Skate Leaders
In the skate community there is a big culture of supporting one another, Aroha Skate brings this into schools with the Skate Leaders program. Students are taught how to be junior coaches so they can help support newbies during lunchtime skate sessions.
AUT Uni Students Event
Little Skaters
During 2022 a group of AUT uni students organised a skate event as part of their uni assignment. They asked us to get involved by sponsoring the event. Our team of coaches went along on the day to help run the event. Overall the students put together something amazing and the day was a huge success. The was face painting, music, prizes, and lots of happy kids.
Check out their Instagram account: @littleskaterakl
Skate & Donate
Hobsonville Point Secondary School
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Step 1. Collect
Through reaching out to the community these students were able to collect old parts, so far they’ve collected enough for 4 complete set ups!
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Step 2. Refurbish
After collecting old parts these students decided to sand the boards, ready to be painted.
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Step 3. Design
Next a little bit of brainstorming and designing.
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4. Paint
Finally it was time to paint their boards!
Hi, HPSS Skateboard Group Here!
First and foremost, thank you so much to the people who donated parts and money towards our project!! We appreciate it greatly and are more motivated than ever to get these skateboards finished and prepped for the end of our project!
In the photo above is most of our group holding some of our decks we’ve painted ourselves! We (from left to right- Oscar, David, Julia, and Callum- plus Tasmai and Kevin) have been working every Wednesday for a few terms learning about skateboard maintenance, construction, and customisation to make the best boards we can for the Massey Primary School lessons!
Although we’ve got some boards on the way to completion, we’d still love to take any old skate board parts off your hands! I think we’re pretty well off for decks, but if you have anything else, we’d love to use it!!
Once again, we appreciate all the support and thank you Tanja for working with us, and giving us a platform to really get our project off the ground :)
This is Our Sport
Albany Senior High
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Coaching workshop
The ASHS Skate Leaders after completing a coaching workshop with Aroha Skate.
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Motion - girls activation projects leader
Naomi works at ASHS, running multiple weekly programs including skateboarding lessons and workout sessions to activate girls.
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Female Skate Leader
ASHS has a female Skate Leader who helps to run weekly girls skate sessions at school.
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Aroha Skate works with Skate Leaders
Aroha Skate ran a coaching workshop with the ASHS Skate Leaders, works with several students on their impact projects, and has also arranged a paid coaching role for one of the Leaders.
This is My Sport | Karla Swanepoel
Impact Project Gold Award Nominee
Karla from Albany Senior High School created a project around raising awareness for skateboarding at her school. She helped to organise, promote, and run regular lunchtime skate sessions both during lunchtimes for all students and after school for girls. Her project was nominated for the gold award at the end of the year. Her efforts went a long way in growing the skate community within her school. Aroha Skate collaborated as a mentor and a facilitator with Karla and her High School.
Massey Primary Skate Leaders
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Supporting eachother
This Skate Leader is showing his friend how to place her feet.
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Looking out for eachother
This Skate Leader is holding the board ready for his friend to drop in.
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Female role model
One of the most positive and gutsy girls we’ve skated with. What a great role model for all the girls!
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Student Leaders
Two wonderful Student Leaders who have come to help out with the little ones.
