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SUMMER SKATEBOARDING CAMPS

Come and learn new tricks with Mike!

June 9-13

July 7-11

August 4-8

10:00am – 6:00pm daily

 

Instruction is from 10am - noon. 

Lunch is included in your cost. 

Open skating with the instructors until 6:00pm.

 

Thinking about entering the July 26 Free Flow contest?  Our instructors

can help you plan your run and get your tricks on lock for the contest.

 

Cost is $23 per day or $110 for the week.  Member cost is $20 per day or $98 for the week.

 

Camp registration begins May 1.

Register and pay for3 or more days of camp at least five days before it starts & receive a free skate pass to use any time!

 

All camp participants must be at least age 7 and have a properly signed waiver on file.

 


05-24 SKATE Skatebarn
05-31 SKATE Talent Skatepark
05-31 SKATE Autumn Ramp Park
06-01 BMX Autumn Ramp Park
06-07 SKATE Incline Club
06-08 BMX Incline Club
06-14 SKATE Charm City
06-15 BMX Charm City
06-21 SKATE (V) Factory
06-22 BMX (V) Factory
06-29 SKATE (V) Ecke YMCA
06-29 BMX The Compound
07-05 BMX Mission Valley YMCA
07-06 SKATE Skatelab
07-12 SKATE (V) Ollies
07-13 BMX (V) Ollies
07-19 SKATE Woodward - Philly
07-19 SKATE Los Altos Skatepark
07-20 SKATE 6th Avenue
07-26 SKATE Saylor Skatepark
07-27 SKATE Krush
08-02 SKATE Kona
08-02 BMX Flow
08-03 SKATE Flow
08-08 SKATE 3rd Lair
08-09 SKATE Alliance
08-10 BMX Alliance
08-16 SKATE Open Ground
08-17 BMX Ramp Ratz
08-23 SKATE (V) Woodward - CO
08-24 BMX (V) Woodward - CO
08-24 BMX 6th Avenue
08-30 SKATE Mesh
08-31 BMX Mesh
09-06 SKATE Ogio Training Facility
09-07 BMX Ogio Training Facility
09-11 FINALS Toyota Challenge Dew Tour
 Mountain Dew Free Flow Contest July 26 - This is a qualifier for the finals in Salt Lake City in September.  There are two divisions: 18 & under and 12 & under.  There will be prizes for first, second, and third place in each division.  Winner of 18 & under receives an all-expenses-paid trip to the finals in SLC.  Winner there gets flown to Orlando to compete in the Dew Tour contest with the pros.  This is your chance to "Flow to Pro."
Go to www.freeflowtour.com and check it out!

 

Please register in advance - preferably before July 22.  There are 2 ways to register:  online at www.freeflowtour.com and in person at Saylor.  If you're nearby, you might as well register at the park.  Bring your parent so they can sign your Free Flow waiver.

 

Every participant must have 2 waivers on file.  If you've already skated at Saylor, you've completed our waiver already, so all you have to do is get a Free Flow waiver from us or from their web site.  Have it signed in person at the park by your parent or LEGAL guardian.  If you can't do that, have your parent get the waiver notarized, then you can bring it in.

 

When you register at the park, you'll need to pay your $13 entrance fee.  That gets you into the contest and into the Given demo, too. 

 

All contestants who have registered, taken care of both waivers, and paid their $13 fee on or before July 22 can skate the park for free on the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th to prepare for the contest.

 

Questions about anything?  Call 515-289-0303!

 

NEWS

 

ABOUT US

 

WAIVERS & WAIVER REQUIREMENTS

 

SESSIONS & FEES

 

LESSONS

 

PARTIES / MEETINGS

 

RIDER INFO

 

PARENT INFO

 

MEMBERSHIP

 

RULES

 

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Here’s what’s up: Updated July 6th, 2008

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ABOUT US

 

Saylor is a 15,625 s.f. indoor facility for skateboarding, inline skating, and BMX.  We’re open Tuesday - Sunday.  Check sessions & fees below to see hours, costs, and who rides on what days.  We change our hours once in a while, so you might want to check here before making the trip.

Our fully-stocked skate shop has everything you need for skateboarding.  We offer a small selection of BMX stuff, too.  If there’s something you need that we don’t stock, we can get it for you.  Hey, you get a free session when you buy a complete!

Pizza, pop, and snacks are available in our concession area.

There are two private party/meeting rooms you can reserve for your birthday or other event.  We can even cater it for you.

We offer lessons, camps, and clinics throughout the year.  We throw occasional contests and all-nighters.  Info about special events is included on the web site and at myspace.com/saylorskatepark.  You can sign up for our email newsletter if you want advance notice about what’s coming up.

The second floor mezzanine offers spectators a great view for watching friends and family use the park.

If you’re new to the park, please read the waiver section for important information about how to get your waiver filled out.

