The poster made no mention of a weather make-up date, but it didn’t matter — participants skated, scooted and rode their way to the park, anyway.

Sequim Skate Park users, advocates and other community members turned out in droves for a rather rainy Skate Sequim Fundraiser on June 30, backing efforts to raise dollars for expansion of the facility at Carrie Blake Community Park.

“I couldn’t be more blown away and amazed by the way that turned out,” event promoter Andrew Guimond said.

“(There were) smiles on their faces, and ‘Thank yous’ all day,” he said. “Guys were entering the competition in the rain (and) friends from Seattle were calling me the whole way, (asking), ‘You still doing it?’ These guys went and skateboarded through puddles. A lot of those guys didn’t hold back because of (the rain).”

The event included separate trick contests for competitors on skateboards, scooters and bicycles.

The turnout yielded about $1,600 for the nonprofit Sequim Skate Park Foundation.

Foundation leaders and local skaters hope to raise funds over the next four years through donations and grants to add multiple elements and fix the 18-year-old park, one that users say has misplaced obstacles that don’t function well together.

Guimond said he’s looking at hosting other events at the park, but more likely smaller, one-sponsor events so advocates don’t burden local sponsors for more donations.

“I can’t ask those guys to drop that much stuff all the time,” Guimond said.

That might include get-togethers like a “pizza and movie night” with a skate-themed film projected at the park, he said.

“It’s not the end; it’s just the beginning,” Guimond said. “We’ve got a long way to go to try to get enough money (for a revamped park).”

For more about the Sequim Skate Park Foundation, see www.facebook.com/skatesequim/.