New Street League Skateboarding Plaza Opens At Camp Woodward

Woodward has been the gold-standard skate camp since the early 1990s. Over the decades, the original camp has grown into a sprawling landscape of both indoor and outdoor skateparks of every kind. And now, that includes an authentic Street League Skateboarding (SLS) competition skate plaza.

Founded in 2010, SLS now boasts the premier professional street skateboarding competition with its Championship Tour series, and has aimed to grow the discipline and provide a pipeline for kids to pursue it recreationally or professionally.

To achieve that, SLS partnered with Woodward to create the new, 12,000-square-foot SLS Plaza built by California Skateparks at Woodward Pennsylvania. The plaza features signature SLS competition-style elements that mirror those found in Street League–sanctioned events, but the course is unique to Woodward Pennsylvania and offers campers the opportunity to hone their skills on the type of course usually reserved for professionals at the highest level of competition.

“As the global leader in action sports experiences, Woodward prides itself on providing totally unique, unforgettable camp experiences that kids can’t find anywhere else,” said Woodward President Chris “Gunny” Gunnarson. “With SLS Plaza, campers at Woodward PA have access to a one-of-a-kind environment to grow their talents as a skater and maybe even become a Street League pro themselves one day.”

Designed and built by California Skateparks, which has created courses for SLS events as well as for Dew Tour, Vans Park Series and X Games, the SLS Plaza at Woodward PA features multiple double sets with hubbas and round rails, two different sized step-up gaps, a double kink round rail, a big triple set section with a round rail, two different sized gaps to hubbas, an offset bump to bump kicker gap, a tech ledge and manual pad combination and a center feature with a bump to hubba ledge.

“At every SLS tour stop, we work with California Skateparks to create a new course that will inspire SLS pros to push the progression of street skateboarding and fuel their creativity,” said Joe Carr, CEO of SLS parent company Thrill One Sports & Entertainment. “While accessible to young skaters, the new SLS Plaza is built with those same goals in mind.”

Current SLS pros may not have had the opportunity to train on a Street League–sanctioned course when they were young amateurs, but they are thrilled that the next generation will have the chance to do so.

“The new SLS Plaza at Woodward PA looks incredible,” said SLS pro Manny Santiago. “It’s a street skater’s paradise! From beginner to pro, there are spots in the plaza for all types of skaters. To have SLS join forces with Woodward, it is only going to give the next generation of street skaters a better opportunity to one day become an SLS Pro on the Championship Tour.”