Kona Skate Camp
2025 KONA Skateboard Camps
Kona Skate Camp is a weekly camp for skaters ages 8 – 14 and welcomes beginners and intermediate skill levels. Ages 15-17 are eligible for skate coach and counselor positions.
Kona Skate Camp is an instructional skateboarding camp focused on progression, innovation, and creativity. Participants are required to have basic skills that include pushing, rolling, turning, and dropping in. This is a fast-paced environment designed to improve basic skills and expand on advanced capabilities throughout the various areas of the skatepark.
Campers will get to experience all types of skateboarding including but not limited to street, vert, pools, flatland, and downhill racing. Skaters under 10 are welcome but must be accompanied by parents. Bring your gear or rent it at the park.
CAMP INCLUDES:
- Private Access to the entire park (Skatepark closed to the public during camp)
- Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced programs
- Games, races, and contests
- Group and individual instruction
- Snacks, beverages, and treats are provided
Lunch is not provided, we provide snacks and you can purchase items from the cafe.
OUR METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
Mind, Body & Athletics
Skateboarding is 90% mental and 10% ability.
We insure that beginner, intermediate, and advanced skaters are prepared both mentally and physically as they master basic and intermediate skills. This results in overall progression towards advanced maneuvers in a safe and controlled environment.
The Mind: Being able to visualize your skating experience before actually attempting any progression is key.
The Body: Being physically prepared for the challenges, strains, and strength necessary to progress is key.
The Athletics: Being able to perfect the basics as you look to progress is key.
What are the basics and why are they important to progression?
The basics build up the necessary skill set to progress in a way that emphasizes safety by mastering balance, timing, and visualization.
Balance: Finding your “center” and being able to manipulate the skateboard beneath you can be developed through mastering a group of entry-level maneuvers that are both safe and quite challenging to learn.
– The Manual (both standard and nose)
– Skating switch (starting early and frequent repetition is key)
– Implementing various skate training exercises
Timing: Using your newly found skill in balance will allow you to work on finding the lip (riding transition, snapping your tail (ollies), performing basic rotations (spinning the board horizontally on its axis i.e. shuv-its, and kick-flips. There are various skate training exercises we will share that perfect the skills necessary to start flipping and spinning your board.
Visualization: Possibly the most important of the skills necessary to safely progress and the least talked about. We use videos and in-person inspiration to help “train your brain” on what it feels like to perform and land a trick before even trying it for the first time. Various techniques are used to mimic body and foot positions, timing, and overall movements that comprise landing a new trick for the first time.
Camp Hours
Monday to Friday
Early Drop Off: 8:30 am
Camp: 9 am – 1 pm
Late pickup: 12:30 pm
Pricing
Week of Camp – $250.00 plus tax
Single-Day rate – $60 register at the counter day of camp
$10 daily to stay after camp ends (12 & Up only)
Camp Dates
- Week #1 June 2-6
- Week #2 June 9-13
- Week #3 June 16-20
- Week #4 June 23-27
Icebreaker Clinic – $25 per skater (3-5 skaters per group)
Beginners and first-time skaters are encouraged to participate in our Icebreaker Clinic to learn basic skateboarding skills necessary for camp participation. Groups are available throughout the week and can register online. Just pick the class time that works best for you.
All Ages Welcome
Participants under 10 years old (9-under) must have a parent/guardian present (see the director for exceptions)
Pre-register online, call us at 904-725-8870, or stop by the park. Spots are limited so act fast.
