Hope you all had a nice summer! Here at SKATEYOGI, we are ready for the fall season where we can enjoy the cool breeze as the day gets shorter. Looking forward to lots of skate fun this fall!
We hope you can join us! Register for the fall classes here.
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We are so grateful to those who came to attend SKATEYOGI programs during the summer. Thank you for your love and support!! This year we took more trips than ever by subway (and ferry!) and the destinations got even more adventurous including Rockaway, Riverside, Owls Head, LES, Astoria, Tribeca... So much fun!
If you are just coming back to NYC, welcome back! We are closed for the Labor Day weekend. We'll be back on Tuesday 9/5! September is just around the corner! We are doing a mini open house this Sunday 8/27 from 2:15-3:45pm at SKATEYOGI PLG! Come take a look at our space and talk to our staff if you have any questions!
Adults! New September series classes are starting on Wed 9/6! Kids! Fall classes are starting in 2 weeks! You can still register for the last week of summer camp and 2-day camp before school starts! Skateboarding offers learning challenges for skaters of all ages and levels. While our youngest Skate Tots are discovering new ways to balance and position their bodies with the help of a skateboard, a lot of the learning is mental for our adult students.
Overcoming our fears and loosening up to go with the flow, little by little we create muscle memory and new neural pathways that can enrich our lives beyond the fun we have on the board. This exercise of bravery and curiosity can help you keep your perspective fresh! Having skated for 30+ years, I surprise myself everyday learning new tricks! What's your next trick? Kevin As the new school season approaches, I’m reminded about how natural curiosity draws people to skateboarding. Whether it’s a new trick, a new obstacle or some other kind of variation, the possibilities are endless. This is definitely true for beginners as they get comfortable with the basics. It doesn’t take long before skaters start to think up new ideas with the techniques they’ve learned. I’ve gotten some of my best trick ideas from the imaginations and fresh perspective of our new students!
What’s your next trick? Kevin I got to spend the day with our Little Kids camp this week at PLG and it was a great reminder of how fun a day of skate adventures with a rad crew can be. The weather was beautiful so we packed our cart and headed to the Prospect Park's Audubon Center. There we skated through the tunnel, navigated a cone course and launched off a ramp into the grass. After a picnic lunch I took the group on a little nature walk around the center where we climbed a tree, explored the pond's edge and checked out a waterfall. We had a loose plan for the day, but as often happens when you're out skating some of the most fun parts were unplanned.
Just as it feels like summer camp has really set in, we now have just a few weeks left. We still have room in select weeks if you're interested in some end of summer skate fun. The slightly cooler temps are also helping us realize that the upcoming school year is right around the corner. We are looking forward to welcoming back all of our students to weekly Fall series classes starting back up for skaters as young as 2! See you at the next sesh! Kevin With the high summer temps looking to get even warmer, it’s now that other time of year we are blessed to have two air conditioned skate spaces to keep the sessions going! Summer campers have been enjoying full days of skating both outdoors and indoors with all the variety those different environments offer.
For our shorter class programs, the indoor skate spaces provide both relief from the elements and a calm private space to learn something new! There are a few August class series for kids and adults before we’re back to school with the fall program in September. There’s also still some room in our summer camp program if your kid is looking for a fun way to round out the summer. See you at the sesh! Kevin Just a short 12-minute walk north from SKATEYOGI Williamsburg lies this fun little DIY spot hidden in plain sight within the confines of the American Playground in Greenpoint.
The main feature is a wide quarterpipe, short with a nice quick transition. A slappy curb and flat bar round out the obstacle selections. It is also worth mentioning the smooth flatground, plenty of shade from trees overhead and the standard playground amenities including sprinklers and a bathroom. Skateparks are great but sometimes all you need is a little micro spot like this in the neighborhood to push around and have fun. - Kevin Last Saturday, SKATEYOGI instructor Nina and her adult skate campers bumped into Tony Hawk at Chelsea Skatepark! Like them, he was just there to get a session in on a warm Saturday morning. No planned event or photo shoot. Because it rained the night before, the small group of skaters there including Tony all pitched in to help drain the puddles and dry out the park. Even though it's obviously very special to meet up with such a skate legend in this way, there is also something very down to earth about Tony that must stem from him being a skater at the very core.
One of the best things about skateboarding is how whimsical a skate adventure can be. Grab your skateboard and go skate! There is no preset definition of what that actually means when your skateboard is both the means of transportation and the object you use at destinations. You never know who you'll meet along the way! Can't promise we'll bump into any more skate legends but there is another adult skate camp planned for Saturday, August 12 that is sure to be full of skate adventures! The kids Summer Camps have been tons of fun with lots of trips. Still some room to sign up for the remaining weeks. And it will be Fall before we know it so plan ahead and check our offerings for weekly classes! See you out there! Kevin The new Rockaway Skatepark at Beach 91st Street is a plethora of concrete transition and street skating obstacles. It flows really well and has something for everyone. I love the mini ramp snake run for getting a taste of bowl skating without the intimidating height of larger bowls. Cool off in the beach right on the other side of boardwalk.
Just a few blocks up the boardwalk from the skatepark is the bathroom station and for lunch there's the aptly named Rippers where you can grab burger, fries and some yummy cinnamon soft serve ice cream. If you've got a car and are looking for some additional skating I recommend checking out the older Far Rockaway Skatepark which conveniently has a parking lot. The older Far Rockaway Skatepark complements the newer park really well. Although they are both concrete parks with a mix of transition and street there are quite a few differences in the design and layout. I personally enjoy flowing around the park and finding some eccentricities for creative skating. The campers were also having a blast going up and down the many inclines in the park giving it a nice surfy feel. Rock-rock, Rockaway Beach We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach! |
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