our impact

S.K.A.T.E. & Create returned for another great season at Cesar Chavez Community Center from Saturday, March 26th to Saturday, April 18th where another talented group of students showed up for four weekends to pushed themselves and turn their ideas into something real. Needless to say we're proud of every one of them. Through S.K.A.T.E. & Create, not only does each student walk away with their own custom board - they take life lessons, new skills on the board and lifelong fri

OVER $10k RAISED! PHXAM 2026 weekend was an epic win for Fundraising. From Friday’s art show to on-site Saturday/Sunday & the After Party, we raised just over $10K for Cowtown S.K.A.T.E.'s programs and mission. Thank you to everyone who came out and supported. Your involvement and love is what keeps us moving to provide more skateboards, more programs and S.K.A.T.E. spots to kids in underserved areas across the valley; making skateboarding accessible to all.

On Saturday, March 7th, Cowtown S.K.A.T.E. was invited to Ske:g Himdag Ki: on the Salt River Pima Indian Community Reservation to hold our first Rides for the Rez of the year! 1 Reservation, 13 Zip Codes, 147 Kids. With almost half of attendees as first time skaters, it was a day filled with new experiences, community and fun. It was amazing to see the diversity across generations and cultures come together through the love of skateboarding. When asked "Why Do You Love Skate

On Sunday, February 8th, Cowtown S.K.A.T.E. was invited back for our 10th year distributing professional grade skateboards and providing skate clinics to the children of Sunshine Acres Children's Home. Sunshine Acres provides displaced children ages 5 - 18 with a loving, safe environment for them to grow and thrive. The 125 acre property offers a variety of educational enrichment programs and activities from music lessons to transitional living for children "aging out" of the

S.K.A.T.E. & Create returns just in time for the cooler weather at Cesar Chavez Community Center and we're ready to roll. This year, over a dozen local kids leveled up their skate skills and dove into the world of graphic design, many for the first time. Check out the recap here! Four Saturdays, 12 Hours, Kids Stoked. Through one on one skateboard instruction, kids of all levels came together to learn and push themselves (literally), in the pursuit of new experiences. S.K.A.

Skateboard Angel 2025 was a huge success. Thanks to our donors, partners, and local businesses, we delivered over 1,100 skateboards to kids in need. Through our local beneficiaries and nationwide network of core shop affiliates, more than 50 communities benefited - and we’re incredibly proud and grateful for the impact we made together. Looking at 2026, we’re committed to hosting more Skateboard Angel fundraisers and expanding our reach, putting even more boards into more

Opening the Door at Perry Park On behalf of our donors, we’re proud to say 264 kids received skateboards at our recent Boards for the Barrio event at Perry Park - one of the largest board distributions we’ve hosted to date. For many of those kids, it was their first board and the beginning of their skateboarding journey. Boards for the Barrio is part of our Opening the Door program and serves as a Skateboard Angel delivery on behalf of our donors , getting skateboards dire