It’s “game on” in Surrey, B.C., where the city has rolled out dozens of new stations that allow residents and visitors to borrow sports equipment for free.

Surrey is the first city in North America to roll out the Equip Sport program, which uses an app to unlock equipment boxes at dozens of public parks and start playing.

“You just have to have the app on your phone and you go up to the box and you can get out a basketball, volleyball, soccer balls, whatever you’re looking for,” Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke said.

“Some kids can’t afford equipment, and so it’s really the equalizer.”

Other items equipped in some stations include ping pong paddles and balls, jump ropes, resistance bands and dumbbells.

Locke said about 20 of the eventually planned 30 lending stations are already in place, in

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