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MEETCOACH EVAN

Pro skateboarder. World demo rider. Thirty years on a board. Evan built Rocky Mountain Shred School because everyone β€” three or seventy β€” deserves a coach who makes learning feel playful rather than stressful.

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Coach Evan, professional skateboarder and head coach
⚑ 30 YEARS
SHRED SENSEI

Who teaches skateboarding in Denver?

Coach Evan has been skateboarding for 30 years and has coached more than 1,200 students aged three to seventy-plus across the Denver metro. He runs every lesson himself β€” adults, kids, teens, women's classes, camps, retreats and private events.

Coach
Evan β€” 30 years riding
Students coached
1,200+
Ages coached
3 to 70+
Based in
Denver metro, Colorado
Programs
Lessons, camps, retreats, events
the story

A LIFETIME ON FOUR WHEELS.

Evan is a professional skateboarder with 30 years on a board. He's coached everyone from four-year-olds landing their first tic-tac to parents in their forties dropping into their first mini-ramp. There's no "too old" and there's no "too shy" β€” just the next thing you haven't tried yet. Nothing about a session is stressful: the learning is playful and gamified, broken into small wins, and paced so that progress feels inevitable rather than earned through gritted teeth.

He's traveled the world giving demonstrations with multiple skate companies, and helped design and build new skateparks in communities that needed them most. One of his proudest moments: performing a live demo at the first skatepark in Egypt.

Back home in Denver, Evan pours all of that into Colorado Skateboarding Lessons β€” formerly known as Rocky Mountain Shred School β€” coaching adults, women, teens, kids and little ones across the metro. You'll be hard-pressed to find a more approachable, empowering skateboarding educator anywhere in Colorado.

philosophy

"FALLING IS HOW YOU LEARN TO FLY."

taught in

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certified in

CPR Β· First Aid Β· Skate Park Safety

30
Years On A Board
3–70+
Ages Coached
4+
Countries Taught In
1st
Skatepark in Egypt (demo)
how we coach

THREE THINGS, EVERY LESSON.

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Fun First

Playful, gamified learning β€” never stressful. Skateboarding should feel like recess, not homework.

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Safety Always

Pads, helmets, park etiquette, and progressions that meet skaters exactly where they are.

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Confidence Built

Perseverance, resilience, facing fears, balance, focus β€” the tricks are just the delivery system.

Skaters in their sixties and seventies riding alongside younger riders in Denver
the community

WE ALL LEARN FROM PEOPLE BETTER THAN US.

Skateboarding is the rare thing where a nine-year-old and a sixty-nine-year-old learn the same trick on the same day, and neither of them finds that strange. Intergenerational learning isn't a programme here β€” it's just what happens at the park.

Our riders range from three to seventy-plus. The older ones bring patience, the younger ones bring nerve, and everybody progresses by watching someone slightly better than they are.

student story

"MAKING THIS DOCTOR A SKATER."

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Who says skating is just for kids?! At 27 years old I wanted to start skateboarding but the skate park was so intimidating and the risk of injury very real. I'm so glad I found Evan to teach me!

I've been working with Evan for about eight months and not only has he helped me overcome the fear factor β€” I'm really becoming a confident skater in and out of the park. His instruction style is patient and safety-oriented, but he'll still push me as much as I need to progress. He's particularly skilled at explaining the technical side of skateboarding in a way I can actually understand and replicate.

Thank you for the awesome instruction and making this doctor a skater!

β€” Dr. Jessy P., adult student
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TUTORING TOO?

Skate school isn't just skate school. Evan offers tutoring for students who need a little extra help with school β€” because a confident kid at the desk is a confident kid at the park.

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GOOD-GRADE INCENTIVES

Bring in a report card that's leveled up and we'll hook you up. Stickers, free sessions, and bragging rights all year long.

REAL RIDERS, REAL PROGRESS.

First lesson is $25 off. Grab a spot before the schedule fills up β€” summer books fast around here.