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Choose Your Own Adventure
2014 Summer Camps L
ONG ON ENERGY AND, WITH school out for a few months, a bit short on structure, Lowcountry kids embrace the opportunity to challenge themselves. To accommodate their zest for summer fun, camps are popping up that offer
much more than swimming all day and singing most of the night. Te Mount Pleasant Recreation Department provides a long list of year-round activities, while plentiful summer camps satisfy a wide range of interests. For example, accord-
BY HELEN RAVENEL HAMMOND
ing to Programming Division Chief Stacey Harrington, “Te Adventuresports camps are not your traditional camps.”
MPRD offers kayaking, archery and a climbing wall,
“an action-packed week” that is certain to satisfy a variety of personalities in young campers. Te Recreation De- partment added a stand-up paddleboard camp last year, according to Program Coordinator Tina Carter. “Paddleboarding is a big fad around here. Te boards
are so expensive, so this is an easy way to try it,” Carter commented. Harrington pointed out that the skateboard camp is
offered almost every week of the summer at the supervised skate park located behind the R.L. Jones Center on Egypt Road. Beginners learn the basics of skateboarding, while those well-versed in the sport will pick up some new tricks. Safety is key, so participants, who must bring their own board, must also remember to bring their own helmet, kneepads and elbow pads. At Hydrofly Watersports, adventure seekers can test
themselves on paddleboards and also participate in boat charters and tours. Te hot ticket is the flyboard, a revo- lutionary new watersport that literally sends you soaring up toward the sky, hovering up to 20 feet in the air. Co- owners Sam Pannier and James Stegall offer kids a combo of adventures at a summer camp at the Bristol Marina in
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Photo courtesy of the Mount Pleasant Recreation Department.
Photo courtesy of the Mount Pleasant Recreation Department.
Photo courtesy of the Mount Pleasant Recreation Department.
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