Welcome to the 2024 Ypsilanti District Library's Summer Challenge Geocache series. This year, we have hidden three different caches around Ypsilanti. We hope you'll find them all. This year's theme is the Summer Olympic Games.
Earn a digital badge by logging your find at ypsilibrary.org/summer. To do this, sign up for the library’s Summer Challenge. Ypsi Library Summer Challenge Sign-up. Use your earned points for chances to win big prizes.
There is free parking near the cache. Look for a dirt lot with about 4 or 5 parking spots on the corner of Clark and Midway.
Cache location "hint image," is available if you scroll down to the bottom.
For this geocache challenge, we encourage you to reflect on the sport of skateboarding. You are at Ypsilanti Township's CommUNITY Skatepark. This skatepark opened to the public in September 2020. It incorporates street-style and bowl skating, with rails, ramps, stairs, and ledges.
Skateboarding originated in the late 1940s and early 1950s in California. It was born out of surfer culture to catch the feeling of waves when none were available. Some called it, "sidewalk surfing." The first skateboards manufactured were available in surf shops. Soon, competitions developed with skate teams from surf and skate shops. Skateboarding grew in popularity not only from coast to coast but across the world. Now, it is an Olympic sport.
Learn more about the women and men on the USA Skateboarding Team.
Try to answer the trivia questions below to learn more about skateboarding and the Olympics.
Q1: Which Summer Olympics Games did skateboarding debut as an Olympic sport?
Q2: Which country took home the most gold medals in skateboarding events in the 2020/2021 Summer Olympics?
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A1: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in 2021
Scroll down for the answer to the second question.
A2: Japan, with three gold medals.
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