ABOUT INSPIRE NATION SKATE CO.

Inspire Nation Skate Co. is a Christ-centered skateboarding brand and outreach movement designed to equip, encourage, and empower teens through faith, creativity, and community. Blending skate culture with mental health awareness and spiritual truth, we create safe spaces for youth to grow emotionally, mentally, and spiritually—on and off the board.

Through community events, skate lessons, storytelling, and our original products like The Rebel Journal, we give young people tools to discover who they are and who God created them to be. Whether it’s through a skate session at the park or a conversation after a fall, our mission is simple: to inspire a change in direction.

The founder of Inspire Nation Skate Co., Spade Schumacher, partners individually with public schools to deliver age-appropriate, inclusive social-emotional learning programs. While his work is faith-motivated, all school-based programming is fully secular. All faith-based content is offered only in off-campus, opt-in settings.


What We Skate For

At Inspire Nation Skate Co., our mission is fueled by more than just the board beneath our feet. We skate with purpose, guided by five values that shape our faith-driven movement:

S – Stand in Truth: Ground everything in the Gospel and live with integrity and boldness.

K – Know Your Worth: Understand your identity in Christ and that your story matters.

A – Act in Love: Build others up, choose empathy, and lead with grace on and off the board.

T – Transform Adversity: Use your pain, trials, and setbacks as fuel for growth and testimony.

E – Elevate Others: Encourage, disciple, and lift others up in faith and life.


About the Founder

Spade - Inspire Nation Founder

Spade Schumacher — Founder & Vision

Since 2007, Spade Schumacher has used skateboarding as more than a sport—it’s been a tool for creativity, perseverance, and belonging. What started as a personal passion grew into a calling to create safe, purpose-driven spaces where young people can learn life skills through movement, challenge, and community.

Through years immersed in skate culture, Spade has seen how skateboarding naturally teaches resilience: falling, getting back up, trying again, and encouraging others along the way. These lessons now shape the heart of Inspire Nation Skate Co., a ministry built around skateboarding as a vehicle for character development, emotional growth, and faith-centered mentorship.

Spade’s Story

Skateboarding became a steady presence in Spade’s life during seasons of change, helping him develop identity, discipline, and confidence when other areas felt uncertain. Over time, his faith deepened, and he began to see skateboarding as a way to reflect Christ-like values: patience, humility, perseverance, and community.

Today, Spade combines nearly two decades of skateboarding experience with youth mentorship to help teens grow both on and off the board. His approach emphasizes effort over perfection, progress over performance, and purpose over comparison—core principles woven into every Inspire Nation program and product.

Why Skateboarding?

Skateboarding meets students where they are.
It’s accessible. It’s honest. And it teaches lessons you can’t learn from a textbook:

  • Falling isn’t failure—it’s feedback.

  • Growth takes time and repetition.

  • Confidence is built through consistency.

  • Community matters more than competition.

At Inspire Nation Skate Co., skateboarding is the starting point—but growth, identity, and hope are the destination.