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Showing posts with label news. Show all posts

94.3FM The Point, WRNJ, Shirts!

Posted by Edwin Monday, August 8, 2011 0 comments



Shirts are in! Or they have been for a little while, I just haven't had the time to put them up yet. The logo on front has been adjusted for better contrast with the purple and has a different font than last year. The back now has a collection of the pledged sponsors when the shirt order had been put in.

Many thanks to the what is temporarily an unknown business that donated them to us - as soon as we find out the name we'd love to list them as a sponsor for their generous contribution.

But shirts are not the bulk of this post, no!

Earlier this morning we took a very exciting early morning drive down to Toms River for a radio interview with 94.3 FM (The Point) on their morning segment with Lou and Liz. No problem with waking up at five in the morning - we were up doing a little warm-up skate in front of the studio before it was open! It was a quick interview but we're glad to have the word out - when we stop in Toms River at the Ocean County Mall on August 13th, The Point also said they'd send out a van to do live radio and music and whatnot. Definitely check us out then!

We are also going to be doing more live check-ins with WRNJ: one at 7:15 at the studio on August 10th and almost daily at around 8 or 9am on the actual trip. Tune in and maybe hear about our progress on 92.7FM or 104.7FM if you're in the Hackettstown area!

Otherwise, keep checking back on the blog for continuous updates, especially with Skate Cape May starting in just two days!

I'll be keeping you posted as always!
- Edwin

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Website Redesign... here comes Skate Cape May 2011!

Posted by Edwin Monday, June 20, 2011 0 comments

For those who are still following our blog from last year, we're back! Its been quite some time since I last posted, mostly due to school and other non-Skate Cape May related affairs, but with school over planning for Skate Cape May 2011 in under way!


I started with what I thought to be a much needed website redesign, with better readability and less clutter, felt like this is a lot cleaner than the first design.

There's also going to be a few changes to the the actual event itself. We're planning on having it start the same date as last year, August 10th, but cutting out maybe two towns to increase our daily mileage and thus make the journey a little more challenging. Even though this means that we'll be visiting less towns, we're hoping that the turnout at each town will be a little bit greater this time around.

We'll also need to make some route adjustments to account for the less towns and less dirt roads (*shudder*)

I'll have a 2011 Skate Cape May logo redesign to hopefully go on some new shirts for this year, and I'm also hoping to find some sponsors to help us again this year. You can find last year's sponsors here or by clicking the "Sponsors" button in the navigation bar above.

If anyone is able to help us out with news coverage, route advice, sponsors, or any other relevant information, we'd love to hear it! You can contact us at: contact@skatecapemay.com

Signing off for now,
Edwin

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Day 7: 8/16 - Hammonton to Northfield!

Posted by Edwin Monday, August 16, 2010 0 comments

Welcome to Northfield!
Thank you, thank you very much.
Oh, you're very welcome.

I'm going to divide this post into two sections, the skate and the lemonade stand. Well, its not like I've organized it in any other way, I just never mention it specifically.
Well now I did. And now the post might even be a little bit easier to read!

Good afternoon gentlemen and gentleladies!

I personally woke up absolutely exhausted, and just trying to carry through the morning was quite a task for me. Even making waffles was quite a challenge.

Mine came out awful. They were torn all over the place.
I blame myself.

After the skate started, everything seemed to get a lot better. I was in some pain for the first time these seven days, but it eased off and I started to feel a little bit more energetic.
Meanwhile, Danny was still annoyed that he had to ride his bike and also because of the pain with pushing on longboard, but he seemed quite fine with pedaling the way. Even though it is on bike, its still good that he's pulling through with the distance with me!

Three guys (actually two and a lady, (Brad, Jay, and Lindsay)) from Original Skateboards came down to film us. Did you like that double parenthesis job I did there? Fancy.
Anyway, they got some super wicked footage (but not really) of us pushing up hills and cruising in static positions while cars struggled to pass us by. Whoopee!

After about a little more than halfway through our skate for the day, Danny's bike actually got a flat tire, so he decided to ride out for the last 10 miles on longboard, even though it hurt him quite a bit. He'll be back on his bike tomorrow though!

