Poseiden Newsletter#2
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Poseiden Newsletter#2
February 25th 2011 N P O S EID EN F O U N D A TI O N e w s l e t t e r # 2 Read about: Poseiden particpation @ Poseiden Christmas Eve Poseiden International Poseiden West Coast the Chili Bowl and Best surprise in Bogota, Tour 2011, Ecuador and Tour Trick Contest in S.F Colombia Street and Graffiti Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Contest Page 5 and 6 To Our Readers, Friends and Supporters: Welcome to the Poseiden Foundation's Second Newsletter! Thank you so much for being a major part of this wonderful organization. As you know, our vision is to inspire the youth to dream and create lifechanging experiences through the empowerment of love and support. Whether we're teaming up with high-risk youth organizations or with the North County School District or Internationally, we want to provide children with opportunities they might not otherwise be able to experience and enjoy. To bring everyone up to speed on what we've been doing lately-here's a little look at our past events from August 2010-January 2011. ! ! ! ! """""""""""""""""""""""""! ! ! Email: micaela@poseiden.org" ! ! The Poseiden Foundation, Inc"" ! " Cel: 760.672.7506 Fax: 760.758.8510 Website: Poseiden.org and Poseidenfoundation.org Social Media: Facebook.com/Poseiden and twitter.com/poseiden February 25th 2011 P O S EID EN F O UN D A TIO N , IN C THE BERRICS Last Stop of the Tour! Mission High School,S.F Lea Taylor, Emily the Strange rider, spreading the love Poseiden West Coast Tour This years 2nd Annual West Coast Tour was with professional athletes Mimi Knoop, Abisha Alshebaiki, Eliana Sosco, Jessica Ferreira and Leticia Buffoni and downhill skater Isabelle Fried. We were very fortunate to have professional photographer Ana Paula Negrao taking photos and Am Lea Taylor to join us during the 5 day tour, from North County, San Diego to San Francisco. Mimi Knoop Teaching Mira Loma Elementary Lauren Perkins, Micaela Ramirez, Eliana Sosco, AP Negrao, Jessica Ferreira, Leticia Buffoni We stopped at 2 different inner-city schools in San Francisco, Mira Loma Elementary School and Mission High School. The Poseiden crew helped teach the youth to skateboard and spoke to the kids about their experiences, which motivated the students. At Mira Loma Elementary there were over 80 after-school students that wanted to be part of the skate program and more than half of these students were girls. As for Mission High School, the have an after school Skate program that is strictly for females in which 2 girls come from MIddle-Eastern background wear skating is not acceptable by their family member or their society,but they continue to come everyday after school to learn. Eliana Sosco giving the girls High-5’s Jessica Ferreira Our last school stop was at the Santa Cruz, organization Barrios Unidos, where its not only a safe haven for immigrants and first generation youth but a learning center where they teach the youth about peace and respect. They not only have developed a production studio but have general classes where parents and child can an learn how to better communicate their differences as they accommodate to their new place of living. All in all it was a great success and we can’t wait to go on tour for his year Downhill Skater, Isabelle Fried ! ! ! ! """""""""""""""""""""""""! ! ! Email: micaela@poseiden.org" Barrios Unidos students checking out their new decks Thanks to Black Box Dis. Special Thanks to, The Berrics, Kevin and Chase for hooking it up every year so the girls can come and skate. It’s always an amazing experience and fun to see the girls shred. Check out Clips of the girls on Text YoSelf @ www.theberrics.com ! ! The Poseiden Foundation, Inc"" ! " Cel: 760.672.7506 Fax: 760.758.8510 Website: Poseiden.org and Poseidenfoundation.org Social Media: Facebook.com/Poseiden and twitter.com/poseiden February 25th 2011 P O S EID EN F O U N D A TI O N , I N C Chili Bowl: Lea Taylor1st, Mimi Knoop 2nd, Leticia Buffoni 3rd. Special Thanks to Isabelle Fried and Rob, Emily the Strange, for helping fund this years West Coast Tour. Lea Taylor, Chili Bowl Best Ollie, 187 Elbow Pads Poseiden Grom Skate Contest and the Chili Bowl Its another year at the Chili Bowl! Thanks to Toad and Salmon for allowing Poseiden to be part of their event for the second year in a row, we were fortunate enough to have our athletes on tour compete and Poseiden put on a Grom contest on the street course. Chili Bowl Madness, Poseiden Guest Athlete Nick Noller Isabelle Fried and Poseiden Founder Micaela, gave mini 25 minute skate clinics to all who wanted to learn how to skate surf. Gravity Skateboards supported by giving 10 completes to Isabelle to teach and give away for