Bring your skateboard, helmet, and pads and get ready to skate like the pros! This clinic provides comprehensive safety and skateboarding instruction for various levels of ability based on participant needs. Safety is of the utmost importance and helmet, knee pads, elbow pads, and wrist guards are necessary and must be worn at all times while at Skater’s Point.

Skater’s Point will be closed to the general public throughout the nine sessions so that we maintain a high level of safety, security and increase the educational opportunity to our participants.

Skateboard Clinic Sample Schedule
Just as every child is unique, so each child has their own level of skill when it comes to skateboarding. At our Skateboard Clinic, we understand this and work with each child at their own level to help them become more confident and improve their skating. The schedule below will remain flexible according to different clinic sessions and the children's levels of ability.

8:30-8:50 Sign–in/pyramid meeting and warm-ups

8:50-9:10 Bowl time: pumping, drop-ins, kick turns, fakies, etc.

9:10-9:30 Proper pushing/riding stance, rolling and rolling off manuals, nose manuals, rolling backwards

9:30-9:50 Turns on all banks and ramps, front side/backside.Get higher and higher, faster and steeper

9:50-10:10 Advanced moves: Ollie's, board slides, grinds, boneless half cabs, 4-wheel slides.

10:10-10:30 Continue with advanced moves.

10:30-10:40 Snack, water and sunscreen break

10:40-10:50 Group Time #1/demo time #2

10:50 – 11:30 Rip it on your own with help from any counselor or junior counselor.

Included in each day’s schedule is a quick meeting at the beginning of the day where we will talk about the day’s upcoming events, do some quick stretches, and organize campers into groups. At the end of the day, there will be approximately 30 minutes of “free skate” time, which will allow the campers to practice their newfound skills on their own, with help available as needed by the counselors. Junior Counselors between the ages of 14 and 17 are being accepted now into this program. Junior Counselors will earn community service credits. Applications are available by visiting the Junior Counselor Web page.

Transportation
This camp does not travel and transportation is not an issue. Parents must be aware of drop-off and pick-up procedures in conjunction with the Downtown Parking lot use, as the attendants will allow parents 5–10 minutes in the lot adjacent to Skater’s Point. The parking around the park is extremely limited.

Meet the Skateboard Clinic Staff for Summer 2008

Steve Fancher, Director
Steve started the Santa Barbara Skateboard camps in 1999 and has totally enjoyed helping kids learn to skate! Steve has been skateboarding for over 16 years, has found it a great way to exercise, and a positive experience in his life. ‘Steve-o’ has been working with children through Parks and Recreation or for Santa Barbara City Schools as an Instructional Assistant or as Director for A-OK (After School Opportunities for Kids) at Cleveland School. Steve looks forward to Skate Clinic every summer and meeting ‘new skaters’ and seeing his ‘buddies’ from previous sessions.

Sean Reynolds, Counselor
Sean’s returning for his third summer as a Skateboard Clinic instructor. Sean also worked winter and spring Skateboard Clinics and is a great local dude who’s been surfing and skating for 20 years. Sean’s claim to fame is that he’s been ‘skating longer than Steve-o’.

Marcos Castro, Counselor
Marcos worked Skateboard Clinic over Spring Break and some skaters may also know Marcos as he works for Parks and Recreation as a Program Leader in RAP (Recreation After School Program) during the school year. Marcos attends Santa Barbara City College and is an all-around great guy!

Tao Antrim, Counselor
Tao is returning from winter and spring skate clinic to work his first summer at Skaterboard Clinic. Tao is one cool dude who is a student at Santa Barbara high school studying film editing as well as studying Japanese at SBCC. Tao has been skating for most of his life and will be a great addition to the crew.

Cooper Boneck, Counselor
We’re very excited to introduce Cooper as our newest addition to the Skateboard Clinic staff. Cooper has been a skater for three years and is a local guy who went to San Marcos High School and now attends SBCC.

Nick Salsbury, Counselor
Nick has been working Skateboard Clinic off and on since 2005 when he was only 15 years old. Nick frequents Skaters Point and is a great skater who with his experience will be a great asset to the skate team.

JUNIOR COUNSELORS SESSION #1 INCLUDE:
Cory Babinski
JJ Rice
Ryan Scott
Giovany Reyes

Certifications
CPR/First Aid