We then arrived in Northfield, where I took the super picture above!

[Now for the lemonade stand portion!]

We set up and hung out for a little while with the Original team, and for the most part we were messing around skating in the parking lot as the stand was generally slow, but with many people interested! As it turned out, a local paper in Northfield (The Current) actually ran a story about us in the paper the Thursday before, so we had some people come down for us! And we also got a great turnout! We had a $200 single donation, and made a total of $365 today! Which is great considering we only made slightly above $100 at the last two stops!
Thank you Northfield!

We also got onto NBC40, a local channel for Atlantic City! It was a very short spot and it didn't even include our website, what our event was even called, or even Danny, but its nice that they took the time to come out. I guess.

We packed after the hot day of great success and headed out to our hotel, which was a five mile skate away. Actually, we ended up leaving a little bit early because of the distance but also because there were some clouds approaching that didn't look too nice and forgiving.

As I end this post, I'm just going to recap that I'm still behind on the video!
And we actually have no video content as for yesterday or the day before, aside from video logs we made each night. Though when the Original Skateboards video of us comes out, I'll be sure to post a link here!

Tomorrow (August 17th), we'll be in Sea Isle City at Heritage Surf Shop at 3700 Landis Avenue, so be sure to check us out! We'll probably stay there until 7:00 because we're staying at a place right on the corner next to it!

Ta ta for now!
- Edwin


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Day 3: 8/12 - Chester to Hillsborough!

Posted by Edwin Thursday, August 12, 2010 0 comments

Today was our third day, where we skated from Chester to Hillsborough. And it was a day full of dirt and rain.

We spent the second half of the morning (about 5 miles!) on a completely dirt road with no feasible way to go around without adding a great many miles. It was a bit frustrating but we managed anyway! Pushing on a dirt and gravel road was certainly not a fun experience.
There was rain all afternoon, so we had to push through the rain for about 10 miles. It ranged from a small drizzle to a great downpour, so we donned our ponchos to skate. Our shoes and boards were completely covered and soaked with water but no matter, we skated on!
While we were skating on the road in the rain, we were actually stopped by the police. Except we were stopped because the officer actually found out what we were doing and wanted to tell us that we were doing a good job! Which was awesome!
He also made a donation and we gave him a shirt for his support!

We got to the Rita's of Hillsborough when the rain stopped, and set up our tent!
Colin Taylor (our magnificent sponsor manager!) was there, and he came to hang out and deliver a care package from Red Bull, containing a six pack of Red Bull! Very awesome!
While there, we met up with a reporter from the Star Ledger, who took video interviews of us all during our stand and took a lot of footage as well! It was great fun having her around!

Later on as the stand was coming to a close, I went to skate down to Prime Skate Shop, where I met a bunch of awesome skaters who had read about what we were doing! It was pretty awesome seeing them there, and they helped us by hooking me up with a helmet since mine was a bit old the foam was actually about to fall out.
Its a really cool shop so if you're ever in the Hillsborough area, definitely go and check them out!

I skated back to our stand and helped move the lemonade materials into the next car, and it turned out we actually raised a great amount of money!
A lot of people came specifically for us since hearing about what we were doing in the news, and many came to buy tshirts or even just lemonade! And there were many donations by those who didn't know what we were doing already!
Even so, it was raining, and the day was rather slow, which is why we were surprised that we made about $320!

Be sure to check us out as we skate out to Hightstown tomorrow! (August 13th!)
We'll be stopping at the Rita's sometime in the afternoon and staying there until about 6:30pm! You can find us at 9 Princeton Hightstown Road, Hightstown, NJ.

Be sure to check out our video logs and video montages from each day! They can be found at http://www.youtube.com/SkateCapeMay!

Have a great night!
- Edwin

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WRNJ, Skate to Newton, Original Skateboards, Rita's, Free Times!

Posted by Edwin Thursday, August 5, 2010 0 comments

It's been an extremely busy day, and its been an incredible one at that!