prizes. Best Sport, Gravity Complete, Triple Eight Helmet The Grom contest consisted of Best Ollie, Best Sport and Best trick in the mini-ramp. We had over 15 groms and each one walked away with a goodie bag full of product from our supporters: Black Box, Hoopla, Triple-Eight Helmets, Gravity, Emily the Strange, 187 Pads, Sector 9, Osiris, Etnies, Ace trucks, Livity, Concrete Wave WES T C O A S T TO UR S UM M A RY Tour Route San Diego Rock n’ Roll to Fakie, Hoopla Skate Deck 5 DA YS / 1 0 P EO P L E Transportation Gas Lodging 3 meals a Day Total $1,200/ $67.55 $0/on the road $120.00(snacks/H2O) $1,387.55 rentalvan Los Angeles 0 $43.03 $0/on the road $68.24 $111.27 San Francisco 0 $43.22 449/Hotel,3rooms $238.54 $730.76 $83.83 $120.00/Loft $100.00($10 per/person) $303.83 $38.78 Slept @ The Berrics $98.21 $136.99 Santa Barbara Los Angeles 0 ! San Diego ! ! 0! """""""""""""""""""""""""! ! ! Email: micaela@poseiden.org" Total $1,200 ! $75.42 ! The Poseiden Foundation, Inc"" $0/on the road $0.00 $75.42 ! " Cel: 760.672.7506 Fax: 760.758.8510 Website: Poseiden.org and Poseidenfoundation.org Social Media: Facebook.com/Poseiden and twitter.com/poseiden $351.83 $569.00 $624.99 $2,745.82 February 25th 2011 P O S EID EN F O UN D A TIO N , IN C Special Thank you to Nicolas Delvalle for helping set-up the contest and take photos! Juan Davila, Backside Flip- Won Etnies Beanie with a Nollie backside 360 heelflip. Christmas Eve Bogota, Colombia Camii Bernal WonVans T-shirt During my flight home, my airline company stated that we would have a delay due to weather in Bogota, Colombia for 12 hours. Once I hear the news, I decided to get on Facebook and see who I knew that skated there. I have been following Nicolas Devalle’s skate photography now for over 6 months, but had no clue that he lived in Bogota, Colombia. He had been following Poseiden and we were finally able to connected personally all due to the flight delay. Andres JimenezSwitch Frontside Flip Won Zero Wallet. Kenny Gudino-Frontside nose grab Within 3 hours we set-up a skate contest at the local skate park in Bogota. I brought product from Ecuador to give as prizes. And sent a shout-out to all the skaters that lived in that area. Once I arrived to the skatepark there was already kids, teens and adults waiting to skate the mini-ramp. It was amazing the Colombia Police even came to watch the youth skate. After the contest we went to a couple of skate spots and shots some pictures. Though I was stuck in Colombia for 12 hours, it was a fun Christmas Eve and many kids that came left with a great Christmas Prizes thanks supporters Nicolas Inc"" Delvalle. ! ! to all Poseidens ! The Poseidenand Foundation, ! ! ! """""""""""""""""""""""""! ! ! Email: micaela@poseiden.org" Nicolas Montano Won Livity Beanie ! " Cel: 760.672.7506 Fax: 760.758.8510 Website: Poseiden.org and Poseidenfoundation.org Social Media: Facebook.com/Poseiden and twitter.com/poseiden Damian Piedrahita, 11 years old, Bogota Colombia Zero Shirt February 25th 2011 P O S EID EN F O UN D A TIO N , IN C First time skating 5 years old, went downhill no prob. Won T-shirt Pancho giving lessons Escuela Bernardo de Legarda, Elementary-Middle School, Calderon, Ecuador Poseiden: Schools, Skate, Graffiti Encouraging the Youth! Free expression Graffiti Just walked out of learning to draw with Huesos The tour dates were!January!25th - 30th in Quito, Ecuador. The Foundation's core aim during this tour was to work with children and to help them realize the possibilities of following their dreams. Five riders; Brazilian pro Eliana Sosco, USA bowl legend Jen O´Brien, local Ecuadorian pro rider Pancho Moscoso, Radical Skateboarder Magazine editor David Holguin and VidaSur owner Andres Holguin and one photographer/filmier - Jenna Selby from the UK and Graffiti artist Luis " Huesos" Donoso were brought in to coach and to talk to the students in 3 different underprivileged schools and one orphanage. David, Mitad Del Mundo Student, Ollied Stairs and won T-shirt The first group of kids we visited were from the orphanage Remanso de Amor. They were so enthusiastic and excited about the visit that they kept hugging the coaches and asking them questions about skateboarding and graffiti. Half the students jumped straight onto the boards and the other half straight to the cans of paint. The skate and graffiti scene is only beginning to take off in Ecuador, and it´s great to see everyone starting off on equal footing. We visited the Escuela Bernardo de Legarda Elementary/Middle school that has 3 different school hours (7am-1pm, 2-6pm, 6:30-10pm) due to the students work schedules. There we were confronted by over 400 children. The school had set-up the presentation for originally 60 students but the Director thought it too good an opportunity to