Stoked Phoebe
What’s your name and title?
Phoebe Brauer
Program Manager, Stoked L.A.

What are your day to day responsibilities?
I run the Stoked LA office and programs. My day-to-day covers pretty much anything and everything. I might start the day meeting with the Board of Directors of a Foundation, have a conference call with Nike, meet with some of [...]

Stoked Plus is in full effect and now in Queens!  Our 10-week after school program enables teens to learn communication skills and teamwork while building their own skateboards. We are currently in the second semester at Brooklyn School of Collaborative Studies (BCS) and have expanded our program to a new school, Information and Technology High [...]

ING Marathon
Only 3 days and 21 hours left until Team Stoked hits the pavement for the ING Marathon! Hope everyone is pumped and ready to run for the cause. We would like to thank those who have supported and are participating in the marathon. They have done a great job fund raising to keep the [...]

Los Angeles supplied a beautiful warm sunny day for it’s resident Stokers. Here are a few shots taken of mentors and mentees kicking off the new skate season. Everyone enjoyed themselves while learning new tricks and showing off their skills.
Mentor Mark instructs Mentee Maricela
Mentors Carol and Jeremy all geared up
Mentee Kevin warming up.
Mentor Mark [...]

[ October 29, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] We’re inviting the Stoked NYC family to celebrate: the end of our program season, the Team Stoked runners in the NYC marathon, and the upcoming Stoked Awards. Saturdays NYC, a new Surf & Espresso shop in Soho is a great space & environment for Stoked to hang out this Fall!

Stoked Afterwork Soiree @ Saturdays NYC

Saturdays [...]

“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve”.
Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American author who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature. His most famous work, Think and Grow Rich, is one of the best-selling books of all [...]

For the next few Fridays, Stoked would like you to hear from a staff member’s perspective about what it is like to work at Stoked and how they contribute to the organization.

What is your name and title?
Breton Boudreaux – Program Manager – NY
What are your day to day responsibilities?
Overseeing the mentoring pairs in [...]

Check out this trailer of ” Leti’s Story”. You can see the premier of this short film at the 2009 Stoked Awards on November 12. See how you make a difference in your community by supporting Stoked!

“Leti’s Story” Official Trailer from BZ Worldwide on Vimeo.
Shouts to the Directors, Matt Zuckerman & Berry Blanton.

Check out this video of the 5′4 fish Grain Surfboard that is being raffled for the Jordan Kelly Foundation. The board is currently with pro surfer, Dave Rastovich.

You can still enter to win this 5′4 fish. Click here for more information. Hurry and buy your ticket, the raffle ends November 11, 2009.

Jhan & Chris
Here is a pic of a mentoring pair in L.A. Mentee Jhan on the left and mentor Chris on the right. Enjoying themselves during Skate mentoring program this past weekend and celebrating Jhan’s 16th birthday. Happy Birthday Jhan! On behalf of everybody here at Stoked!