Helmets are required.  (Yeah, we hear ya groaning.)  We sell them and rent them.  Pads are optional.

 

WAIVERS & WAIVER REQUIREMENTS

YO!  PLEASE READ!  IMPORTANT!  Waivers are required for all participants.  If you’re new to the park and under age 18, your parent or LEGAL guardian has to sign your waiver IN PERSON AT THE PARK.  If that isn’t possible, you can download the waiver and have your parent or LEGAL guardian GET IT NOTARIZED, otherwise YOU CAN’T RIDE.  Getting it notarized is easy.  Print the waiver and have your parent take it to the bank.  A notary there will witness their signature and stamp the waiver, then you bring the notarized waiver with you to the park.  If you’re new to the park and are 18 or older, you’ll need to show your ID, then you can sign your own waiver.  Questions about any of this?  Call 515-289-0303.  To download the waiver, read all of the above first, then click here.

 

SESSIONS & FEES

SUMMER ’08 HOURS.

Sunday – 12-3:00 & 3-7:00pm, $9 per session.  ($7 for members) Bikes welcome both sessions.

Monday – CLOSED

Tuesday – 2-9:00pm.  One long session.  $9.  ($7 for members)  Bikes welcome.

Wednesday – 2-9:00pm.  One long session.  $9.  ($7 for members)  Bikes welcome.

Thursday – 2-9:00pm.  One long session.  $9.  ($7 for members)  Bikes welcome.

Friday – 12-3:00, 3-6:00, 6-10:00pm.  $5 per session.  Skateboard and inline only.

Saturday - 12-3:00, 3-6:00, 6-10:00pm.  $9 per session.  ($7 for members)

Bikes welcome.

 

On Saturday and Sunday you can ride two consecutive sessions for $15.  The cost to ride a full day on Saturday is $20.  Helmet rental is $3 + tax.

 

Spectators are charged $5 unless they are immediate family members of skaters or bikers.

 

 

 

Tony "Dirtball" LeCount

 

LESSONS

 

We offer lessons to skateboarders of all ability levels.  Lessons are $21 per hour ($17 per hour for members) and can be arranged to fit your schedule.  If you schedule 3, we throw in a 4th for free.  Give us a call. 

 

 

PARTY & MEETING PACKAGES

 

You can reserve one of our private rooms for your birthday party, team meeting, youth group, or other get-together. No outside food or drinks may be brought into the park, but if you want us to provide pizza, a giant cookie, drinks, and a 1-hour skateboarding lesson, give us a call and we’ll set it up.

 

Birthday Party Package:

Private room for 3 hours

A 3-hour skate or bike session for 6 kids

1 hour of skateboarding instruction if desired
2 large 1-topping pizzas
1 - 12” decorated Hy-Vee birthday cookie
1 - 20 oz. drink for each person
Napkins and tableware for the group

Cost for this package is $145 + tax.

Cost for each additional rider is $14 + tax
Additional food and drinks are extra.
Safety equipment rental is extra.

 

Meeting Package

Private room for 2 hours 

A 3-hour skate or bike session for six kids 

1 hour of skateboarding instruction if desired

Cost for this package is $85 + tax
Cost for each additional rider is $12 + tax

Safety equipment rental is extra.

 

 

RIDER INFO

 

Please read the waiver section before you come to the park.  If you’re new to the park and under 18, there’s stuff you have to do in order to ride.

 

Our insurance company requires helmets on all participants.  We rent them and sell them.

 

Bikers, we’ve always been a no-peg park, however, we now allow ONLY plastic or plastic-sleeved pegs with rounded plugs.  We’re doing this on a trial basis.  So far, so good.  Bar ends are required.  We stock a few if you need them.

 

 

PARENT INFO

 

Skaters and bikers must be at least age 7.  We can give skateboarding lessons to kids age 6, but they can’t participate in regular sessions until they are 7.  Kids under age 10 must have their own adult in the building at all times.  Kids age 10 and older can be dropped off at the park.

 

Only a participant’s own parent or legal guardian can sign their waiver.  If you’re bringing someone else’s kids to the park, be sure the kids have notarized waivers with them.  See waiver section for more info.

 

We can accept faxed waivers as long as they are notarized.  Our fax number is 515-289-4508.  Give us a call and let us know the fax is on its way.

 

We do not rent skateboards, but we sell everything you need to skate.

 

Questions about anything?  515-289-0303.

 

 

MEMBERSHIP

Two membership options are available.

Regular Yearly Memberships are $70 + tax.  This gets you reduced-cost sessions for one year in addition to special savings on lessons, clinics, camps, and all-nighters.  ($5 Friday sessions are still $5.)  If you ride once a week as a regular member, you’ll save $34 per year.  If you ride twice a week as a member, you’ll save $138 per year.  Skate three times a week and you’ll save $242!  These are just your savings on session fees and don’t include what you’ll also save on special events!

