Modesto Children's Fest

Thanks to everyone who came and helped out with making the Modesto Children's Fest a great success today! BIG THANKS to Erica, Stacey, Carley, Angie, Megan, Max and Amie!!! Stay tuned for pics!

Thanks!
Ladonna

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OUR NEW TABLING BANNER

Woke up, drove to 2 minutes to Erica's house. Got ready to skate!


Went to Skate Pacifica with Tara and Angelina. Forgot to twitter our movements. Ooops.




Angeline and Tara talk to the kiddies and help them along.


Just a video of Tara and Angie. Crazy how much Taras progressed over the span of one month.


Talking about Tara's show that we attended

...Made by un amiee de moi. It's for tabling!!! And also, our two banner models...Max and Erica!

EMAIL UPDATES: Stay Tunned

Children's Festival Saturday April 25th:
Come hang out with us! We will be tabling, talking to parents and children about SLAG/skating, demonstrating tricks on plywood (the festival is in the grass), and having a good time.
10AM - 12PM (Set-up is at 9:00 AM)
MJC West Campus
2201 Blue Gum Ave
Modesto, CA (Briggsmore/Carpernter exit off 99-right onto Blue Gum)

SLAG Meeting April 29th
Want to get involved? Come to our next meeting, PLEASE! Holler if you can come and we'll give you the exact time and location (afternoonish in SF).

SLAG Visioning Meeting May 2-3rd:
Coordinators/Directors from Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco will be meeting in Portland for the Visioning meeting. Let us know your thoughts on SLAG SF and if there is anything you want us to bring to the table.

Next skate date May 9th 1pm:
Pacifica skatepark. Skate and hang out with us!
Want to skate with us more often then once a month? Add us on twitter and we'll let you know when we are heading to the skatepark.

LGBT Pride June 27th & 28th:
Yes, we are still skating in the pride parade and want you to join us. We could also use your help working at donation/beverage booths. If you've already expressed interest in volunteering, you will be hearing from us in the next week for the time slots available. If you haven't contacted us but are free to help out, LET US KNOW! Thanks! There will be loads of fun.

Hate On This Zine:
Stay tuned, the mag will be out soon. Want to get involved? More info? Check out the new link http://hateonthismag.moonfruit.com

Online Mag from the UK wants your submissions for xsport-magazine:
Contact: Beki@xsport-magazine.com
Message:
"...I came across your website and wondered whether you or you know of anyone that would be willing to contribute an article to the magazine. The whole point is to promote what women are doing in sport so the article could be based on anything from competitions right through to fashion of the sport.

The article has to be 2000-3000 words long and any photographs that come with it must have the correct permissions..." -Beki

Check out our blog
http://skatelikeagirlsf.blogspot.com/
Updates on Mexico clinics / Chica Riders and more.
Want to be a contributing writer? Let us know.

Keep skating!!!

SILKSCREENING IS FOR SUMMERS

Ohio is for lovers as to Silkscreening is for summers.

Today was the day for Skate Like A Girl San Francisco to get off of our behinds and get some important stuff done...like make some silkscreens for some SLAG shirts!

We Emailed Thuy last night to find out if it was o.k. if we utilized her Thriving house. She replied by morning today, or maybe even by last night...and said she'd be there throughout the day and that we were pretty much welcome to go there.

Erica and I planned to start the day off early, and get to the Thrive house as fast as possible. What time we arrived has kind of drifted from my memory, but maybe around 9ish? Maybe 10ish? We rode our bikes there, and Sean welcomed us at the door.

A lil fatigued and a bit sweaty, we made our way in and we were quickly greeted by Thuy. After our "hello's" we went down stairs to start on some business.

Took me a while to figure out those darn APPLE computers (being the windows gal that seem to be), and quickly learned..well, not really all that quickly..learned..that the printer wasn't the printer that the Skoach handbook I was trying to print on was the printer that I needed. Luckily, this guy..who's name I dont remember, came in and performed some magic on my personal laptop and the apple computers at the thrive house...

I should go...type more later..

KAISER'S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT THRIVES

Yesterday, Erica, Max and I were invited to an exclusive BBQ at the Thrive house cause we're basically super duper awesome like that.

