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Action Sports on Army Installations
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- 2. Action Sports OnArmy installations • Introductions • Roger Harvey • Matt Piercey • Roger Hickey • FreshPark • FreshPark Civic • Purpose • To determine if the Army can use any help from Action Sports Youth Programs and if so, how we can best work together. • Format • Informal discussion
- 3. Action Sports OnArmy installations • Action Sports Youth Programs: Supported by FreshPark Industries. • Cited for RESULTS: “Summer Night Lights” Program in Los Angeles. • Program can be easily adapted to the needs of Army Installations.
- 4. Action Sports OnArmy installations • Discussion Format: – Snapshot of what’s happening today. – Common Concerns • Interest • Delivery Options • Policies • Support Resources • perceived • Networking • real • Benchmarking • Safety • Supervision (Program) • Supervision (Participant) • Is there a need? • How can Action Sports Youth Programs help?
- 5. Action Sports OnArmy installations • Action Sports Obstacles are popular for: – Skateboarding 6,808,000 participants – BMX Bicycling 2,369,000 participants – Scooters (participant data not reported) – And could include: • Freestyle Motocross • Remote Controlled Vehicles • Wakeboarding, etc.
- 8. Action Sports Onarmy installations • Joint Base Lewis/McCord, WA: $700,000 Street Plaza Skate Park. • Fort Hood, TX: Three Flow Skate Parks – Child, Youth, Adult. – Open Access 24 x 7 x 365 – Unsupervised (except for routine MP drive-by) • Fort Jackson, SC: $120,000 converted swimming pool area. Concrete with Modular Obstacles. – Open Access Dawn to Dusk – Unsupervised
- 9. Action Sports Onarmy installations • Fort Belvoir, VA: Concrete Slab with obstacles behind bowling center. – Gated – Locked when not supervised • Schofield Barracks, HI: Have an open skatepark in a common use area. Popularity comes and goes. No need for “program.” Isn’t worth the overhead compared to what he gets from organized sports programs. Surveys youth interest regularly. They just want to, “do their own thing. • Fort Bliss, TX: Fenced basketball court sized skatepark with fixed obstacles. Popular. Nothing for adults or younger children. Concerns about safety and enforcing policies.
- 10. Action Sports Onarmy installations • Redstone Arsenal, AL: Had some obstacles that did not hold up. Commander required strict supervision and gated access. Kids didn’t come. Obstacles still in storage. Knows interest is high, but needs updated policies. • West Point USMA, NY: Skatepark high on AFAP for years. Location concerns. Ideal if space can also be used for football parking.
- 11. Action Sports Onarmy installations • Fort Campbell, KY: Had an open, skate at your own risk skatepark 5 – 7 years ago. Closed it. They believe Interest has been dying down over last 3 years. • Fort Stewart, GA: Tried to get a skatepark 5 years ago. Understood from JAG and Safety offices that it had to have controlled access and be supervised. Concluded it was unmanageable. Abandoned interest.
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- 13. Cunningham Regional SkatePark San Jose, CA • Cost: $6.4 Million • Size: 68,000 sq’ • Use: 40,000 paid admissions/yr. • Annual Income: $116,000 • Operating Cost: $200,000 • “Fighting for Survival” San Jose Mercury News – Sept 14, 2011.
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- 16. Material Comparisons P ST U T- CO TY SE Y TY E IT ILI LE E CL LI L BL AB AB BI BI CY TY A KA RA E RT OR FE RI E- IC ZE LIN DU PO VA LIF PR SA ST SI CONCRETE $$$$$$$ ++++++++++ SSS LARGE No No 10:5 FIXED ELEMENT $$$ + S LARGE Fork Lift Warehouse 3:1 Comes w/ UNIVERSAL PORTABLE $ +++ SSSS VARIABLE Hand X X Container 1:3 Life-cycle cost is show as cost:durability ratio For Example: Fixed elements are 3x as expensive as universal portable obstacles and last 1/3 the time.
- 17. Pros and cons Material Pros Cons Cost Lifespan Concrete -Durability, long life 30+ years -More difficult to work with -Most 50+ years -Organic Shapes, curves and -Longer build time expensive indoor/outdoor bowls flow better in concrete. -Expensive -Surface / Structure repairs should -Generally the most expensive be minimal surface Skatelite© -Specially designed skate, BMX -Expensive -More 4+ years Buy and inline surface -Some or all surface needs expensive *outdoor Skatelite -Good for BMX parks replacement in 4-6 years than plywood heavy use Here -Withstands weather better than less than 6+ years plywood, masonite concrete indoor heavy -Cheaper than concrete use -Exceptionally long lifetime indoors Metal -Exceptional lifespan, no surface -Absorbs heat, Gets very hot -Less 20+ years replacement needed -Non porous, gets very slick with expensive indoor/outdoor -Good for BMX parks little moisture than poly- -Will withstand the elements; -More difficult to work with than carbonate snow, rain, ice, fog, etc... wood, requires more labor cost to skate surfaces install -More expensive than plywood Birch -Smooth skateboard/inline surface -not recommended for BMX -Less 5+ years Plywood -Does not last outdoors expensive indoor heavy than all of the use above 1+ year surfaces *outdoor Masonite -Smooth skateboard/inline surface -not recommended for BMX -Less 3+ years -Does not last outdoors expensive indoor use than all of the 1+ years above *outdoor surfaces heave use Plywood -Cheap -Does not last long indoor/outdoor -Cheap 2+ years -Will detiorate fast indoor use 1+ years *outdoor
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- 27. Action Sports Onarmy installations • Common Concerns: – Safety Sport Participants Injuries Percentage Baseball 36,600,000 437,207 1.26% Basketball 29,600,000 761,358 2.57% Football 14,700,000 409,296 2.78% Ice Hockey 1,700,000 61,264 3.60% Soccer 10,300,000 146,409 1.42% Volleyball 20,500,000 112,120 0.54% Skateboarding 6,200,000 27,718 0.49%
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- 29. Action Sports Onarmy installations • SAFETY: – Supervision – Separation – Helmet – Waiver
- 30. Action Sports Onarmy installations • Program Supervision: – DFMWR • CYSS – School Age Services – Middle School Services – Sports & Fitness – EDGE • PHYSICAL FITNESS – Fitness Centers • REC & SPORTS – Youth Centers – Outdoor Rec
- 31. Action Sports Onarmy installations • Participation Supervision: – How are action sports most effectively supervised on an Army Installation?
- 32. Action Sports Onarmy installations • Program Package Options: – Street Plaza, Park, “Vert,” Bowl, Hybrid – Pad & Portables – Long Board • Transportation • Downhill – Controlled Access – Enforcement – Maintenance
- 33. Action Sports Onarmy installations • Support Resources – Foundations – Grants Sources – Organizations – Publications – Programs – Training – Networks – Sponsorships
- 34. Action Sports Onarmy installations •Networking •Benchmarking
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