Before the Next Drop

This is a Movement

Welcome to a quiet moment in the story. The ramps aren’t buzzing. The vans are catching their breath after a summer that stitched joy across skateparks and fields and parking lots turned into playgrounds. It feels strange in a way, this stillness. Camp ROYAL is a movement, after all. We’re used to motion. Movement is our heartbeat.

Though the outside looks calm, a roar is brewing within. This season is our sacred pause. A time of rest and reflection. The kind of breath you take before sending it off the ramp. Muscles recover. Hearts reset. Minds replay the highlights. Eyes look heavenward. The good kind of tired clings to our bones, reminding us that God has been doing something real among us.

The Foundation of Who We Are

While the world might call this the “off season,” we call it the “reset season.” We’re remembering the faces. The breakthroughs. The belly laughs under park lights. The moments of courage when a camper finally landed their trick or finally let down a wall around their heart. We’re marveling at the way God met us there each day… and then we’re asking Him where He wants to take us next.

The answer keeps leading us back to the foundation of who we are: R O Y A L.

Every conversation, every devotional, every shout of encouragement on the course, every moment a kid discovers they are more than they believed… it all flows from this identity. Precious. Called. Seen. Strong. Loved by a King.

More Than Just Words on a Wristband

As we prepare for the next season of camps going mobile across the country, we want to bring you deeper into what we’re all about. Not only what ROYAL stands for, but what it means. Over the coming months, we’re taking everyone along a journey through each letter of that name we proudly wear. Each word builds the conversations that echo through a camp week.

Being REAL by embracing authenticity, not the highlight reel. Being OPEN to learning that Jesus is always better than we think. Being YOURS anchors us in identity: you belong to God, not the crowd. Being ALL IN to walking with Jesus through every high and every wipeout. Being LOVED by our unchanging, never-ceasing Father in Heaven, never dependent on performance.

Still in Motion

Campers wrestle with these ideas between ramp tricks and Chick-Fil-A stops. They question. They explore. They laugh and realize they aren’t alone. Faith rises. Confidence roots itself. Chains start to break.

So this season, while our wheels aren’t spinning quite as fast, the mission is still in motion. We are preparing. We are dreaming. We are asking God to continue using this crazy, beautiful blend of action sports and discipleship to call kids into their true identity.

Thank you for being part of this story. For praying, supporting, cheering, volunteering, donating, tagging along, and tracking the journey from afar. You are part of the momentum that will launch the next year further than ever.

Stay close. Big things are coming. For now, we rest with purpose. We reflect with joy. We trust the One who leads.