Skater kids descend on downtown Vancouver for Go Skate Day

Hundreds of skaters hit the streets of Vancouver Friday for the annual Go Skate Day.

Award winning CBC photojournalist Ben Nelms captured some of the fun at the popular Plaza Skateboard Parkin the Dowtown Eastside.

Go Skate Day was created by the International Association of Skateboard Companies.

It wasfirst celebrated in 2004as a way to encourage people to try the sport and to bring theskateboarding community together.

Go Skate Day is now a global event marked in a dozen countries.

Skateboarding is set to make its second appearance in the Olympic Games this summer in Paris.