The MylifE Skateboarding Program

Skateboarding is an individual sport that does not rely on a team for one to excel.  It requires great discipline and motivation for one to succeed in skateboarding therefore it will help build one’s confidence, patience, concentration and self respect amongst both themselves and their peers.

The MylifE Skateboard Program is aimed at providing a facility where the youth can focus their energy in a positive way through skateboarding.  We will run our programs from 3 newly built Skate Parks which have been built amongst Community Centers in the areas of Belhar, Klein-Vlei and Delft. At these parks we will train and provide the opportunity to Youth and kids to excel in skateboarding.

We will be running a skateboard training program for the specific community’s youth & kids that will be sourced by the MylifE Project and Community Leaders.  We will have experienced skateboarders training the youth and encouraging them to use their energy in this positive way.  Skateboarding is an adrenalin based sport which can be used to replace the adrenalin of negative influences (drugs, crime, gangsterism..)

We would like to supply all the necessary equipment needed for the youth to participate in this program and would like to do the training lessons 3 times a week in the afternoons.  Once the youth have completed their first 4-month program (Beginner) they will be able to take ownership of the equipment. They will then be responsible for their own equipment through the next two 4-month programs (Intermediate & Advanced).  We then would start the program again with a different group of kids.

Goals & Objectives

Our goal is to reach as many ‘high risk’ communities as possible to build and develop skate parks to expand the participation in the Mylife Skateboard Program. Once our skateboard programs are successful, we would like to implement and develop a full scale international skateboard park in surrounding areas. This would promote the participants to the next level and allow a platform for the raw talent to be harnessed into a professional skateboarder.  We will also look to integrate other extreme sports into our programs to appeal to a wider audience.

The Mylife Skateboard program aims to bring together a wide variety of positive lifestyle activities in Cape Town through the pursuit of the following objectives:

• To provide safe and secure environments in which Youth can practice their chosen activities.
• To offer instructive lessons facilitated by professionals from the area and further afield.
• To deliver stimulating workshops to further the knowledge and motivation of the Youth
• To organise exciting events to stimulate and inspire the Youth to greater heights
• To incorporate eco-friendly operations to promote environmental awareness amongst the youth
• To create a sense of unity and pride within the community
• To contribute to the creation future leaders and sports achievers
• To prevent and divert our future generations from falling into a cycle of self-destruction
• To source sustainable funding to achieve the organization’s aims

In order to meet these objectives we aim to combine all available resources in the hope of strengthening and growing the local communities in which we are established.