PWC (personal watercraft) owners don’t always have the best of reputations. While they are usually having an enormous amount of fun, those in the vicinity often seem to be having rather less. Perhaps it is the machines’ noise levels, their close proximity to other water users or simply the Mrs Grundy factor (hating to see anyone else having a good time).
Jeremy Burfoot, this country’s best-known PWC campaigner, is hoping to present a rather different view of these fun “toys” and their owners. Burfoot first came to public attention when he attempted  … More
A selection of grandchildren on the coast are going to have a wheelie big surprise when they wake up this Christmas Day.
Santa, with a little help from Kariong Somersby Rotary, has taken delivery of 15 refurbished BMX bikes to be given to children being raised full-time by their grandparents.
The donated bikes were  … More
A recent survey of IMBA’s chapters and clubs about their volunteer-based activities documents an impressive record of pubic service. A total of 143 IMBA-affiliated organizations provided data about their activities for the survey, representing 19.1 percent of IMBA’s 750 local groups.
Based on these data, we estimate that the total population of 750 chapters/clubs:
“This deep level of commitment and volunteer stewardship on  … More
Professional skaters are not ones to sit back and reap the benefits of their sport without chipping in themselves. In order to give back to the skate community, Ryan Sheckler created the charitable organization, The Sheckler Foundation, and right now they are looking for donations from the skate community to help build new parks where the skaters just aren’t lucky enough to already have one  … More
This spring the Sheckler Foundation launched the Be The Change project. Our social network was activated, hundreds of people submitted their plans to Be The Change in their community and we nominated four causes to be voted on by you. The Native American Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe won the 1st Be The Change online call to action, and received the most votes for their plans to build a skatepark on their reservation in Washington State.