO RIDE A BMX BIKE! On Saturday morning (March 6) at the BMX Jam course, Rick Mercer (of CBC-TV fame) came in quest of a feature for his weekly report. He linked up with Drew Bezanson for a very humourous approach to learning how to ride. See it all on the Rick Mercer Report on CBC television: It aired Tuesday March 16th at 8 pm. It is now online at All of the results from the TORONTO BMX JAM 2010 and 2009 are now on the "Event Results" page. The freestyle course from Toronto BMX Jam will be at Wallace Emerson Park until October 30. It's open all the time and there is no charge to use it. Please wear a helmet and safety gear - and help to keep the place tidy. Enjoy the riding until mid-October. Our BMX park is open to all. It's located beside the Community Centre at 1260 Dufferin Street, just south of the McDonalds at Dupont. To get there by TTC, take the Bloor Subway to Dufferin and head north on Dufferin (by bike, or the Dufferin Bus has a bike rack) a few blocks to the site. There is no charge to use the park but please remember to wear a helmet and appropriate safety gear. Hope you enjoy the ride: pass along any comments or concerns that you might have (use the "contact us" heading, above).
LEARN TO RIDE/TECHNIQUE AND SKILLS Toronto Park and Recreation will be hosting "Learn to Ride" skills camps all summer long. Children enrolled in Parks and Recreation Summer Camps offered at Recreation Centres throughout the City will be able to spend a day with their group at the Freestyle and Dirt Parks. Arrangements for these workshops will be made by Summer Camp Directors at each Rec Centre.
GENERAL GOALS OF TORONTO BMX We are very proud to be involved in a number of projects that will help to benefit the BMX community. Our projects include spearheading the creation of new parks in the downtown Toronto area as well as organizing the TORONTO BMX JAM that was part of the Toronto International Bicycle Show held at Exhibition Place every March. Many of the ramps used at the torontoBMXjam became part of a new FREESTYLE BMX PARK at Wallace Emerson Park (Dufferin and Dupont area). Ramps were located on the outdoor rink just south of the Community Centre. They were on loan to the riders of Toronto for the year, as plans call for them becoming a part of future show courses. Enjoy the riding for free. There is also a 500 foot clay/dirt track at the west end of the Wallace Emerson park. Toronto Parks, Recreation and Forestry organizes summer programmes for BMX riders at Wallace Emerson Park each summer. Crime Stoppers, under the guidance of Constable Scott Mills, undertook to engage youth in the city in a project to paint graffiti images on all of our ramps. Not only does this painting help to extend the life of the ramps, the images look great. The entire painting-the-ramps project became a part of the Grey Cup BMX event. Check out the stories and images by visiting www.youtube.com/torontobmx .
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