PUSH 4 THE CURE!! STRIKERS 30 YEARS OLD!!!!!!
strikesd posted,
WELL WELL WELL ITS BEEN HOW MANY YEARS SINCE 4 BAD DOGGYS FROM THE EAST CALLED ME UP AND ASKED HOW COAST COULD HELP THEM PROMOTE THE PUSH FOR THE CURE!!! TO RAISE $$$$ AND AWARNESS TO FIGHT THAT BLASTED CANCER!!
WELL WE PUT UP A POSTER AND I GOT THINKING YOU KNOW!!!! MY GRADMA JUST PASSED AWAY AND SHE WAS LIKE A MOTHER TO ME...CANCER!! SHE WAS 54 YEARS OLD!! MY ADDITUDE WAS WELL IF CANCER RUNS IN MY FAMILY AND ITS MOST LIKLEY IM GOING TO DIE YOUNG SO IM GOING TO PUSH AND HITCH HIKE MY HEART OUT EAST!! AND I DID!! ATT THE SAME TIME I LEFT I POSTED A CONTEST!! ANYONE THAT COULD CATCH UP TO ME OR TRY AND FIND ME WOULD GET A BRAND NEW CARBON EVO!!! THAT WAS ALL RAGGIE NEEDED TO HEAR!!! HE WAS OFF!!! SKATING THROUGH THE BC MOUNTAINS ALONE HE WAS GOING TO TRY TO CATCH ME. 3.5 MONTHS IT TOOK US WE FUCKIN PUSHED OUR BRAINS OUT!!! SLEPT ANYWHERE WE HAD TO WHEN DONE PUSHING!! SLEEPING UNDER BRIDGES, PARK BENCHES, BESIDE GARBAGE BINS, DITCHES, BUS STATIONS THE LIST GOES ON!!!
WE LEFT WITH NO SUPPORT CAR SO WHEN WE WOULD GET FUCKIN TOTALLY DRAINED AND OUT OF WATER AND FOOD WE WHOULD HITCH TO THE NEAREST TOWN AND FILL UP ON GEAR FOOD, BEER, WHATEVER!!
WE PUSHED WITH PACKS!! NOT FULL!!! I HAD A ONE MAN TENT HALF A TOOTH BRUSH ONE SHIRT ONE PAIR OF SHORTS AND THAT WAS IT,,, LITTLE HAND HELD RADIO, ROLLIES!!
WHAT A TRIP. EVERY TOWN WE WENT TO WE GOT AHOLD OF MEDIA.. NEWS PAPERS, TV AND RADIO. WE TOLD THE PEOPLE WHO WE WERE WHAT WE WERE DOING AND WHY!!! "WE ARE SKATING EAST TO PROMOTE 4 HEROS FROM EAST CANADA THAT ARE PUSHING FOR THE CURE" "PLEASE CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE PUSHFOR THE CURE BLA BLA BNLA"
THE BOYS FOM THE EAST STATED SEEING THE WORK WE (+RAGGIE N STRIKE) WERE DOING ON OUR SIDE AND SEEING THE THE NUMBERS IN DONATIONS WERE GOING UP AND EXPOSURE WAS GOING UP!!!
A REALLY LONG STORY SHORT!!!
THE BOYS FROM THE EAST PICTURED THE A HUGE COAST LONGBOARDING WELCOME FROM THE CLBC FAMILY. SO THEY CONTACTED PATRICIA MY SWEET...AND ME BEING ON THE ROAD PATRICIA & LORI RAGGIES MOM STARTED WORKING WITH MANY OTHERS TO HAVE A MASSIVE FINAL PUSH!!!! whoooa i get goose bumps just thinking of it....
sAFTER VERY HARD WORK WE PICKED A HOPE ROUTE AND HAD WATER NEWS EVEYTHING LINED UP TO GET AS MANY DONATIONS AS WE COULD FOR THE FINAL PUSH....AND FOOOD ,,,PLACES TO STAY EVERYTHING INVOLVED!!
LONGBOARDERS FLEW IN FROM ALL OVER CANADA AND MET IN HOPE!! THATS WHERE WE MET THE HEROS FOR THE FIRST TIME!!! WHAT A DAY WAHT A PUSH!!!! TEARS!!!! TEARS!!!!! SMILES AND JOY!!!
SO HERE WE ARE SO MANY YEARS LATER.. IT GETS ME SAD AND HAPPY TO SEE WHO COMES OUT TO THIS TRULY FAMILY LONGBOARDING EVENT! EVERY YEAR!!!
LORI RAGGIES MOM HAS REALLY TOOK OVER THE WHOLE WEEKEND UPON HERSELF THE LAST 3 ..4 YEARS AND NEEDS HELP. HER HEARTS IS THERE BUT ITS LOTS OF WORK!! BIG THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT IS HELPING OUT THIS YEAR AND TAKING THE STRESS OFF POOR LORI!!!
AHHH SIGH....
THE TIME IS NOW!!!! GET YOUR PINK GEAR OUT OF THE CLOSET!!! GET YOUR FUCKIN PUSHING SHOES ON!! BABY POWDER WHATEVER YOU NEED GET IT AND GET READY FOR THE PUSH OF YOUR SUMMER!!!
START TALKING TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY!!! THE DATE IS THANKS GIVING WEEEKEND!!!!
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!!! I WILL NOT BE MISSING THIS!!! IT WILL BE GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN!!!
FUCK CANCER!!! BEFORE IT FUCKS YOU!!
PUSH FOR THE CURE 2010...THE PUSH CONTINUES..........
"bring your tents n gangst"!
strike
2010 September 24 8:29 PM
RAGGIE replied,
LOVE YA STRIKE!!!
2010 September 24 11:13 PM
replied,
you guys have all been my idols and been like brothers/family to me since those days of hearing about the first push and you guys have always treated me with respect and love! I'll never forget any of you and am beyond stoked to have PUSH back here in Ontario!! CANCER SUCKS! I'm loosing family and friends because of CANCER and I'm Pushing every year since!! IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, and SO DOES COAST.
Raggie, your my brother and I'll never forget our hitchhiking trip around BC! MUCH LOVE, MUCH RESPECT and CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN! TAKE CARE LORI and EVERYONE!! CANCER SUCKS!!
2010 September 25 4:31 PM
off Axis replied,
you guys have all been my idols and been like brothers/family to me since those days of hearing about the first push and you guys have always treated me with respect and love! I'll never forget any of you and am beyond stoked to have PUSH back here in Ontario!! CANCER SUCKS! I'm loosing family and friends because of CANCER and I'm Pushing every year since!! IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, and SO DOES COAST.
Raggie, your my brother and I'll never forget our hitchhiking trip around BC! MUCH LOVE, MUCH RESPECT and CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS AGAIN! TAKE CARE LORI and EVERYONE!! CANCER SUCKS!!
2010 September 25 4:31 PM
replied,
BAM