A skateboard can get you from point A to point B with flare and style, but it can also serve as a chariot for one of life's greatest lessons, according to former professional skateboarder Kanten Russell. "Skateboarding teaches you that you're going to fall down a lot and scrape yourself up, but you can't let anything keep you on the [...]
Knowing that 11-year-old Rocco Worley prefers spending his time at the skate park rather than inside a hospital, the Make-A-Wish Foundation went big and unveiled a private, backyard skate park for the boy who is is fighting a rare blood disorder. Rocco, who lives in El Cajon, a suburb of San Diego, started experiencing migraine headaches, and neck and back [...]
Just because most NBA and WNBA players retire in their 30s and 40s, don't think it's ever too late to play basketball. Case in point: The San Diego Splash, an 80-and-older women's basketball team. espnW released a beautiful short film about the Splash, a group of women who use basketball to feel young, stay active and enhance their social support [...]
Photo: CSUSM Stefawn Payne is an active duty staff sergeant in the Marines. He's also a 31-year-old freshman on the Cal State San Marcos men's basketball team. He reeks of ICY HOT for good reason. The guys he practices with and competes against are 18 to 20-year-olds whose joints are still in their prime. Payne put his college [...]
Photo courtesy of Nik Hawks By Kim Constantinesco If you ask Nik Hawks, the worst kind of pain can end if you catch a sliver of perspective about human potential. The 39-year-old from San Diego, Calif. is recognized as the co-founder of Paleo Treats, the first company to focus solely on creating Paleo desserts. However, his drive [...]
Photo: George Chmiel/Facebook By Kim Constantinesco George Chmiel is currently sidestepping and springing over venomous desert snakes. Thus far, they've littered his 3,031-mile route from San Diego to New York City. "It's really scary. They're everywhere," the 35-year-old from San Diego said. "You just have to be so careful, especially in these remote areas where we're not [...]
Photo courtesy of Ryan Gambrell By Kristen Gowdy Ryan Gambrell never saw himself as a challenged athlete. When he was approached at youth karate tournaments, asked if he felt he was at a disadvantage, he never knew what to say. “I wouldn’t even know what they were talking about,” Gambrell said. “I thought maybe it was because [...]