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Fitness magazine feature
Our founder, Elizabeth “Liz” Royster was recently featured in the May issue of Fitness Magazine. Fitness Magazine is women’s fitness magazine that focuses on health, beauty, skin care, and success stories to motivate readers to become strong in mind, body, and spirit. The best part of Fitness magazine is that it empowers women to embrace fitness as a lifestyle, not a size and become healthy, not skinny.
We would like to thank the writer Anna Davis for the opportunity, as well as photographer Amy Postle, Marianne of The Hidden Valley Club of Vernon, NJ for letting us have the photo shoot on their slopes, and all of the participants and their parents for coming out on that bitter cold morning.
Read the article in its entirety here: Pay Fitness Forward
Super Sunday
We all know February 6th was Super Bowl Sunday, but for us, it was just another Super Sunday at Windham Mountain. With 21 students in tow, we were on the mountain by 10 am, ready to tackle new trails and tricks.
Harlem Shake it Up, hahahaha!
Savion, Zaakirah, and Jackie laid their first tracks down on What’s Next? and White Way. (By the way, did you know all of Windham’s trails start with a “W”?)
Savion
Zaakirah
Jackie
Mr Ollie Kid aka Khaliq showed us how its done. But Khaliq don’t get too comfortable, Armani-Rae and Alexis have been nailing ollies too! 🙂
Let's Get It!
Jerrie’s group ventured off to the K Lift for the first time.
Heeyy Ms. Jerrie!
Jordan & Nathaniel
Tyson
Makhii gave the Aratik USA board sport trainer a try and looked good doing it!
Makhii
Sunday. February 27th will wrap up our season. I have to admit, it has been the best. We’ve had a chance to meet great, new people, reconnect with old friends, serve more youth and had more time on the mountains. And with all of the fresh snow Mother Nature has dumped on us, the season as a whole has been every skier and snowboarder’s dream.
There’s a ton of pictures on our Facebook page, so go take a look. And if you aren’t already, follow us on Twitter!
Cheers,
Liz
Go Snowboarding Day at Mountain Creek
In the spirit of World Snowboard Day, Mountain Creek declared Monday, December 20th Go Snowboarding Day! Go Snowboarding Day gave hundreds of people the opportunity to become life long riders by taking advantage of Mountain Creek’s learn to ride package: lift tickets, rental equipment, and a 1.5 hour long lesson for FREE! So when Mountain Creek extended an invite to us to attend an evening session, we jumped at the opportunity. It was the perfect night for Shred Love to start off the 2010-2011 season; the conditions at the mountain were perfect, the participants were pumped to get back on their boards, and it was our board member, Mel‘s birthday. Did I mention we had the school yard to ourselves? Yeah, it was pretty sweet!
First time rider Masz
Masz was the only beginner volunteer. Our other volunteers were happy for the refresher and to be back out with the group. He wasn’t the only beginner, so was Nicky.
Nicky
Nicky rocks!
Here are more pictures of everyone, enjoy!
Brandon, Khaliq, & Mel aka Da Ryders
Halimah aka Ms. Black Diamond
Our shred monsters (l-r): Masai, Savion, Halimah, Tyson, & Zaakirah
World Snowboard Day 2010!
Big thanks to Mountain Creek (l-r)!: Hugh, Paul, Liz, & Nathan
Shred Love, Mountain Creek, & World Snowboard Day
Check out all of our pictures at Facebook. Check out Mountain Creek’s video here.
Get to Know Armani Rae!
Get to know the newest big boss at Shred Love! Armani Rae started off as a participant and is now helping out with recruiting more girls and getting them hooked on snowboarding and photography.
Name: Armani Rae
About me: I’m very active, funny, and pretty. I do gymnastics and love to dance. I love old school music, R&B, hip hop,and pop.
What made you join Shred Love? I always had an inkling for snowboarding.
How has Shred Love changed your life? I met new people and learned how to go down the hill.
Firsts
First time I won a cheerleading competition, I was 10 years old.
Armani Rae & Coach Timeka
First time I got on a plane, I went to Florida.
First song I wrote is titled, “Live,Laugh, Love”.
First dance recital I was in, I was 6 years old.
First cartwheel I did I was 7 years old.
Check back Tuesday, January 4th for our next feature in the Get to Know Us series!
Get to Know Savion!
Shred Love would like to introduce you to Savion!
Savion Bayo Drayton
Name: Savion Bayo Drayton
About me: I’m a snowboarder, scientist, and a flag football champion!
What made you join Shred Love? The enjoyment of snowboarding.
How has Shred Love changed your life? It showed me the thrills of snowboarding down the mountain.
Tyson, Savion, & DeKarr
Firsts
First time I went snowboarding was with Shred Love.
First pet I had was Lucky the Cat.
