For many skateboarding youth, the skatepark becomes a home-away-from-home.
KIDS DESERVE A PLACE TO GROW
Skateparks build and sustain healthy communities. As a gathering place for dedicated, athletic youth, the skatepark provides the forum for visitors young and old, beginning and skilled, to meet and share experiences. For many skateboarding youth, the skatepark becomes a home-away-from-home.
SENSE OF BELONGING
More than anyone, young people need to feel like they are recognized and appreciated by their communities. In too many places skateboarders get the wrong message from local authorities who limit or outlaw skateboarding and ignore its inherent benefits. Skateparks are the solution. Every skatepark supports hundreds of kids that might otherwise have nowhere to go.
A first-of-its-kind study of skateboarding culture reveals that skateboarding improves mental health, fosters community, and encourages diversity and resilience.
- Results from this study suggest that people participating in recreational skateboarding in community skateparks achieve the CDC’s exercise recommendations for cardiovascular fitness.
Skateparks can be seen as a playground, a gym, a creative laboratory, a community center and much more.
We believe skatepark users encounter a physical and social environment that improves mental health, fosters community, and encourages diversity and resilience.
Skatepark users consistently engage in
Cooperative athleticism
Creative self expression
Diverse community engagement
Long term habitual exercise habits (without the restrictions of league costs, coaches or practice schedules)
Perseverance through repetition and self-set goal achievement
Emotional regulation
Inclusion
Risk analysis
For more information about the benefits of action sports and skateparks, see pages 9-12 in the Skatepark Best Practices Guide.
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