Sunday was RAD! With our youth and mentors fitted in gear and boards donated from generous snow giants like evo and Mervin, and SnoCon, we headed east to the Summit at Snoqualmie bright and early. Youth and mentors learned alongside one another, how to buckle into bindings, skate across flat land, dig into our heelsides, and for some, how to carve! After three hours falling and getting back up, we enjoyed an awesome filling lunch from Operation Sack Lunch, then went back to hit the slopes, but this time, we took off onto the lifts!

tSBers practice falling and getting back up at the Summit

Photos courtesy of Jay Chan.

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tSB has been rollin’ 2 weeks deep as of today! Our Kick Off was phenomenal, the first program night bonded the mentors to youth, and for our first Sunday service, we spent the snowy morning at WAPI envisioning what our year in service will look like.

Meeting the new class of 36 Prophets  is definitely the best way to start 2012. Sharing laughs, playing games, spending bonding time, and learning more about each other, and getting prepared for a year of service and shredding!
Thanks to Where Ya At Matt for catering tSB’s Kick Off for the second consecutive year! Your commitment to youth programming is outstanding. And thank you to tSB alum Rosario-Maria Medina for the delicious meal of taquitos, rice, beans, and yummy gelatin-free cookies. Way to give back to tSB! We are grateful for you.

So what’s next for tSB? We had to cancel our last Tuesday program meeting because of the thick snow that’s been pelting the city, but this Sunday we expect to bring youth through to tSB HQ at Youngstown to get their gear and prepare for the first taste of the mountains! If you’re experienced in gear fitting (finding the right size boots, board, and setting up bindings), we’d love to have you join us.

Check out our newest video by tSB volunteer Sheldon Botler. We’re feelin’ his dance moves. If you are too, make a donation to tSB to support our 2012 Program and help us spread the word!

EJK Accounting and Tax Services does book-keeping for  a lot of awesome nonprofits and businesses in northwest, and we are so grateful to be one of the many orgs that they take the time to personally support. They have sponsored every event we’ve had this year, and have taken a lot of time to support tSB on and off the mountain. We’d like to thank E.J. Kim and her team for being so spectacular and always ready and willing to give back to the community in a big way. We love you!!

We have the most awesome E.D. ever. Period.

We’re feeling really refreshed and loved at the tSB office today after a successful Soirée last week. Big shout out to our Peer Leaders (second-year tSBers) for their phenomenal energy and presence!

Family Circus

Thursday evening was graced with the signature Seattle rain: a dripping ocean from an icy gray sky with gusts of chilly wind between the drops. In the midst of the pelting downpour, within the shelter of warm velvety walls in the Georgetown Ballroom, was an epic event readying to unfold.

The smell of salty popcorn, corn dog hors d’oeuvres, and cotton candy circulated the room as youth tSBand, Smooth Technique, jammed out R&B and jazz tunes onstage. tSB youth were out and about, mingling and handling all the details to make sure the night ran smoothly, from the neatly folded napkins to the perfected heartfelt speeches about how tSB changed them as young adults. An aerialist danced in the air, our clown photographer Desiree (tSB alumnae!) snapped stills, and Patrick Wrights‘ circus-themed was spammed with happy faces as dapper youth and mentors served platters of food by The Leary Traveler. 

It was a great night to remember with heartfelt stories from the youth about how tSB has changed them as young adults, and a perfect opportunity for the them to mingle with the community whose support made it all possible. The soiree truly was a tSB family-made effort, and we appreciate everyone who attended and contributed to another year dedicated to pushing growing edges.

Dynamic Duo, PL Baati and mentor Aldrin!

If you missed it, tSB is here year round! Check out the photos from the photo booth and Desiree Gross, and a clip made by the tSB youth for you!

Great way to introduce  the holidays with a bang!

evo love!

During the summer and fall, tSB HQ buckles down to gear up for the upcoming program year in January, fund-raising left and right. For the past several months, snowboard supergiant evo has stepped up and offered a ton of support to tSB in this process, from donations for our auctions to donating all the proceeds from their 10-year anniversary event. We are so grateful to be partners with such an outstanding member of the snowboarding community that shares the same values as us, and are looking forward to working with you in the future! WE LOVE YOU EVO!!!

Rosario-Maria's wedding photo back in May!

Rosario-Maria was a Prophet with tSB back in ’05, her 9th grade year of high school. A lot has changed since then; she now spends her time loving two crazy dogs and an amazing husband whom she married on last May, and she’ll be returning to school in the fall of 2012 to finish up her AS in pursuit of becoming a dental hygienist.  She also enjoys volunteering, teaching baile folklorico and learning about herself through  participating in Danza Azteca. We miss you Rosario-Maria! We’re so proud of who’ve you’ve become since tSB.