 

Free-Thursdays memberships are $135 + tax.  You get all the same benefits as regular members, but you also skate for free on Thursdays for a year!  Free Thursdays for a year!  That’s a $333 value on Thursdays alone.  ($5 Friday sessions are still $5.)  PLUS you also get discounts on all regular session fees, lessons, clinics, camps, and all-nighters! 

 

 

PARK RULES


• Respect the park, the staff, and fellow riders
• You must be age 7 or older to ride
• Anyone under age 10 needs their own adult supervisor in the building
• Helmets, strapped, are required of all participants
• Properly signed waivers are required of all participants
• No food or drinks may be brought into the building
• No food, drinks, or spectators on the skate floor
• Throwing or slamming your skateboard will get you ejected from the park
• No weapons, alcohol, or drugs in the park or on the property. Persons under the

  influence will not be admitted

 

 

JOIN OUR EMAIL LIST

 

If you want information on upcoming camps, clinics, contests, all-nighters, etc., sign up below. Be sure to include your entire email address.  Click here to join our email list, or here to be removed.

 

 

DIRECTIONS

 

From 1-80, take the NE 14th street exit and go north about 2 miles.  You’ll pass Woodside Middle School and the county sheriff’s office.  There is a small hotel, then a church on the east side of NE 14th.  Just after the church turn right (east) on the road that has no sign.  We’re the second building on the north.

  

From I-235, take the Corporate Woods Drive exit and go west about 2 miles.  Turn left (south) at the intersection of Corporate Woods Drive (aka 66th Street ) and NE14th Street (aka Highway 69),  then go about ¼ mile.  Adams Door Company will be on the left.  Turn left just after Adams Door.  We’re directly behind (east of) them.

 

 

CONTACT

Phone:  515-289-0303

Fax:  515-289-4508

Email:  info@saylorskatepark.com 

Address:  6359 NE 145th Street, Des Moines, IA 50313

  

 

 

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May 22, 2008 - The new ramp, dubbed "the whale" is almost done.  It got its name from its monstrous size and its surprising resemblance to a certain killer marine mammal.  Dirtball and Georgie skated it the other night and pronounced it totally sick.  The whale is the brainchild of our own Mike Worley.  How's that for a little glimpse into how Mikes' mind works?  Scary...

The War of the Ams contest series is on hold for now.  We're not sure what happened with it, but no harm done, since it wasn't scheduled to start until October. 

 

Making plans for the summer?  Mark your calendar for the July 26 Free Flow comp at Saylor.  Free Flow will be posting online registration a week or two prior to the event on their web site www.freeflowtour.com.  You'll need to get a waiver from them and get it notarized, and if you don't already have one on file with us, you'll need to do the same thing with our waiver (unless your parent signs it in our presence at the skatepark). 

 

Free Flow details are slowly coming together.  In the 12 & under Junior Jam, five skaters at a time will compete in jams of 4-5 minutes.  The top one or two skaters will move onto semifinal heats and winners of those will advance to the Junior finals.  Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 finishers.  The format for the 18 & unders will be 5-8 skaters at a time in jams of 4-7 minutes.  The top 2 from each heat will advance to semifinal heats.  The top skaters in the semifinals advance to the finals.  Prizes will be award to the top three, with the first place winner going on to compete in the AST Dew Tour Toyota Challenge in Salt Lake City on September 11-14, 2008.  Winner of that goes on to Orlando to compete with the pros on the Dew Tour.

 

We think we have a pro skater coming to judge the Free Flow comp.  More on that later...

 

April 28, 2008 - Well, Top Shop 2008 is over and Saylor finished 15th out of 40 teams.  Amazing.  Actually, not amazing.  Our regular team members, Mike, Georgie, Dirtball and Marcus, were joined by Donnie Bandy and Chad Lopez.  Mike didn't end up skating, so Chad took his spot.  Anyway, all are strong skaters individually, but put them together and you get a pretty capable team.  Huge thanks to Donnie and Chad for reppin' the park for this event.  And Georgie?  Many of us watched Georgie skate virtually every single day this winter, often with more than his usual focus (the name of his shop... Coincidence?) and intensity.  Well, Georgie placed 11th out of 200 skateboarders at Top Shop.  Way to go, Georgie!

 

 
       

Travis McCray

Darren Miller /
Matt Crisman

Jason Balk

Grant Gunn
       

Logan Reese

Darren Miller

Marcus Savage

Mike Worley
       

Georgie Tsushima

Georgie Tsushima

Marcus Savage

Mat Koder
       

Dirtball

Dirtball

Logan Reese

Mike Worley
       

Dirtball

John Demaranville
 
Matt Riney

Park Manager, Mike Worley