Pepsi is holding a $50K grant contest.  Comet’s answer: a Cultural program for youth through Skateboarding, art, and mentorship .  All votes have to be in by February 28th.

If you’re reading this by February 28th, help us out
by voting for us here!

Our proposal’s got some history going back to the summer of 2004, when good friend K-Dub tracked us down to collaborate on some skateboards with his high school art class.

That same year K - Dub and Karl Watson founded the HOOD Games as a grassroots answer to the stadium crowded Staples center X Games.  Jason Salfi from Comet  was invited to assist in the effort and helped grow the event from 300 participants to thousands and pioneered holding these events in downtown San Francisco, Oakland, and LA.  It was a lot of fun and blew many minds!

Over the course of 2 years K Dub has worked hard to create the only skatable terrain for youth in West Oakland with salvaged ramps and obstacles from the Hood Games events and an abandoned skatepark in San Leandro.  Dub is an all star artist and mentor to many.

After moving production from the Bay to Ithaca NY, Comet peoples have been working with Ben Jones and many others in the community to improve the current skatable terrain here.  Ben Jones founded East Shore Skatepark last year and has steadily provided space for youth expression through skateboarding.

Comet, K Dub and Ben and now partnered together to create a program that improves the permanent skate terrain available and create a cultural exchange program between Ithaca and Oakland skate communities.  This summer the goal is to invest in skate terrain, create mentorship opportunities for youth and allow 10 kids from Ithaca to travel to Oakland and 10 kids to travel from Oakland to Ithaca.  As a longboard focused company that focuses on the needs of the all around skater, Comet sees this as an amazing opportunity to cross pollinate stoke among the various genres of skateboarding.  Kids focused on street skating will have the opportunity to ride the hills with longboarding pioneers of the respective areas and pros will be available at the parks to teach basic skills in transition skating and beyond.

This program will stoke above and beyond.  See our video pitch and vote for us here . Spread the good word.

Many thanks!
The Comet Team

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