we make skateboarding accessible to youth in saskatchewan.

A Right To Skate sticker featuring a cartoon bear wearing a yellow hat holding a skateboard, with trees in the background, and the text 'Only You Have the Right to Skate'.

Right to Skate is a Saskatoon nonprofit that has been dedicated to making skateboarding accessible to youth and marginalized communities across the province for 12 years. Skateboarding fosters self-confidence, persistence, physical activity, creativity, and shows positive outcomes in improving emotional regulation and alleviating psychological distress. It can also serve as a positive replacement for team sports, where some children struggle socially or physically to fit in.

Through paid lessons and generous donations, we provide free skateboards, gear, and instruction to those facing financial or social barriers. Our programs include the Afghan Girls Skate Team, Indigenous Youth Skating, Women & Queer Skate Meetups, Skateboard Lessons and Camps, Rural Saskatchewan seminars, and the Eli Kerslake Memorial Skate Scholarship.

Group of kids at a Right To Skate lesson with skateboards and helmets posing outdoors at a park, smiling and giving peace signs, with two adults behind them.
Group of people in a Right To Skate skateboarding class inside an indoor skate rink, with an instructor and children wearing helmets.
Three young girls at a skate park, two are holding skateboards and wearing helmets, and one is sitting on a concrete block holding Right To Skate certificates. The girls are smiling, and the scene is outdoors on a sunny day.
Young skateboarder performing a kickflip trick at a skatepark while a crowd watches.
A group of children wearing helmets and skateboards, standing in an indoor skate park, listening to a Right To Skate instructor.
Group of people at a Right To Skate event, mostly women and girls, sitting and standing outdoors on a grassy area with skateboards, bikes, and backpacks, smiling, with trees and a playground structure in the background.
A young girl in a Right To Skate class skateboards on a small wooden ramp on an outdoor skate court during daytime, wearing a pink dress, purple helmet, and protective gear.
Four children at a Right To Skate class wearing helmets and knee pads skateboarding at a skatepark on a sunny day, with trees and blue sky in the background.
A young girl with long wavy hair smiling outdoors, holding a pink skateboard with colorful graphics, standing on a street with cars and trees in the background.
A woman posing with peace sign in front of a packed car trunk filled with stacked skateboards of various colours and designs.
Girl in protective gear riding a skateboard on a skate rink while a woman holds a foam pool noodle overhead to help her. Several other skaters and a woman are in the background, all on skateboards at an outdoor rink surrounded by trees.
Two young girls at a Right To Skate class smiling and holding skateboards, sitting on a grassy field with a group of friends in the background, all wearing helmets, under a large tree on a sunny day.
Group of young women at a Right To Skate class with skateboards and helmets in an indoor skate park.
Young woman with short dark hair smiling at the camera, holding a skateboard vertically in front of her, wearing a white T-shirt with the words "Afghan Girls Skate Team Est. 2023" and a map of Afghanistan printed on it, at an outdoor skate park.
People skateboarding and riding bikes at a concrete skate park during the daytime, with trees and a grassy area in the background.
Group of Indigenous children posing on and around a skate park ramp outdoors on a sunny day. Some children are holding Right To Skate skateboards, wearing helmets, and making celebratory gestures.
A man kneeling on the grass, holding a skateboard and giving a thumbs-up, with two young boys holding Right To Skate certificates and skateboards standing beside him, outdoors in a park with trees and a cloudy sky.

  • The skate scholarship program is open to any skateboarder who has financial difficulty. Based on your situation, we can provide a used skateboard and free access to our programming. Individuals can apply on our website above. 

    If you are a charity, group home, school or reserve, and interested in setting up a skateboard seminar for youth, contact us above to book a date. We can provide these sessions for free or by honorarium.

    Apply and learn more here.

  • No, Right to Skate operated the Saskatoon Indoor Skatepark in 2016 in association with Saskatoon Skateboard Foundation and Ninetimes Skateshop. It operated for three years before moving out of our space due to rising rent. NEW IN 2025: Our friends at the Antioch Indoor Skatepark in Warman is now open!

  • Yes! We host skateboard day-camps in July and August and also provide regular one-hour group lessons throughout the summer. Go here to see what is currently open for registration. 

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