| July 2, 2009 | ||
| 7:30 pm |
The fine folks at ZJ’s are hosting a summer film series for us at Air Conditioned Bar in Venice, CA every Thursday this summer. Part of the proceeds will benefit Stoked LA and you’ll be able to watch new surf movies!
Its free entry and ALL AGES from 7:30 to 9pm
then $10 and 21+ after the film ends.
There will be a prize raffle and great music.
Air Conditioned Bar in Venice, 625 Lincoln Blvd.
Check out photos from last week sponsored by Quiksilver:
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| July 1, 2009 | ||
| 6:30 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
We’re looking for a crew of dedicated and loyal volunteers to help teach our kids and mentors how to surf this summer at Rockaway Beach! We will have a big group of kids this year so we’ll need lots of volunteers who can help our youth catch their first wave!
Part of your duties are to:
1. Safety – keep your eyes on your pairs and the session
2. Fun – share your love for the ocean and surfing with everyone
3. Respect – please respect the Stoked environment and the relationship between mentor and mentee
4. Encouragement – don’t be afraid to gently challenge the youth and the adults to push themselves
We’re asking that all volunteers be experienced surfers.
Here are the program dates: July 11, 18, August 1, 8, 22, 29, September 12 and we’ll have 2 program sessions a morning and an afternoon session each day.
At this orientation you will learn more about the Surf program, sign up for dates, and get a training on working with our youth.
Please let us know if you have any questions by emailing newyork@stoked.org or calling 917-262-3217.
Volunteer Dan with Karla and Cece! He's been pushing kids into waves for 3 years!
James (middle) with Jason and Chris. James has been volunteering since we started surfing in 2005 in Rockaway!
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Our generous friends at CB&A Productions have invited Stoked LA to benefit from the second annual White Party. Join us Saturday night to party hard and raise some moolah for Stoked Mentoring. Wear white and get down! $10 at the door.
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| June 21, 2009 |
The STOKED SKATE JAM is the meeting spot and kickoff event for thousands of NYC skateboarders who will take to the streets to celebrate Go Skateboarding Day in NYC.
Presented by 
Supporting Sponsors: 5 Boro, iPath, Zoo York, Official New York, Royal Trucks, Upper Playground, Triple 8, Certified Skateboards, and FDK Bearings
Beverage Sponsors: Mountain Dew & Wataah
Music by DJ C-LO
Best Trick Contest, Free Beverages, Skateboard Deck Show, Photography Exhibit, Stoked Graduation Ceremony
EVENT IS FREE
Stoked Skate Jam from stokedmentoring on Vimeo.
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Here’s a great video wrapping up the highly successful Stoked on Spring benefit last month.
Stoked on Spring – Recap video from stokedmentoring on Vimeo.
While we’re a few weeks away from Surf Mentor in LA, we’ve started skateboarding in New York City. We’ve switched up our format from the past few years and now have a more structured skateboard program designed to make our kids and their mentors skateboard proficient on the basics. Not to mention the 20+ youth that we’ve added this spring make the energy awesome for the skate sessions. Look out for more pictures from this Skate Mentor season. Much thanks to Upper Playground, Zoo York, Royal, Triple 8, and FDK Bearings.
Stokers line up to do their skate drills.
New Stoker learning how to skate.
Getting ready to skate.
This is what we like to see - mentoring pairs skating together.
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We recently had our last Mentee in Training (MIT) at Prospect Park. Our partnership with them teaches future Stokers about nature, their environment, and does environmental conservation. By introducing them to nature before they do the sports, our intention is to get the kids more in tune and appreciative of the ocean, mountain, and landscapes. This particular training day had them walk through the park identifying things in nature that represent them. These kids will be matched later this month and will start surfing with their mentor in July!
First Circle of the Day
Here's an electric boat at Prospect Park
We split up into groups and this is the group that I tagged along with.
A little nature walk through the amazing park.
We even saw a turtle in the park.
Future Stoker looks out into the lake
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For the past 16 weeks, the students have built and designed their own skateboards. Last week was the culmination event where the kids showed up their decks at the schools curriculum night. In addition to learning how to design and build their own skateboard, the kids also learned communication skills, leadership, teamwork, and received a half a science credit! Here are pictures from the day!
Narcisso felt like royalty building his first board.
Autographed Deck for all the participants
Kids working the table at the school's curriculum night.
Here are some of the completed decks!
Some of the Stoked Brooklyn kids talking to people about the Skateboard Building afterschool program
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| August 16, 2009 | ||
| November 1, 2009 |
For the 3rd Year in a row, Stoked Mentoring is a charity partner for the NYC Half Marathon. We’re also the charity partner for the ING Marathon in November. Here’s your opportunity to challenge yourself by running in a half marathon or a marathon while supporting Stoked. We have a limited amount of spaces available so join today.
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Thank you to the wonderful folks at Vimby for filming our Stoked Sessions LA on May 2 – which was a successful btw!
