Canada Skateboard National Training Centre
National team members Shay Sandiford and Samantha Secours test out the Vic West Skatepark as the search for a national training site continues. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST
The Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE) opened in 2009 as the first summer sport institute in Canada and is an independent not-for-profit organization located on the Camosun College interurban campus in Victoria, BC. The Institute brings together excellence in community sport and active healthy living development, sport and exercise education, sport technology research, and world-class athlete performance services. PISE, in collaboration with its partners the Canadian Sport Institute and Camosun College, serves the community, students, high performance athletes and coaches from across the region, province and country to provide world-class training, education, testing, and applied research and innovation services together within a state of the art facility.
Vic West Skate Park
“There’s definitely been a spike in media attention, and we’ve seen a lot more people buying skateboards, since the Tokyo Olympics,”
PISE Gymnasium
PISE Weightroom
The Pacific Institute for Sport Excellence (PISE) opened in 2009 as the first summer sport institute in Canada and is an independent not-for-profit organization located on the Camosun College interurban campus in Victoria, BC. The Institute brings together excellence in community sport and active healthy living development, sport and exercise education, sport technology research, and world-class athlete performance services. PISE, in collaboration with its partners the Canadian Sport Institute and Camosun College, serves the community, students, high performance athletes and coaches from across the region, province and country to provide world-class training, education, testing, and applied research and innovation services together within a state of the art facility.