Have you ever wanted to do something big, something awesome? Have you ever wanted to join something greater than yourself? Have you always wanted to make that change to be better? Celebrity fitness trainer and new Snow Mentor Jonathan Angelilli helps people do exactly that. In many ways, Jonathan is a professional motivator. He motivates people to act; he [...]
New Bindings, New Beginnings
Last Sunday, STOKED Los Angeles embarked on its 7th trip to Snow Summit which is celebrating its 60th Anniversary. STOKED Los Angeles plans to take 6 trips to Snow Summit this year, the most snow trips we’ve taken since 2009! First week of the year started off with a blast. We had a record setting [...]
Lily’s Farewell and “Best of” Stoked Stories and Lessons
For the past 19 months I’ve had the privilege to work for an amazing action sports youth development organization and take away valuable life lessons and memories. Our core values: Success, Teamwork, Openness, Kudos, Energy, and Determination create our culture here. We thrive on those values at work and in our lives. One of the [...]
What Happens to a former Mentee of the Year?
She blows up! Meet Zaidy, a STOKED Summer Associate and STOKED alumn. In 2008, Zaidy was awarded the Mentee of the Year with her mentor, Cindy. Now a senior at PACE University, see what she’s up to with STOKED this summer. And now for a look back…
The Power of STOKED
How do you translate a foreign concept like surfing to a freshman in high school from New York City? Taimir is a regular student at one of our schools in Downtown Brooklyn. On paper he’s an average student, but there’s nothing average about him in STOKED. He caught the STOKED bug at the beginning [...]
STOKED Los Angeles on the Up and Up
At STOKED we teach youth the value of learning from mistakes and persevering through obstacles. What kind of organization would we be if we didn’t do that ourselves? Admittedly STOKED has gone through growing pains, but under the leadership of Stoked Charlie and the epic support of Los Angeles volunteers and sponsors, STOKED Los Angeles [...]
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Stoked Steve Plays Snow Mentor
Sometimes our weekends can be about catching up on life, rather than doing things that are out of the ordinary. As adults we do whatever we couldn’t get done during the week on the weekends. Shopping. Brunch with friends. Reading the paper. Watching the game. My weekends for the past 8 months have been filled [...]
Snow Mentor Kickoff in New York
Stoked’s Snow Mentor: New York program officially entered its seventh season this past Saturday, January 7! Thanks to our partner organization Children of Promise and our amazing staff and volunteers, 28 students from City Polytechnic High School and Brooklyn School of Collaborative Studies spent the day practicing their S-Curves at Belleayre Mountain. Not only do [...]
Stoked NY's Volunteer of the Week: Gene Reich
This week’s volunteer of the week is Gene Reich! Gene has been an all-star volunteer throughout our Snow Mentor season. Gene has volunteered at each of our New York Snow Mentor Saturdays this Winter. In addition to manning the Brooklyn pick-up, every week Gene coaches youth off the bunny slope and onto their first run. [...]
