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What do Youth from the East + West Coasts Have in Common?
A lot! We are more alike than we believe and we got to witness that firsthand this past Friday as we hosted a group of teens from the Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA) program at our New York office. HOLA is a non-profit that has been working with under-served youth in Los Angeles for [...]
Stoked Los Angeles Skate Mentor Wrap Up
In mid June fourteen Stokers met 4 volunteers and Stoked Charlie at HQ where they started the day off with some organic bananas before hopping on the metro to Santa Monica for a day of skating and festivities. The first stop after arriving in Santa Monica was the farmers market where Fair Hills Farms treated [...]
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Congrats to Team Stoked for Completing the 5 Boro Bike Tour!
Congratulations to Team Stoked for participating in the 5 Boro Bike Tour! On Sunday, May 6, eight Team Stoked supporters rode their bicycles for 40 miles, touring all five boroughs of New York City. The tour began just shy of 8am in Battery Park City. Riders rode up 6th Avenue and through Central Park together [...]
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NYC Stoked to Serve Kick-Off
This past Saturday Stoked NYC took advantage of the beautiful day and launched its spring program season with Stoked to Serve at the East River State Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 40 Stokers, featuring 9 mentoring pairs, 27 youth from four Stoked after school programs, and a crew from partner organization the “I Have a Dream [...]
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Stoked Trishredathon Recap
14 Stoked Los Angeles supporters participated in the first ever Trishredathon on Sunday, March 25 in California. We lucked into a bluebird morning at Snow Summit and got the chance to ride with Snow Mentor #5 stokers and special guest Travis Rice. It was dumping rain all morning in Venice Beach, but as we pulled [...]
A look at Stoked to Serve in Prospect Park
42 students and 7 volunteers came to Prospect Park on Sunday, 9/25, to do community service in the park and practice skateboarding. It was hot and muggy, but the sun was out and no one seemed to mind. After two hours of weeding, shoveling and raking, stokers hopped on their boards to do some carving [...]
Stoked LA "Surfing Safari" Summer Recap
This summer Stoked embarked on a surfing safari! Stoked LA surfed the southern California coast from Malibu down to San Clemente. Over 50 Stokers learned to surf and most paddled into waves on their own! Stokers got a taste of the pro-circuit too. They attended the US Open of Surf and the X-Games. See pictures [...]
Mentor Pair Activity: September 18
The Brooklyn Book Festival is this Sunday, September 18, from 10am-6pm at Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn. Authors will give talks throughout the day at this huge book festival set in the heart of Brooklyn. At 3pm Making Difficult Choices will take place at the Youth Stoop, the festival’s area for youth programming. Bestselling and award-winning authors Cory [...]
