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So... here i am... finally posting... and asking for money. BUT it's for a good cause and you'll get a shirt!
Im going on a skate tour with Adaptive Action Sports and Amped Riders. Each skater is asked to raise $200 for the tour. Please help out! Any amount is good. Thanks! Ill post the press release at the bottom.
8 leg Skate tour donation
Amped Riders 8 Legs Skate Tour
Adaptive Action Sports (AAS, www.adacs.org), a 501c(3) non-profit dedicated to disabled action sports athletes, will be embarking on a skate tour this summer from the 14th of July to the 28th. At each tour stop the Adaptive Action Sport Skate Team or the Amped Riders will put on a demo for wounded soldiers or veterans (vets). This will be a theme for the whole tour. The tour will start in New York City and make its way to L.A. with 8 stops on the way. The purpose of such a tour is to create awareness among the injured vets and within the disabled community as a whole, that sports for disabled individuals, as a rehabilitative tool or for recreation, do not have to be limited to mainstream activities such as swimming, cycling, or running. Additional to creating awareness the Amped Riders will leave and have left individuals with a sense of hope and vision in the sight of adversity.
* July 14th NYC- The tour will start at KCDC Skate Shop in Brooklyn. The Amped Riders (the “Amped Riders” are the team of athletes that represent Adaptive Action Sports) will demo on the shop ramp with several available pro skaters. An art show will grace the walls consisting of work including several Adaptive Artists. The Amped team will visit local V.A. hospitals to mentor and motivate injured vets.
* July 15th P.A.-The Amped Riders Team will visit the first ever AAS skatepark being built in P.A. There a B-B-Q and press conference will be held to announce the park officially to the public. The Amped team will demo on the existing park. Veterans (vets) will be asked to attend. Transportation will be arranged to bring in vets from local hospitals.
* July16th-17th D.C.- The Amped Team hopes to stop next at Walter Read hospital in D.C. (Walter Reed Army Medical Center is the Army’s largest healthcare facility, and one of the largest in the Department of Defense. They have more than 600,000 visits a year to their main hospital and its satellite clinics; read more at www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/). After stopping at the hospital the Amped team will demo at the Arlington Virginia Skatepark. Transportation will be arranged for vets from Walter Read to attend the demo.
* July 17th-18th Orlando Florida- The tour will fly to Orlando from D.C. or NYC to attend the second annual Extremity Games by College Park (the first disabled X-Games style event specifically for individuals with permanent physical disabilities; www.extremitygames.com). The day before the games begin the Amped riders will demo for local veterans on the E.X. Games facilities.
* July 19th -21st Second Annual Extremity Games
* July 22nd -Vans Warped Tour- Adaptive Action Sports and the Amped Riders will operate a booth at the July 22nd stop of the Warped Tour in Orlando. The Amped Riders will demo on a mini ramp at the event and AAS will man an informative booth to raise awareness about disabilities in action sports.
* July 23rd-24th San Francisco- The Team will travel between the 23rd and 24th of July to San Francisco to team up with Zac Smiths’ Collective Sound (The Collective Sound is a California based music camp; The goal of The Collective Sound is to present youth with an authentic musical experience in performance, recording, and touring through the vehicle of rock, electronic and popular music; read more at www.csuchico.edu/mus/ethos/). A select group of the camps bands, an art show and demos by the Amped Skate Team will fill the lineup for a festival style fundraiser for Adaptive Action Sports that will be called the “Youth Movement Co-Op.” The camps bands will open for headliners in each city. The event will be held at outdoor venues and include educational booths and product giveaways.
* July 26th- Los Angeles- at The Lab, www.thelab.com, in Costa Mesa Ca.
* July 27th- San Diego - “Youth Movement Co-Op”- Here vets from camp Pendleton will be encouraged to attend the event. Transportation will be provided.
Wish List for Tour;
-Additional funding for flight
-Pro Skaters to accompany Amped Riders on tour
-Gear sponsors; shoes, travel bags, clothing, etc.
