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We Pay for Good Grades
Earn $10 for every A on your Report Card!
In credit, toward a skateboarding lesson, that is. All A’s will get you a free skateboarding lesson!
We at skate school, recognize the hard work it takes to get good grades, which is why we believe in rewarding kids for their effort. For that reason we are offering to take $10 off our regular lesson price for every A or A- earned on your report card. It’s crazy right??
Applies only to New York City. Lessons take place in several locations in Manhattan.
Here’s how it works:
- Free Lesson – Straight A’s
- $10 Off for every A or A-
- $35 Off for all A’s and B’s
Beginner Skateboarding Classes
How can I get a skatepark in my town?
NOTE: What follows is the foreword and introduction to the printed edition of the Public Skatepark Development Guide. The entire online publication is available on skatepark.org. For a free copy of the printed edition, (you only pay shipping and handling), please visit www.publicskateparkguide.org
Why Skateparks? By Tony Hawk
Why are skateparks important? The answer is obvious to those fortunate enough to have one in their community, while the unenlightened think that they are breeding grounds for trouble: a place where rebellious, outcast kids gather and conspire to commit crimes against traditional activities. This stereotype is not true, of course. And when a skatepark finally gets built in areas where the idea was first met with disapproval, the naysayers quickly realize what a positive impact it has on their communities.
I was lucky enough to live near one of the last remaining skateparks in the 1980s, and I understand the sense of identity these places can provide to kids who don’t feel like they “fit in” elsewhere. Del Mar Skate Ranch was my sanctuary in my formative years. You could find me there after school on any given day, and it’s where I met many of my lifelong friends. We were considered outcasts, but we shared a common passion. The Skate Ranch made us forget about not “fitting in” because we were right at home in the empty swimming pools that filled the skatepark.The privilege of having a place to skate was never lost on me, and I always wanted to help provide these facilities to those less fortunate.
I’ve ridden a lot of skateparks in my day, and seeing the explosive growth of public skateparks in recent years has been very exciting–but alarming at the same time. I’ve watched some cities pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into skatepark projects, only to be misled by inexperienced “low-bid” contractors. In short: a city designs a park to fulfill the demand of local skaters, then hires a company to build it; that company has no experience with skateparks, employs no skaters who understand the nuances of skatepark features, and yet completes the project on-time, under budget, and with self-congratulatory press. The poorly constructed skatepark opens to disappointed skaters—who are then labeled as ungrateful and spoiled.
Continue reading Free Guide to Skateparks
Beginner Skateboarding Classes
Skateboarding kickflips into PE
Skateboarders aren’t frowned on at Oak Elementary School in Albany, Ore. In fact, students there get credit for performing grabs, kickturns and ollies in class.
Oak is among hundreds of schools across the country that have adopted a skateboarding curriculum in their physical education classes.
Skate Pass, the Boulder, Colo., company that created the curriculum in 2006, says skateboarding is now being taught in schools in more than a dozen U.S. states, plus Germany and Canada.
Educators say it’s part of a "new PE" movement that recognizes that some kids aren’t natural athletes.
"When people first hear ‘elementary PE,’ the first thing that comes to mind is dodgeball. Then all the other stuff they didn’t like," says Jake Gerig, Oak Elementary’s PE teacher. Continue reading Skateboarding in School
