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Students from the Sk8 Gypsum crew are featured on TV8 Vail Good Morning Vail on 10/7/23. We're proud to provide details of our learning in both English and Spanish.

Students from the Sk8 Gypsum crew are featured on TV8 Vail Conexion Latina at minute 15. We're proud to provide details of our learning in both English and Spanish.

Good Morning Vail 09-15-23

Check out the Sk8 Gypsum Crew featured on Good Morning Vail around 30 minutes into the show on 9/15/2023!

Pg 28 and 29 in the Fall 2023 issue of Mountain Lifestyle dives deeper into the story of the skatepark.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN TACO PRESENTS THE KRUSHER SHOW W/ SPECIAL GUEST sk8gypsumTHE AWESOME CREW FROM SK8GYPSUM CAME BY THE SHOW AND JUST KRUSHED IT!!!!! JOHN LACONTE FROM THE VAIL DAILY ALSO GRACED US WITH HIS PRESENCE!!!!

As Gypsum skatepark opens, skateboard community has plenty to be stoked aboutIn a 1998 Vail Trail story, Dan Thomas wrote that terrain parks exist solely for sportswriters “to use the word ‘stoked’ once a year.” Well, now is the time. “I would say the skate community...

Gypsum new skate park grand opening celebration set for next weekSkateboarders in Gypsum will be able to enjoy their new park starting Tuesday, Sept. 15, in a grand opening celebration scheduled for 3 p.m. DJ Krusher Jones will be mixing and a raffle giveaway is...

Difficult trick: New Gypsum skatepark ahead of schedule and under budgetWhen the Gypsum Town Council on Tuesday began considering whether to put lights on the town’s new skatepark, the fact that the project appears to be coming in both ahead of schedule and under budget...

Gypsum breaks ground on new skatepark that started out as a big idea from local studentsIn January 2022, a group of Red Canyon High School students approached the Gypsum Town Council with a proposal to bring a new skatepark to the town. And on Friday, April 7, the town —...

Red Canyon skateboarding class covers full spectrum of project-based courseworkWhen local teacher Kendall Van Valkenburg and the Gypsum skate park made national news earlier this year on PBS, one small detail didn’t make it into the piece, which focused on Van Valkenburg’s innovative skateboarding...

Red Canyon teacher earns national award for innovative skateboarding classKendall Vanvalkenburg — known by her students at Red Canyon High School as Ms. V — first became a teacher because she wanted school to be different for her students than it had been for...

Gypsum skaters are hands-on in the community’s new skate park projectThe town of Gypsum’s skate park is due for an upgrade. Fulfilling an effort spearheaded by local students, the town is bringing Grindline to the rescue. Grindline is a concrete skate park design and construction company dedicated...

PBS NewsHour | How one teacher is helping her students skate through school | Season 2022 | PBSHigh school can be hard. Here's how one teacher helps her students skate through it

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