-Video Camera/Quality Still Camera for donation or use
-Camera crew/photographer
Im going on a skate tour with Adaptive Action Sports and Amped Riders. Each skater is asked to raise $200 for the tour. Please help out! Any amount is good. Thanks! Ill post the press release at the bottom.
8 leg Skate tour donation
Amped Riders 8 Legs Skate Tour
Adaptive Action Sports (AAS, www.adacs.org), a 501c(3) non-profit dedicated to disabled action sports athletes, will be embarking on a skate tour this summer from the 14th of July to the 28th. At each tour stop the Adaptive Action Sport Skate Team or the Amped Riders will put on a demo for wounded soldiers or veterans (vets). This will be a theme for the whole tour. The tour will start in New York City and make its way to L.A. with 8 stops on the way. The purpose of such a tour is to create awareness among the injured vets and within the disabled community as a whole, that sports for disabled individuals, as a rehabilitative tool or for recreation, do not have to be limited to mainstream activities such as swimming, cycling, or running. Additional to creating awareness the Amped Riders will leave and have left individuals with a sense of hope and vision in the sight of adversity.
* July 14th NYC- The tour will start at KCDC Skate Shop in Brooklyn. The Amped Riders (the “Amped Riders” are the team of athletes that represent Adaptive Action Sports) will demo on the shop ramp with several available pro skaters. An art show will grace the walls consisting of work including several Adaptive Artists. The Amped team will visit local V.A. hospitals to mentor and motivate injured vets.
* July 15th P.A.-The Amped Riders Team will visit the first ever AAS skatepark being built in P.A. There a B-B-Q and press conference will be held to announce the park officially to the public. The Amped team will demo on the existing park. Veterans (vets) will be asked to attend. Transportation will be arranged to bring in vets from local hospitals.
* July16th-17th D.C.- The Amped Team hopes to stop next at Walter Read hospital in D.C. (Walter Reed Army Medical Center is the Army’s largest healthcare facility, and one of the largest in the Department of Defense. They have more than 600,000 visits a year to their main hospital and its satellite clinics; read more at www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/). After stopping at the hospital the Amped team will demo at the Arlington Virginia Skatepark. Transportation will be arranged for vets from Walter Read to attend the demo.
* July 17th-18th Orlando Florida- The tour will fly to Orlando from D.C. or NYC to attend the second annual Extremity Games by College Park (the first disabled X-Games style event specifically for individuals with permanent physical disabilities; www.extremitygames.com). The day before the games begin the Amped riders will demo for local veterans on the E.X. Games facilities.
* July 19th -21st Second Annual Extremity Games
* July 22nd -Vans Warped Tour- Adaptive Action Sports and the Amped Riders will operate a booth at the July 22nd stop of the Warped Tour in Orlando. The Amped Riders will demo on a mini ramp at the event and AAS will man an informative booth to raise awareness about disabilities in action sports.
* July 23rd-24th San Francisco- The Team will travel between the 23rd and 24th of July to San Francisco to team up with Zac Smiths’ Collective Sound (The Collective Sound is a California based music camp; The goal of The Collective Sound is to present youth with an authentic musical experience in performance, recording, and touring through the vehicle of rock, electronic and popular music; read more at www.csuchico.edu/mus/ethos/). A select group of the camps bands, an art show and demos by the Amped Skate Team will fill the lineup for a festival style fundraiser for Adaptive Action Sports that will be called the “Youth Movement Co-Op.” The camps bands will open for headliners in each city. The event will be held at outdoor venues and include educational booths and product giveaways.
* July 26th- Los Angeles- at The Lab, www.thelab.com, in Costa Mesa Ca.
* July 27th- San Diego - “Youth Movement Co-Op”- Here vets from camp Pendleton will be encouraged to attend the event. Transportation will be provided.
Wish List for Tour;
-Additional funding for flight
-Pro Skaters to accompany Amped Riders on tour
-Gear sponsors; shoes, travel bags, clothing, etc.
-Video Camera/Quality Still Camera for donation or use
-Camera crew/photographer