Sharing the joys of skateboarding with underdeveloped communities around the world.
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Boarders Without Borders is committed to spreading the joy of skateboarding and motivating youth by providing positive avenues of self expression.
BWB aims to provide skateboards, ramps, and skate lessons to some of the most marginalized children in the world.
We are experienced and devoted skateboarders, and we want to help spread our passion and love for the sport and art form with these kids. As a part of this global community we have had the chance to come into our own in a way that would not have been possible without skateboarding in our lives. We want to provide kids that have little opportunity with a positive creative outlet and positive role models that they would not otherwise have had the chance to experience.
History: Since 2001, with little more than their backpacks and skateboards, Steve Foord, Stevie Garman, and Andrew Marchand-Boddy have all spent a considerable amount of time travelling throughout the Caribbean, Central America, South America, and South East Asia. They skated every chance they got, and in some of the villages they visited literally every child would flock around to watch. Some of the kids had never even seen a skateboard before, yet they were always very eager to learn. The three of them saw firsthand the joys that skateboarding brought to children who lived in some of the worst circumstances imaginable. They saw the potential these kids had and it occurred to them that it would not take much to provide a few skateboards to these children and others like them. Skateboarding is a sport and an art form that is essentially accessible to anyone with a board and access to a smooth surface. Thus Boarders without Borders was born.
Boarders Without Borders is committed to spreading the joy of skateboarding and motivating youth by providing positive avenues of self expression.
December 16, 2009 at 11:27 am
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