Grace Xue, 7, and Brooklyn Quinonez-Truong, 13, practice figure skating skills on Monday, July 31, 2023, during ice skating camp at Ice Town skating rink in Riverside. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
Ava Brett skates during ice hockey camp on Monday, July 31, 2023, at Ice Town skating rink in Riverside. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
Brooklyn Quinonez-Truong, 13, and coach Peyton Espinosa practice one foot spins skill during the kids’ ice skating and ice hockey camps at the Ice Town skating rink in Riverside on Monday July 31, 2023. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
Instructor Jason Sokol with youths ages 7 and under at ice hockey camp on Monday, July 31, 2023, at Ice Town in Riverside. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
Grace Xue, 7, practices her skills with coach Peyton Espinosa during ice skating camp on Monday, July 31, 2023, at Ice Town in Riverside. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
Ava Brett practices knee drops on Monday, July 31, 2023, during ice hockey camp at Ice Town skating rink in Riverside. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
Victoria Navarrete, 9, practices her skills during figure skating camp on Monday, July 31, 2023, at Ice Town skating rink in Riverside. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
Weston Haynes, 6, practices a superman dive on Monday, July 31, 2023, during ice hockey camp at Ice Town in Riverside. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
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Grace Xue, 7, and Brooklyn Quinonez-Truong, 13, practice figure skating skills on Monday, July 31, 2023, during ice skating camp at Ice Town skating rink in Riverside. (Photo by Milka Soko, Contributing Photographer)
While temperatures outside soar, youths in Riverside are spending time on the ice.
The three-day hockey and figure skating camps, run by the LA Kings Ice Town facility, are teaching youth ages 5-17 new skills. The hockey camp teaches “skating, shooting, stickhandling, passing and hockey concepts,” while figure skaters, “beginner through triple jump,” learn techniques including routine development and team building.
Other Riverside-area camps this summer have focused on basketball, animals and adaptive sports. Details about upcoming camps and activities can be found on the city of Riverside’s Parks, Recreation and Community Services website.