Polaris is a one-of-a-kind project featuring diverse communities of non-traditional skateboarders across so-called Canada who are paving the way to inclusion while doing what they love, skateboarding.
The North Star, Niqirtsuituq, or l’Étoile du Nord; regardless of its name, Polaris serves the same goal across lands and seas, guiding people on their journey.
Just as the stars have inspired our kind for millennia, skateboards have become our own North Stars—leading us, and connecting us, in innate ways. It transcends our differences while celebrating our individualities.
Based around community events from East to West, the project connects groups and their leaders—who have become Polaris of their own—into a large intersecting net of women, Indigenous, people of colour, queer, and trans skateboarders taking over the streets; pushing the norms of
our industry and society.
Produced by Norma Ibarra, in collaboration with Emanuele Barbier and Marie Anne Louis-Charles, Polaris aims to be what it preaches: communal. Several filmers and photographers contributed their visions throughout this video and the Polaris zine.
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