Sunshine Village challenges Calgary to a ‘Downtown Throwdown’

Posted Apr 30, 2015 7:32 am.

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Downtown Calgary is about to get a good dumping of snow, but don’t worry it’s not falling from the sky.

Sunshine Village is trucking in a mound of snow for its third annual Downtown Throwdown, Thursday.

Spokesperson Lindsay Gallagher says it will be formed into a ramp where free-style skiers and boarders will perform.

“It’s a reminder that we still got a few more weeks of ski season left at Sunshine. We have the longest non glacial season in all of Canada, so we are open until May 18, the Monday of the long weekend,” Gallagher said.

The event runs over the noon hour along Stephen Avenue.

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