miss and decided to involve the first four primary grades. At first we pulled girls and boys out of the crowd until there was a stampede of 200 children, stepping over all the coaches going straight for the skateboards and wanting to participate. At this point, the coaches thought that a demonstration would be preferable, as there was not enough equipment for everyone. !In the classroom, with over 40 students, Huesos gave them a lesson on how to draw human figures and gave a demonstration on how to draw comic characters. Jen O’Brien- girls skate tips Huesos, Graffiti at Escuela Fiscal ! ! ! ! """""""""""""""""""""""""! ! ! Email: micaela@poseiden.org" Eliana getting the girls excited The following day we visited the Escuela Fiscal in the southern part of Quito. This school is an indigenous school with no electricity or running water. The kid’s have ever seen skateboards before but again they all took to it straight away and skated non-stop for over an hour. The girls helped out the boys, giving them pointers on their stance. Huesos also had the opportunity to Graffiti on the schools wall representing the Ecuador's indigenous heritage and oneness with nature.! Jenna Selby sharing pictures and showing them the magic of photography Pancho showing off his skills STICKERS! The last day of the tour we went to Mitad del Mundo (The Equator) to visit another school that is mixed with 80% indigenous students and 20% students that are immigrants from other surrounding countries in South America. The school has over 2 acres of land in which they are teaching the students about Eco-Tourism and how to and why it's important to conserve Ecuador’s nature. Its a starting program with little to none funding but the Directors dream is that the students at this !school have! opportunities The Poseiden to not onlyFoundation, learn about their Inc""culture but help the planet understand theFax: importance of being activist when it comes !by helping the students " Cel: 760.672.7506 760.758.8510 Poseiden Founder, Micaela with youth to conservation of theand planets resources. Website: Poseiden.org Poseidenfoundation.org Social Media: Facebook.com/Poseiden and twitter.com/poseiden at orphanage Remanso de Amor February 25th 2011 P O S EID EN F O UN D A TIO N , IN C Poseiden Skate y Grafo Contest Special Thanks To Supporters Eliana Sosco, La Roca Pancho Moscoso, Carapungo 1st- Johnny Gonzalez, 2nd- Jeff Hidalgo,3rd- Salef Winners: 1st- Dayana Garcia, 2nd-Allision Salazar, 3rd Diana Lacer, Naomi Allan Parquet La Carolina Quito, January 29th, 2011, we held a skate competition at the local skate park Parque La Carolina. There was a really good turn of a couple of hundred people and over 35 males came out to compete and 3 girls from Guayaquil (Southern Ecuador) made the 8 hour bus journey and 1 from Riobamba a 4 hour bus ride and 8 girls from Northern and Southern Quito made the journey to “La Parque” just so that they could be involved. Lil ones that competed Mateo R. and Mateo M The males competition consisted of 6 heats of 8 and 8 minutes each heat. The finals from each heat then went into a Game of Skate to determine who would take First, Second and Third Place. Males First Place Winner walked away with: Zero, Cole Deck, Destruco trucks, Etnies shoes, Bones Bearing, Ace wax, Etnies Skate bag, Clothing, VidaSur Beanie,Bone wheels. The females on the course were either learning to skate to the right of the snake run with coaches Jen and Eliana or practicing for the Female Skate Jam. We have 6 girls sign-up which is actually a big turn out for the female scene in Ecuador and had 15 minutes to skate. Each girls walked away with a Skate Deck, Bone Wheels,Shirts. Allison Salazar,RocknRoll ! ! ! ! """""""""""""""""""""""""! ! ! Email: micaela@poseiden.org" Prizes! Female First Place received: Hoopla complete and gift bag, Destruco Trucks, 187 pads, Sector-Nine hat, Etnies and Livity Clothing and Adidas shoes. Second Place: Hoopla complete with Ace trucks and gift bag with Etnies Keep-A-Breast Shoe line and Livity Clothing. Third Place: Hoopla Deck with gift bag, Bone wheels and Etnies sweater. ! ! The Poseiden Foundation, Inc"" ! " Cel: 760.672.7506 Fax: 760.758.8510 Website: Poseiden.org and Poseidenfoundation.org Social Media: Facebook.com/Poseiden and twitter.com/poseiden Salef-Ollie Shifty The Crowd February 25th 2011 Thank you to our 2010 Supporters. Without them Poseiden wouldn’t have ben able to continue with our programs Locally and Internationally! 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"""""""""""""""""""""""""! ! ! Email: micaela@poseiden.org" ! ! The Poseiden Foundation, Inc"" ! " Cel: 760.672.7506 Fax: 760.758.8510 Website: Poseiden.org and Poseidenfoundation.org Social Media: Facebook.com/Poseiden and twitter.com/poseiden