07/11/17

Girl Power at Palisades Skatepark

As a skater girl, my very first skate sesh with sPACYcLOUd at Palisades, Washington DC was an eye opener. My experience there helped me understand the true meaning of “girl power”. There are so many girls in our community who want to try out skateboarding, but only some would actually pick up a skateboard, and only a very few would dare to go to a skatepark and ride around. Especially when a girl is a beginner skater, being the only female at a skatepark can be quite uncomfortable. Seeing all the guys doing tricks on ramps and rails can sometimes be so intimidating, that we would just end up sitting on the sidelines, wondering if we could ever be as good as them.

Meeting some of the members of Skate Girls Tribe and getting to be a part of their team made me realize that skateboarding is not just about being good at the sport. It is about being good friends with those who skate. sPACYcLOUd helped me make friends with other skater girls. We felt more comfortable, encouraged, and motivated. In fact, it was actually the very first time I’ve seen more girls than guys at the park. We helped each other learn new tricks and challenged each others’ skills. And when we did that, we showed Girl Power!

-Pia Saclauso

07/10/17

Join us on July 8th at Skate Girls Tribe “Just Kickin’ It Saturday’s” skateboard sesh at Palisades skate park at 4pm. Learn to push, ride, ollie, kick-flip, grind and drop-in, make new friends, and have fun!

06/28/17

The Late Shift: Freestyle

If you’re near the Alexandria area of Virginia, sPACYcLoud and Skate Girls Tribe have a must-attend event for you to see this Friday, June 30th.

Part skate park, part secret pop up art show, Late Shift: Freestyle opens its doors to the rebels, the misfits, and the crazy ones. To those who see things differently and those who push the human race forward. We’ll be repping this philosophy at the event, because it’s our shared philosophy!

The details are super rad: experience a late-night art happening along the riverfront and in the Torpedo Factory. Founded in 1974 in an old munitions plant, the Torpedo Factory Art Center is home to the nation’s largest collection of working-artists’ open studios under one roof. That’s cool enough as it is, but it also has an indoor skate park! Skate Girls Tribe is ready to blow it up (pun intended)!

Pro skateboarder Natalie Krishna Das repp’n sPACYcLOUd at the Kennedy Center

Event includes:

– Indoor skate park at the Torpedo Factory

– DJ set by Sharkey

– sPACYcLOUd & Skate Girls Tribe will be in the house!

– Poetry Slam

– Beer, wine, sandwiches, and bronut ice cream sandwiches with EatsPlace

– Photo booth

– Torpedo Row artist market

– DIY artmaking and much more

About sPACYcLOUD: sPACYcLOUd is the manifestation of a revolutionary spirit always pushing people to be liberated from social constraints through expressions of love, peace and creativity. Our competition follows trends. We follow our vision and philosophy.

About Skate Girls Tribe: SGT invites girls of all ages & all abilities to come together and skate with other girls in a big fun group. Skate Girls Tribe was created in Washington DC to empower young women through action sports. We hold monthly events to celebrate life, art, culture, education, and fun via skateboarding and longboarding. We also organize surfing and snowboarding camps.

Skate Girls Tribe promotes confidence and assertiveness, individuality and creativity, strength and dignity, all gathered together with a love for action sports. With a vigorous setting of play and sociality, SGT nurtures and sustains these values and goals. With such virtues in place, we believe that healthy and responsible choices will be made later in girls’ lives.

– There are several open spots for artists to be part of poetry slam if anyone is interested.

06/17/17

Just Kickin’ It Saturdays

Join us on June 17th at Skate Girls Tribe “Just Kickin’ It Saturday’s” skateboard sesh at Mount Rainer skatepark at 4pm. Learn to push, ride, ollie, kick-flip, grind and drop-in, make new friends, and have fun!

Event is followed by an outdoor screening of “Hermanas En Ruedas” (Sisters on Wheels), a documentary by Amberly Alene in partnership with Electicllama and Prince George’s African American Museum.

