This afternoon, SDSC traveled up to Johnson, VT to visit the camp favorite Johnson Skate Park. We have been going to the Johnson Skate Park for years, and every year the facility seems to improve. This year's features were newly paved and painted, creating the air of professionalism as kids zipped around on ramps, boxes, and quarter pipes. While the sun heat up from above, so did the action around the park as we saw jumps, grabs, 360's and transfers across rails.
While the skate park is one of the biggest challenges campers encounter this week, it also provides camp with an excellent opportunity to test the lessons we have learned over the last few days about athletic stance, balance and agility. For anyone feeling a little anxious about dropping into the quarter pipe or any of the ramps, basic athletic stance and forward lean is essential as you roll down a ramp. Campers consistently find themselves in unbalanced positions and need to engage their core to regain their balance, much as coach Sohier Perry emphasized in our session yesterday.
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Next on the schedule is a presentation by the Northeast SWIX rep Jerry Murphy, skit night, and S'mores!
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