Skate Class

The Skatepark in Hillcrest was the site of the Malta Parks and Recreation Skateboard Lessons last Wednesday, July 11, as several skaters old and new hit up the park that was opened for Malta in 2016.

The event was originally scheduled for Tuesday, July 10, but a thunderstorm thwarted those plans, and the two day opening week became a one-day opening. The PCN caught up with instructor Travis Rhoads as well as a couple of skaters that day.

"We probably could've had class, but there was some lightning in the sky and I didn't want to risk having kids out here," said Rhoads. "It's just better to...