Travis Rice rolled up to Snow Summit Mountain in Big Bear, California on March 25, 2012 to ride with the kids at Stoked Mentoring’s final Snow Mentor Los Angeles session.
35 Stoked youth, 11 volunteers, two Stoked staff and a camera crew took a bus from Stoked Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles to Snow Summit Mountain in Big Bear, CA to snowboard for the day. Snow Mentors teach under-served youth life lessons through the process of learning to snowboard. The theme of the day for Snow Mentor was “reflection.” . . “We’re thrilled to have Travis Rice join the bus and snowboard with our kids.” says Steve Larosiliere, Stoked’s President. “Having the top snowboarder in the world share his passion for snowboarding and life lessons learned makes a tremendous impact for our kids.”
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Professional Snowboarder Travis Rice mentors youth through Snowboarding at Snow Summit with Stoked
LOS ANGELES, CA – On March 25, professional snowboarder Travis Rice acted as a Snow Mentor for youth in the final Snow Mentor Los Angeles session of the season. 35 Stoked youth, 11 volunteers, two Stoked staff and a camera crew took a bus from Stoked Headquarters in downtown Los Angeles to Snow Summit Mountain in Big Bear, CA to snowboard for the day. Snow Mentors teach under-served youth life lessons through the process of learning to snowboard. The theme of the day for Snow Mentor was “reflection.”
“We’re thrilled to have Travis Rice join the bus and snowboard with our kids.” says Steve Larosiliere, Stoked’s President. “Having the top snowboarder in the world share his passion for snowboarding and life lessons learned makes a tremendous impact for our kids.”
The students that benefit from Stoked Mentoring realize profound success. The schools Stoked works with typically have less than favorable graduation rates and have both gang and drop-out issues. Stoked retains 92% of their youth from year to year, and 100% of Stoked students have graduated from high school.
About Stoked
Founded by Steve Larosiliere & Sal Masekela in 2005, Stoked’s mission is to promote personal development, academic achievement, and healthy living to under-served youth through action sports culture in New York & Los Angeles. Stoked Los Angeles works with underprivileged and disadvantaged kids from the Pico-Union and Westlake neighborhoods of Los Angeles. By matching these kids with inspired mentors and exposing them to action sports, Stoked helps them have more successful futures. As of January 2012, Stoked has successfully worked with more than 2,100 kids in both cities.
dude…………I saw him riding, i remember thinking “That guy with the green bib is super good!” Little did i know it was my favorite snowboarder of all time.
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