ETHIOPIAN SKATE PARK PROJECT – CHANGING LIVES THROUGH SKATEBOARDING
Elemental Awareness Foundation (EA) teamed up with the Ethiopian Skateboard Park Project (ESPP) in their efforts to teach kids how to skateboard in Ethiopia. Through Element’s Changing lives through skateboarding program, EA was able to donate shoes and boards to help the ESPP accomplish their goals. They recently made a trip out to Ethiopia to visit the kids and build some ramps. The ultimate goal of the project is to build a Skate Park and community center in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Click Here to learn more about the project and how you can help this dream become a reality. To see more photos from the trip, Click Here.
A portion of proceeds from all shoes and select skateboards benefit the Elemental Awareness Foundation. When you buy Element, you are helping make programs like this possible.
PUSH TUNISIA: NATHAN GRAY DOCUMENTARY PROJECT IN TUNIS
Elemental Awareness has supported Nathan Gray in his ventures to take skateboarding to the children of India, Israel, Jordan and now Tunisia. . PUSH Tunisia is a skateboard ‘artivism’ project which features a multi-national group of skateboarders, street artists, and volunteers on a trip to Tunisia, eleven months after the revolution. Now in the final stages of the project, he and his organization, the bedouins, need your help. CLICK HERE to find out more about the project and how you can help.
ELEMENTAL AWARENESS “PAINT A DECK” WATTS, CA
On Friday, December 2nd, Element and Elemental Awareness teamed up with the WLCAC in Watts, CA for a day of art and skateboarding.
Element Advocates Mike Kershnar and Todd Francis were there to help the kids create their very own hand painted board which they were able to keep. Afterward, Element team riders Nyjah Huston, Mark Appleyard, and Ray Barbee skated with kids at the recently built skatepark.
Elemental Awareness would like to thank the WLCAC, Create-A-Skate, Vitamin Water, and Kind Snacks for helping make this event great… See you next year!
ELEMENTAL AWARENESS “PAINT A DECK” WATTS, CA
On Friday, December 2nd, Element and Elemental Awareness teamed up with the WLCAC in Watts, CA for a day of art and skateboarding.
Element Advocates Mike Kershnar and Todd Francis were there to help the kids create their very own hand painted board which they were able to keep. Afterward, Element team riders Nyjah Huston, Mark Appleyard, and Ray Barbee skated with kids at the recently built skatepark.
Elemental Awareness would like to thank the WLCAC, Create-A-Skate, Vitamin Water, and Kind Snacks for helping make this event great… See you next year!
CHANGING LIVES THROUGH SKATEBOARDING
Elemental Awareness hit the road to visit their friends on the Apache, Flathead, and Navajo reservations, where they were able to skate with the kids, and connect on a larger level…
Through the CHANGING LIVES THROUGH SKATEBOARDING program, they were able to give away more than 100 pairs of shoes, 50 skateboards and tons of other product. Needless to say, the kids were hyped and received some much needed gear.
Click here to see some photos from the tour. And for more information on Elemental Awareness and their programs, visit their site and Facebook page.
Skateboarding is embraced in Africa as a vehicle for social change.
Indigo Youth Movement employs skateboarders from Indigo Skate Camp to coach in a nearby Zulu villages. Over the past 4 weeks coaches G and T have introduced skateboarding to the remote Zulu village of Number 9. The response they have received is overwhelming as most days there are over 100 Children lining up for a go. It’s warming to see a mass of first timers embrace the enjoyment of pushing and coasting around. Andres Bignasca our Swiss volunteer expressed his amazement at the sense of community. One of his joys was his experiences in sharing. Click here to see more photos.
Changing lives in Timor-Leste with Brett Nichols
Long time Element Skate Camp family member, Brett Nichols, recently journeyed to Timor – Leste to do some good, and spread the love of skateboarding to parts of the world with little to no exposure to the lifestyle. He was hosted by the non profit association Bafuturu which is doing its best to steer the youth of Timor away from violence and fighting towards more positive outlets for their energy like skateboarding. Click here for more information on the project.
Changing lives in Brazil
Element Brazil teamed up with Sandro Soares and Social Skate, a non-profit organization from São Paulo, Brazil to celebrate “National Kids Day” in Brazil. This organization teaches computer, art and skateboard classes. They also provide food for the kids in the program. To learn more about this organization, Click here.
Element scheduled to visit Navajo, Apache and Flathead Indian Reservations
Element and Elemental Awareness will be heading out to the North and Southwest to hang out, skate, give shoes and boards through the new “Changing lives through skateboarding” program from Sept. 6th-Sept. 20th. Check the flyer for dates and times. If you live in any of these areas, look for the Element van and throw us a peace sign, you never know what we might throw back. See you on the road…
A portion of proceeds from every Element shoe sold and selected skateboard sales will benefit the Elemental Awareness Foundation whose mission is to positively transform lives through their love of skateboarding.
Under the direction of the Elemental Awareness Foundation, programs are aimed to promote social awareness, environmental responsibility, and encourage a healthy, active lifestyle. For more information visit elementalawareness.org.
Through your support of Element shoes, you too are changing lives through skateboarding.