Skateboard Enthusiasts to Show Their Tricks at Skate Board Xtreme Challenge

It doesn't matter if you skate, skated or tried to rollerblade once before wiping out — you should check out the Skate Board Xtreme Challenge in Urbandale Saturday.

The competition, which begins at 11 a.m. in the skate park at , is free and open to the public. If you're planning to lay down some sick moves, you might want to show up a little early — registration takes place in the morning.

Mollie Wilhite, recreation supervisor at , said the event is broken down into beginner, intermediate and advanced categories. All ages are allowed to compete.

"In our advanced division, we give them five minutes for each round to do their best tricks," Wilhite said. "In advanced, you see some pretty sweet stuff."

The competition is also sponsored by Subsect Skateshop in Des Moines. Wilhite said that Subsect provides judges, a ton of prizes and skateboard equipment for the event.

First prize: a skate board from Subsect.

Wilhite has been watching the competition for seven years.

"We've seen a lot of the kids who start as beginners, and now they're working their way up to advanced," Wilhite said. "I've seen a lot of these kids grow up."

She said the skate park is good for Urbandale, and good for the skaters.

"The thing about these skaters is that they really like the park, and they really like that we like them," Wilhite said. "A lot of people have a hard time with skaters skating on our property, but now that we have a park especially for that, they do a really good job watching over it and taking care of that, so we appreciate that.