Come to the Family Skateboard Science Weekend where you can watch professional skateboarders demonstrate science in motion at the Exploratorium’s impromptu skatepark. Explore the history and physics behind skateboarding, then join the pros for open skate, beginner skate, and other skateboarding activities.
Get a T-shirt screen-printed by San Franpsycho (
www.sanfranpsycho.com), learn how to...
[read more] Come to the Family Skateboard Science Weekend where you can watch professional skateboarders demonstrate science in motion at the Exploratorium’s impromptu skatepark. Explore the history and physics behind skateboarding, then join the pros for open skate, beginner skate, and other skateboarding activities.
Get a T-shirt screen-printed by San Franpsycho (
www.sanfranpsycho.com), learn how to ollie in a special exhibit, or enjoy a collection of Exploratorium exhibits that reveal the physics of skateboarding. Both days culminate in live demos by professional skate teams (FTC on Saturday and Mission Skates on Sunday) while Exploratorium experts Paul Doherty and Steve Gennrich call out the physics.
*Helmets are required, so if you plan to skate, please bring your own. And if you’re under 18, you must have a parent or legal guardian sign a release form. If you are 18+ please bring I.D.
The schedule is as follows (subject to change):
Saturday, April 9 and Sunday, April 10, 2011
12-4 pm
San Franpsycho Screen Print Demos
12-3 pm
Open Skate
12:30-1 pm
Beginner Skate
2-2:30 pm
Beginner Skate
3-4 pm
Skateboard Physics with Paul Doherty, Steve Gennrich, and the FTC Skateboard Team (Saturday) or Mission Skates Team (Sunday)
To purchase your own Exploratorium-designed, science-themed boards, available for a limited time only, go to
http://store.exploratorium.edu/page.cfm/skateboards
To learn more about Skateboard Science, visit
http://www.exploratorium.edu/skateboarding/
If you are 18+ and want an adult night out, focusing on Skateboard Science at Exploratorium After Dark, join us on April 7. Cash bar and doors open at 6pm! After Dark details here:
http://ow.ly/4pVsM 
