Skate+Plus
Skate Plus is a non-profit project of Shred Your Fears with a mission of promoting health, creativity, and education through skateboarding.
We held our first workshop (Skate+Write) in December 2019 in partnership with Write Pittsburgh and Switch & Signal Skatepark. This event for female-identifying and non-binary teens ages 11-14 combined learning to skateboard with a creative writing workshop led by Shred Your Fears Founder Maya Haptas.
We are launching our next event Skate+Construct in Spring 2021.
To be notified by email of future events and programs sign up here.
Our Values
RESPECT: Our events are centered around respect. Respect for ourselves and our bodies, respect for the skaters who have come before us, and respect for the other initiatives and events that strive to increase inclusivity in the skateboarding community.
INCLUSIVITY: We offer 5 “pay-what-you-can” tickets for each event so that price is not a barrier to attendance. We partner with organizations that service different populations to increase diversity at our events.
History: SYF For Good
In August 2019 Shred Your Fears started actively partnering with mission-based organizations and social-justice advocates. We also began donating a portion of the proceeds from each event to a different charitable organization whose mission is in alignment with our speakers and partners.
Organizations we’ve supported:
Footbridge for Families
Worth Manifesto
Change Agency / All For All
Annunciation House
The Women’s Center and Shelter of Greater Pittsburgh
The Yellowhammer Fund
