Woodward PA Camp: Where Action Sports and Community Converge

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Charlotte and Eric

Aired; May 5th, 2025.

For the past three years, Woodward PA’s 90-mile-from-Harrisburg action-sports summer camp has been forging a unique blend of elite coaching and genuine camaraderie. Camp Program Director Eric Brown and Olympic gold-medalist Charlotte Worthington joined The Spark to explain what makes Woodward’s “wheeled sports” experience unlike any other—and why campers keep coming back for more.

At Woodward, campers don’t just learn new tricks—they gain mentors at the very peak of their sport. “I don’t know a lot of summer camps that have folks who are at the peak of their game in that sport,” Brown said. “LeBron James probably isn’t coming to camp to high-five the kids and eat lunch with them. And that’s something that happens on almost a daily basis at Woodward camp.”

Woodward’s secret sauce is its “intuitive progression system,” a 0–10 scale that groups campers by skill, from “never-have-I-ever” beginners to those chasing Olympic dreams. “If you’re an 8, 9, 10, I might put you in the group with Charlotte,” Brown said, ensuring every rider learns at the right pace.

Worthington credited Woodward’s specialized facilities for her historic 360-backflip gold at Tokyo 2020. “The 360 backflip was really developed in Cloud 9 at Woodward with my coach Jamie Beswick and a bunch of friends,” she said, recalling long days perfecting aerial tricks in foam and resi pits before taking them to concrete ramps.

Competing in the Olympic final, Worthington had no expectations to win—until it was time for her secret “Ferrari” trick. “I was all in,” she said. “I knew I had to put that extra pedal in to get the speed … and it worked out.”

Despite its individual-focus sports, Woodward fosters deep bonds. “If you go to any skate park in America … you’re going to see folks who are super tight,” Brown noted. “It’s that community aspect … combined with summer camp, where you spend all day, every day” that creates lifelong friendships.

Worthington added: “Whether it’s someone’s first drop in down a ramp or a 1st 1080, it takes the same amount of celebration … because everyone’s just stoked on being there, doing the thing they love together.

This summer, Woodward PA runs nine weeks of camp from June 15 through mid-August. Brown and Worthington both say they can’t wait to welcome new faces and returning campers to experience Woodward’s blend of high-level coaching, grassroots community, and pure summer-camp magic.

Listen to the podcast for the full conversation.