NEWS
NEW CAMP VIDEO BY ELEMENT
Tuesday, April 15th
Experience the beauty of Element YMCA Skate Camp in this solid 8 minute piece, click here to watch. Includes skating from Nyjah Huston, Chad Muska, Tosh Townend, Ray Barbee, Levi Brown, Skate Camp's director Mike Manidis and many more. Online registration is available for Summer 2008 at skatecamp.org but the sessions are filling up fast so sign up soon.
MICHAEL RUIZ TAKES 1ST - HEADS TO CAMP
Sunday, April 6th
Future Nature Contest Series #4 was in Delano, CA, Click here for a photo gallery. Over 100 entrants bobbed and weaved through the expansive park during practice. In the 14-17 division, it was almost a back to back victory for Alex Coronado, our champion from the Simi Valley contest, but ultimately the win went to Michael Ruiz, who will be joining Alex at Skate Camp this year as his grand prize. We will see both of these skaters battling it out with the top six from each Future Nature contest at the finals on April 19th at the Vans Park in Orange. See you there!
SKATE CAMP TIME AGAIN
Tuesday, March 18th
Oh man, can you smell it in the air? It’s almost time for Skatecamp! Ricky Flip is putting the final touches on last year’s video. If you attended in ’07, it will be in your mailbox soon. Also, for your skating pleasure, we’ll be starting on some fun new additions as soon as all the snow thaws. Mike Greenwald will be doing the work, so you can bet it’ll be epic!
AKHEEM CAMPBELL TAKES 1ST
Sunday, March 16th
Congrats to Akheem Campbell who won the 14-17 division of the Elemental Awareness Future Nature AM contest series! Included in his package is a scholarship to Element YMCA Skate Camp. In 18 & up / Sponsored Skate Camp counselor Brian Price took first with some amazing skating, props! Click here for photos of the contest and for info on the next skate contests visit the elemental awareness site.
BROCHURES IN - REQUES ONE TODAY
Friday, February 15th
2008 Element YMCA Skate Camp brochures are in! If you attended camp last year you will be getting one in the mail soon. All camp information is available here at skatecamp.org but if you'd like a brochure sent to you as well just send an email with your shipping address to: media@elementskateboards.com
Monday, January 28th
Online Registration is now available. Brochures are just about to get sent out, get signed up in the session you want as it will fill up fast again this year!
Wednesday, November 28th
The sessions schedule has been updated for the 2008 season. Mark your calendars for Summer '08, online registration will be available soon!
Sunday, July 22nd
The Element team kept the summer at Skate Camp going strong with another action packed week. Chad Muska, Nyjah Huston, Tosh Townend, Levi Brown, Mike Barker and Ray Barbee were all in the house for session four. Element AV staff were on hand all week to document the weeks events. Click here to check out photos and video featuring Element riders, camp staff and campers. Thanks to all the campers that made it an amazing week and the camp staff for holding it down!
Thursday, July 5th
Don’t forget you can email your camper during their stay! Click here to use bunk notes, its free and easy.
Friday, June 21st
Today is Go Skateboarding Day! Go have a roll and get psyched for Skate Camp starting less than a week!
Monday, April 2nd
Congrats to Tyler Cobb who won the 14-17 division on Saturday's Future Nature contest that took place in Simi Valley, CA.
Sunday, March 11th
The Elemental Awareness 'Future Nature' Contest series is back on for ‘07. At each contest the winner of the 14-17 division wins a scholarship to Element YMCA Skate Camp amongst a wealth of other prizes. The first winner was David Gonzalez at the Delano event. Check out the contest schedule for a list of the remaining events, at the final event the winner receives a years supply of Element boards!
Friday, February 16th
Sports illustrated kids has selected Element YMCA Skate Camp as the premier sports camp in Californi check it out on the SI kids site. Also in the March 07 issue of SI Kids, Element YMCA Skate Camp was selected as one of 26 highlighted sports camp that SI Kids recommends.
Friday, January 27th
Online registration is now available! Utilize the easiest way to register for camp and ensure your spot for 2007 before it fills up!
Monday, January 1st
Greetings from Mike Manidis, Camp Director for Element YMCA SKate Camp 2007. I welcome you to navigate through our all new web site where you'll find everything you need to know about Skate Camp and why we'd love to see you this summer. Check out my welcome letter and continue on from there. I'll be making updates here and there as we get closer to Skate Camp, I'm already looking forward to another amazing summer, see you there! |