Film tells the stories of young women in the underground skate culture in Havana, Cuba. Skateboarding in Cuba emerged in the 80’s but has recently grown rapidly with the new interchanges of culture and art from abroad that are taking place on the island. In Cuba, skateboarding is still an unrecognized sport by the government, and the girls search to find their paths in a subculture that is not only male dominated but also completely underground.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUqaPL6wuh8

08/10/16

Skate Girls Tribe Surf Camp

On July 24-30, sPACYcLOUd is kicking off its second annual overnight surf camp for teens. We will be staying in a beach house at the very point of Cape May, New Jersey. It is a charming historical town with bird sanctuary, beautiful white sand beach, lighthouse, WWII lookout tower, and Victorian houses. This is a great opportunity for teens to rest, bond, surf, longboard, skateboard, share, do yoga, art and fashion projects, swim, and create beautiful Summer memories.

Surf camp includes:

all equipment,
beach fees,
daily transportation,
professional surfing instructions (1:1 student to instructor ratio),
a certified life guard on duty at all times,
24/7 same gender supervision,
meals,
lodging
sPACYcLOUd Surf Camp t-shirt,
Surfing Etiquette Guide,
certificate of achievement,
visit to bird sanctuary, lighthouse, WWII Lookout tower,
group photo

Suggested donation: $250

sPACYcLOUd and Skate Girls Tribe to Sponsor SkateFest 2016!

sPACYcLOUd is an official sponsor of SkateFest Fairfax on June 24-25!

http://skatefestfairfax.com/registration/

SkateFest is a two day charity based fundraiser event held in Northern Virginia. It includes skateboard competitions, Sk8 For A Cause, music, family friendly activities, food, games, over 12 skateboard vendor tents, over $25,000 in prizes and more!

This year for the first time SkateFest Fairfax will hold a ladies only division on Friday from 7:30-8:30. We are calling all ladies to come out and compete! All ages. All levels.

Proceeds will benefit Children’s National Medical Center.

The skater who raises the most money will win a scholarship to Camp Woodward. Top 10 wins prize bags! We hope you can join us and everyone else attending SkateFest this year for all sorts of fun. Don’t miss it!

01/21/16

Skate Girls Tribe Snowboard Adventure

Thank you to everyone who joined us for SGT Snowboard Adventure.

We were blessed with good amount of snow, natural and machine-made.

We had a great crew as always.

It was a great bonding experience.

This is Zoren. He is from NY. He is a very talented artist, snowboarder, skateboarder, and many other things. Zoren is only 13 but already has his own company called Style Pyle. Please follow him at Style Pile on FB and @stylepyle on IG.

We had couple of outings including a pizza night.

Our snowboard instructor, Holly, was awesome! She was helpful and we learned a lot. Thank you Holly!

PS Holly has the greatest vibe and we love her!!!

There were different levels of expertise in snowboarding.

Everyone was polite, patient, and respectful.

The Hunter Mountain resort had several slopes open and we had many options to pick from.

Our instructor, Holly, is helping Anna.

Thank you to everyone who joined us.

We are looking forward to our next adventure.

10/14/15

sPACYcLOUd Snowboarding Camp

Exciting Announcement!!!

sPACYcLOUd and Skate Girls Tribe are hosting Snowboarding Camp at Hunter Mountain, NY, on January 14-18.

Location: Hunter Mountain, NY
Date: January 14 – January 18
Who: 12-18 yo

Stay tune for updates.

10/13/15

Just Kicking It Saturday’s – Skate Girls Jam

Skate Girls Tribe & SPACYcLOUd launching “Just Kicking It Saturday’s – Skate Girls Jam Day”!!!
Where: Rockville Skate Park
When: 3pm every Saturday until it gets cold starting on 10/17/2015
Who: All levels – All ages
We hope to see many girls come out
FREE
***Looking for big sisters/brothers to help us out with basic instructions

For questions email info@spacycloud.com

04/6/15

sPACYcLOUd Surf Camp

Overnight Surf Camp for Teens.

sPACYcLOUd is organizing its first overnight camp for teens. We will be staying indoors in a spacisious house on Chincoteague Island. We are looking for artistic, independent, motivated, and good natured teens. This is a great opportunity for teens to surf, longboard, share, do yoga, art and fashion projects, spend time with like minded individuals and have fun. For the first session we are planning to have 6-8 teens.

Surf camp includes:

all equipment,
beach fees,
daily transportation,
professional surfing instructions (1:1 student to instructor ratio),
certified life guard on duty at all times,
24/7 same gender supervision,
meals,
lodging
sPACYcLOUd Surf Camp t shirt,
Surfing Etiquette Guide,
certificate of achievement,
visit to Chincoteque National Wildlife Refuge,
group photo

Price: $1200