My name is Chris Bailey, and I am the owner of Parkside Skateshop.
We opened Parkside in March of 2009, and since then, I've been using it as a platform to teach kids how to start skateboarding and support the skate community with contests and events, all the while sharing that passion for skateboarding that I've had since I was ten years old.
Besides Skate Camp, which is a program that I do in the summer which instructs young kids on the basics of skateboarding, I have also begun to reach out to different schools across the country about actually getting skateboarding worked into the school curriculum, which I believe would help enforce some of the same life lessons and disciplines that can come from other sports.
Skateboarding overall is a really rewarding and enriching activity that can help kids learn endurance, creativity, and create lasting friendships. So being able to help support that community has been very fulfilling.
We opened Parkside in March of 2009, and since then, I've been using it as a platform to teach kids how to start skateboarding and support the skate community with contests and events, all the while sharing that passion for skateboarding that I've had since I was ten years old.
Besides Skate Camp, which is a program that I do in the summer which instructs young kids on the basics of skateboarding, I have also begun to reach out to different schools across the country about actually getting skateboarding worked into the school curriculum, which I believe would help enforce some of the same life lessons and disciplines that can come from other sports.
Skateboarding overall is a really rewarding and enriching activity that can help kids learn endurance, creativity, and create lasting friendships. So being able to help support that community has been very fulfilling.