Come through Vancouver’s Kits Beach this time of year and you will find that two things are guaranteed. One, you are sure to see an abundance of beautiful Canadian young ladies donning Miami-style bikinis. And two, you will find some hard-nosed pickup on the beach’s chain-netted courts. Reminiscent of Cali’s Venice Beach, Kits features some of the city’s sickest and most boisterous street ballers.

Today through Sunday, the annual Kitsfest goes down there. On top of a 5-on-5 tournament, there will be a tennis tournament and a volleyball tournament. In other words, Kits is the place to be this weekend. There promises to be a ton of great players, but one guy to look out for is Junior Lennon aka The King of Kits. This boy from Toronto is nice. Every time I’ve watched pickup there, he’s out there killing folks: hitting threes, droppin’ dimes and dunking. Bank on him looking to dominate, as he moves back to T-dot right after the tourney.

For more info on Kitsfest visit www.kitsfest.com.

photo: Junior smashing it down