Pacific Board Culture Art Auction & Punk Show
Pacific Board Culture is an amazing foundation. It’s basic concept is to get boards, be them skate, snow or surfboards into the hands of kids who otherwise couldn’t afford them or have access to them.
November 9th marked the first of what will hopefully be a long standing annual tradition; the Pacific Board Culture Art Auction & Punk Show. All of the art was donated and it was astounding how many local artists, businesses and residents poured their hearts Into making this event the success that it was. My family and the fine folks running PBC happen to be very close so I was able to spend an hour or two following my sons and theirs around the event while the ran the door, sold merchandise, got hair cuts and played with the finger boards.
One of the many cool aspects of the night was that Heavy D’s barbershop from Departure Bay in Nanaimo was fully set up and running off cuts by donation. They really hooked it up too, complete with all of the tools, proper lighting and a couple of dope vintage barber chairs. If you’re ever in need of a trim check these guys out, they’re super active on social media so follow along and support the people supporting our people.
Check their instagrams here
The evening also played host to a very cool milestone for our family. My wife had a piece in her first art auction. She painted it in the weeks leading up to the event and laboured back and forth between liking it and wanting to back out of the event. In the end we convinced her to stay the course and she did, and to only her surprise it sold for well over $100. Very proud moment.
Jerret and Anesa, 2/3’s of the driving force behind PBC. These two - among others as they would tell you immediately so as to not take the credit that they’re due - worked tirelessly to put this event on and to get this foundation off the ground. Now as a result kids in our community will benefit and have the ability to try something new, to foster their skills, and to learn a new passion. Thanks for all of the hard work guys.
Check out the Pacific Board Culture Instagram here
Or on the web
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