Skatepark Grand Opening August 26th-28th

Join us for a three day celebration for the grand opening of Fargo Skateboarding’s INDOOR Skatepark! There will be skateboarding for everyone from beginners to experts, live music Friday and Saturday night, and a skateboard competition on Sunday with total prizes in excess of $5,000! The competition will be judged by professional skateboarders.

A ribbon cutting ceremony will be held on Friday at noon. Come and see the newly remodeled Fargo Theatre that was built in 1929 and restored to be Fargo Skateboarding’s indoor training facility.  There will be free skating on Friday afternoon, and a premiere of our first full length video featuring the Fargo team at 8:00pm. Live music and free skating will follow the video premiere until midnight. This is an all ages event that will be entertaining for music-goers, spectators, and skaters alike!

Free lessons for beginners will be provided from 11:00am to 1:00pm on Saturday. Come and watch people practice for Sunday's competition from 1:00pm-7:00pm, and then stay for another night of live music from 7:00pm to midnight.   

Deluxe Distribution out of San Francisco, CA  will be hosting the competition on Sunday. There will be thousands of dollars worth of prizes including cash prizes totalling $1,000 for 1st through 3rd place for the advanced competitors. Professional skateboarders will be judging the competition and will skate in a demonstration after the contest.

Weekend Schedule: 

Friday August 26th

12:00 pm Ribbon cutting and grand opening ceremony

  • Coffee and donuts provided

3:00-7:00 Free open skate

  • 20 skater max at a time, first come first serve
  • Colored wristbands for sessions, 1 hour sessions if over 100 people show up
  • 3 staff members 2 watching park one working door

7:00 meet and greet our team and staff

  • NO skating at this time, setting up projector and preparing video

8:00 Video premiere

  • Fargo Video

9:00 End video and break down projector equipment, bands set up, divider put up and skating can begin.

10:00 - 1:00am Bands and skating, best trick contest

Saturday August 27th

11:00-1:00 store is open, free lessons for beginners

  • Beginners skate time only

1:00-7:00 Registration and skateboarding for contestants for the competition

  • Beginners $10
  • Intermediate $15
  • Advanced $20

7:00pm-7:30pm Best trick contest

8:00pm-12:00am Live music and skateboarding 

Sunday, August 28th Skate Competition presented by DLX Distribution

10:00-12:00 warm ups

12:00 beginners comp

  • Jam format 3 kids per run 2 minute runs
  • Ends at 12:45, winners announced
    • Beginners $10
      • 1st $50 gift certificate
      • 2nd $25 gift certificate
      • 3rd $15 gift certificate
      • Every kid gets a free group lesson

1:00 Intermediate warmups

1:30 Intermediate comp

  • Jam format 3 competitors per run, 3 minute runs
  • Top 9 proceed to finals
  • Top 3 win prizes
    • Intermediate $15
      • 1st $100 cash & $25 gift certificate
      • 2nd $75 cash & $15 gift certificate
      • 3rd $50 cash & $10 gift certificate
  • Ends at 2:45, winners announced

3:00 Advanced warmups

3:30 Advanced comp

  • Jam format, 3 competitors per run, 5 minute runs
  • Top 12 advance to finals
  • Top 3 win prizes
    • Advanced $20
      • 1st $500 cash & a month of unlimited skating at the Fargo
      • 2nd $350 cash & a month of unlimited skating at the Fargo
      • 3rd $150 cash & a month of unlimited skating at the Fargo
      • Prizes for the top 12
  • Ends at 6:00, winners announced
  • Skate shop closes at 6:00
  • DLX team skates a demo with the winners of the comp and the Fargo team 6:00-7:00pm
  • 7:00-8:00 free skating for all
  • 8:00 park closes
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