Youth across Seattle should make their way to Ballard on July 11 for the largest skateboard event to take place in the city this year. The Ballard Skate Festi- Bowl will feature activities for beginners and intermediates. It will also bring out some of the most advanced skateboarding in the region to Ballard during the SeafoodFest.

The event is FREE to participants and intended to be all-inclusive, regardless of age or ability. There will be learning activities as well as contests with prizes. The advanced contests have a total purse worth $2,000.00.

Festi-Bowl will feature clinics and lessons for beginners, a timed slalom contest, a 12-and- under bowl jam, a ladies division and an open contest. Festi-Bowl is presented by evo and the Ballard Chamber of Commerce and is hosted by Skate Like a Girl.
Saturday, July 11 Schedule:

• Noon: Lessons and Clinics provided by Skate Like a Girl
• 1pm: Slalom event begins
• 3pm Lessons and Clinics provided by Skate Like a Girl • 5pm: 12-and-under bowl jam
• 5:30: Ladies division
• 6:30pm: Open contest begins

Exact times subject to change based on participation
About Festi-Bowl:


Festi-Bowl started in 2014 as an effort to broaden the youth activities during the Ballard SeafoodFest. The 2014 event was very successful in bringing the Seattle skateboarding community to Ballard for the neighborhood’s largest festival. The SeafoodFest organizers found Festi-Bowl to be beneficial to the overall event. Skateboarding rarely receives broad public attention and since SeafoodFest attracts over 65,000 people to Ballard, Festi-Bowl can take advantage of the existing skateboard facilities in the Ballard Commons Park and show an organized skateboard event to a large audience in one of Seattle’s most iconic neighborhoods.

About the Ballard Thrashers Skateboard Club
The Ballard Thrashers were started in 2012 by a few parents whose children wanted to learn skateboarding. The Thrashers have grown to include many summer activities as well as after-school programs, weekend sessions and camps. More info at https:// www.facebook.com/BallardThrashers. See also skatelikeagirl.com.