This time around, I wanted to make sure we took some great pics to share with ya'lls.

We were a bit late getting to the house cause I had Erica take my online traffic school test for me which took longer than we expected. After racking our brains, were off on our bikes 45 minutes after the invite time. Luckily the party didn't start till we got there (only cause we were the party). We were greeted by a tall male figure who's name was so out of the ordinary that I literally forgot it 5 seconds after he told me.

Anyway, 20 minutes later and Thuy arrives with some food. Thuy offered me a tour of the house and while Sean, with his I Heart San Francisco Skate Club shirt, offered me a glass of lemonade..or more like handed it over. So yeah..I was like..um ok..and went with it. Cool house btw. I'd type out all about the house, but I feel lazy and I think I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves. THanks.

A cool stove , oddly placed.

Beverage room?

Deja

The Stairway to the computer room

Computers!

You can play GuitarHero in the same room!

Laundry

Video/book room

Big Meeting area room

The "Princess Room" where kiddies can play dressup.

Her humble chambre. Complete with a comfy red "Therapist" couch.

Nice view of her room

Smaller office room.

View from the roof.

Arts n crafts in the "big meeting area room"

Stairway with cool pics of some Thrive house partners and such.

Checking out the Photos

Reading a Skate book that's put out and givin away for free!

They match their own pants. Cool

The Thrive House

Met with Thuy and Shawn at the Thrive House. The Thrive house partners with organizations serving urban youth. Thuy and Shawn run San Francisco Skate Club, an organization focused on creating a positive and safe environment for kids to skate. They run some of their programs out of the Thrive house, as well as managing the schedule there. Thuy offered us (SLAG SF) an opportunity to use the space for meetings and such. They are both super supportive and offered some great tips... everything from budgeting to the best place in SF to get stickers made. We look forward to partnering with them in the future.

CORY'S GALS

Went to help Cory teach girls how to skate at an after school program that he runs. After biking there, I hit the little girls room then we were off meeting the ladies.

They showed us their lil stretch routine and we answered questions in a circle and tried to not get blown over by the wind.

One of the girls learned how to do a rock n roll fakie on a small kicker ramp.

We also had a "skate switch" racing contest. The winner received a t-shirt. Two girls tied, and went into a sudden death situation, but then it was kind of iffy the way they made it to the finish line, so we had them "rock paper scissors" for the win...oh yeah..I mean Rochambeau.

-s

SKATEDATE 4.11.09

SLAG Goes to Mexico City recap

Nancy Chang and I (Erica Harris) went to Mexico City to team up with Chica Rider and give skate clinics. Paco and Paloma who run Chica Rider were the greatest... the greatest tour guides ever and great people overall. We were honored to be their guests and to forge the friendship. We were also joined by Micaela, from Poseiden, who helped with the clinics and visioning of future partnerships. The skate scene in Mexico is going off.We ate lots of street food, tortas, tacos, smoothies, and of course fresh fruit. The mangos are to die for, you can peel and eat them like a juicy banana. I ate as many as my system could handle, which was a lot. We also ate tongue and grasshoppers.... more on that in another blog... the link is below
There are so many girls skating in Mexico city. The level of enthusiasm is amazing. Everyone is charging and not afraid to try new tricks. They pick things up so fast and are uninhibited. We have a lot to learn from the Mexican skaters. We were stoked to hang out with the girls, teach clinics, and also skate with Mayra Gallegos and Renata Ruiz.
Charging!
Quick breather after hours of skating... I didn't have much left I could teach so I resorted to freestyle.
Clinic: This is only a fraction of the girls. Mexico has the most colorful parks I've seen.
Hairless Aztec dog (zoloitzcuitle). Its skin is a little oily and bumpy. These are a hit but I wasn't really into cuddling with it.
Random bowl. This thing wore me out.
Near the central plaza.
For a more detailed blog on this epic trip click !HERE!
You might also check out the blog on the SLAG website blog or the Chica Rider website.

We hope to return to Mexico City, and see some girls from Chica Rider in San Francisco soon!