First skateboard park I went to is in Flemington, NJ.
First time playing flag football, my team won the championship.
First job was at Jack’s, by my grandmother’s house.
My first camping trip
Chillin with my little brother, Tyson
Check back next Tuesday to see who’s next!
Get to Know Us
Have we met?
No? Well its time we do! Over the next couple of weeks, we will do a “Get to Know Us” feature on the people behind Shred Love. To get the ball rolling, I decided to start with myself, so here goes!
Name: Elizabeth Royster but everyone calls me Liz
About me: I’m the proud mommy of Shanelle, Savion & Tyson. By day, I’m a Senior Quality Assurance Test Analyst aka a software tester, however I’m Shred Love 24/7, ask anyone! = ) I grew up in a pink house in Jersey City with my family – Mom & Dad, my brother Omar, and sisters: Poodie & Jerrie. Wait there’s more, it was a big pink house and a lot of family lived with us, so there were my godbrothers: Lamar, Tykwan, Brandon, and Andre, their mothers Bonnie and Alycia, and all of our pets: dogs, cats, birds, fish, newts, hamsters, guinea pigs, snakes, a rooster… ok too many to remember, lol! As an adult, I only have a few pets: fish, a dog named Pebbles, and a turtle named Slim Thug. People find my laugh and sneeze pretty memorable, lol! I love music, art (I can draw and paint), traveling, knitting, swimming (still learning), reading, and of course snowboarding.
My daughter Shanelle
My son Savion
My youngest son Tyson
What role do you play at Shred Love? I’m the Founder and Executive Director of Shred Love. I should probably list more titles because of all of the work and dedication it takes to make Shred Love a success but I will stop there, no need to make this a 5 page post, lol!
My birthday at Ten East!
Why did you become a part of Shred Love? I became a part of Shred Love because its easy to sit back and point out what’s wrong with the world but its a lot more rewarding to actually change the world.
My "little" sis Monique & I (Little from Big Brothers Big Sisters)
How has Shred Love changed your life? Shred Love has given me the opportunity to give back what so many have given me – a chance. I firmly believe I wouldn’t be where I am today without the help and guidance of so many others. At times, I think people put too little value on how a small act of kindness can impact a person’s life. As a teen mother, so many people thought I would fail, almost as if my fate had been sealed. If it wasn’t for the support of a few teachers, friends, and family members, I’m pretty sure life for me would be completely different. Therefore, I feel its only right, that I show others that despite how hard or bad things may seem right now, it can always be better. We are all living proof. One way or another we’ve all had to overcome some obstacles in life and for as long as we live, there will be more. By helping others through those times, we prepare ourselves for the same.
Shred Love has also forced me to set higher goals and become more creative in finding solutions to my problems and that of Shred Love. Our first year panned out to be better than I had ever expected, which to me meant I needed to dream bigger. With all of the success we’ve had so far, I can’t wait to see what the future has in store.
Shred Love
Firsts
First time I had ever seen a snowboard, I was 14 years old.
First time I went snowboarding, I was 30 years old and was sore for 3 days.
First trick I landed was a butter.
First day of Shred Love’s learn to ride program in 2010, was the First time I cried on a mountain. = )
Check back next Tuesday to see who’s next!
-Liz
An Epic Night for An Epic Cause
Our dinner at Soul Flavors on Wednesday, October 20th was a success! The sold event raised money for our 2011 programs and operations, enabling us to serve more youth. The packed house was filled with participants (new and returning) and their parents, volunteers, mentors, teen mentors, and supporters of Shred Love. So let’s start with our raffle winners:
Netta & our first winner, Monica
Mrs. Fowlkes with her winnings!
The only guy to win, Rob (he's also one of our new mentors!)
Dr. Coleman won a gift card to Soul Flavors
And since all of our young attendees walked away with gift bags, I’ll waste no time in sharing more pictures from the evening.
Our volunteer Darlene and her son, Adam... yeah he's a rider!
Our future Betties: Natalie & Monique
Our guests
Assemblyman Charles Mainor & our Founder, Liz
To see all of the pictures from the evening, check out our Facebook page and if you aren’t already a friend, don’t forget to send a friend request. ; )
Special thanks goes out to all of our guests, SOS Outreach, The Hidden Valley Club, Windham Mountain, Soul Flavors, Snowboard Addiction, Assemblyman Charles Mainor, The Jersey Journal, Bayonne Community News, Youngsworld, LLC, and Darlene Sarr.
'Til next time!
Impacting Youth through Snowboarding
Up 2 Us recently published it Skiing and Snowboarding Fact Sheet. The fact sheet provides some statistical data on the impact skiing and snowboarding has on youth, further proving the value in skiing & snowboarding programs like Shred Love.
Check it out! Skiing and Snowboarding Factsheet
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