This is going to be a particularly long post, so I apologize for that!

We started off our day waking up early to do another live radio interview at WRNJ, which went spectacularly! Afterwards, we both skated into town so Danny could get a haircut, and we actually were on the radio as we walked in! Surreal!

Afterwards, we embarked on a smallish journey from Hackettstown to Original Skateboards, located in Newton. We took County Road 517 and then to County Road 603 eventually turning into County Road 606 and then US-206N.
The first leg of the journey was incredibly painful, particularly because it was a relatively steep uphill and there was an insane amount of traffic. But along the way we visited M&M Mars to see if they'd like to help us out by making some kind of donation, but turned out they could only donate candy to us. Despite their offer, we turned it down, but the people received us great and were also supportive of what we were doing!

Airport Road (Co Road 603) was an incredible experience, and I started to see the great adventure and exploration aspect of longboarding. The road was essentially deserted save for the occasional car, making it easy to navigate indeed. I thought one of the greatest aspects of it was being able to explore this new area and see the beautiful scenery! Large open fields, huge pretty lakes and the open sky! It was an absolutely wonderful skate, and I think its one of those things that you'd have to go slowly to take in; something that you can't really capture just driving down the road quickly.
We also passed Cahill Farm, which had a wonderful quaint little self-serve farmer's market! We stopped in and bought some peaches and we were both absolutely surprised and touched at how places like this could trust in the customer with an open money box, and it was just incredible to take in this spectacularly friendly vibe of the area! We both left notes saying how much we appreciated the kind of trust and friendliness, perhaps completely normal in the area but very new for us!

And it was really at this moment that we realized that this trip is going to be a lot more fun than we had anticipated! We're both very much looking forward to the adventuring part now!

We arrived at Original Skateboards in Newton and we were met by an incredibly friendly atmosphere as we chatted with a bunch of the people who worked there! It certainly wasn't what we had expected, since we sort of thought of a typical decorated skateshop, but instead we found a very down to earth workshop and offices, which gave us this great vibe. They were very excited about our arrival and about what we were doing, and actually mentioned that Original was taking an approach towards helping out nonprofit organizations which is very cool!
Later, we were shown around the workshop and we got to see where all of the action happened! And afterwards we were also interviewed, which may be available soon once I can find out where it'll be posted. We also might be doing a sort of video collaboration with Original, since they're able to help out and get our event out to the longboarding community!

Original then generously donated two very nice completes (Apex 37s) as well as two packs of some very expensive top quality bearings (Bones Swiss Bearings!), a shirt for each of us, and posters! We honestly had not expected the immense support from the company and we're delighted to see Original so involved in our nonprofit work and the community. Though Original longboards (because of their trucks) have a fun but distinct ride, we'll have to get more accustomed to it, but we will most probably be riding their equipment during the skate!
I'll also be adding a sponsors page either tonight or tomorrow to recognize all of the businesses or companies that have donated equipment or made donations.

I've also heard back from the representative from Rita's and they said that we'll definitely be able to set up lemonade stands in front of their shops! So we have a guaranteed six stops with places to set up our lemonade stands. I'll be giving them additional details tomorrow, and afterwards I will be posting their addresses and what day we'll be there so you can follow us or come down and visit when we're there!
There are some problems however. Though we have the majority of spots for lemonade stands, we are currently unable to secure spots in three locations: Newton, Chester, and Sea Isle City. We visited the Shoprite in Newton today but we were essentially turned down as we did not have the sufficient paperwork and because it required a signature from a representative from Alex's Lemonade Stand itself. Even so, Original Skateboards said that they have contacts throughout Newton and will be helping us find a location for us to sell!

On a final note, we were also interviewed for Free Times in Cape May, and so look out for an article on us there!

Its been an exciting day! Thanks for reading this monster of a post!
- Edwin

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FiOs 1 News, WMBC, WRNJ, Shirts!

Posted by Edwin Tuesday, August 3, 2010 0 comments

Apologies for the lack of post yesterday!
But to sum up what did happen, we were visited by Jessica from FiOs 1 News. It was all very sudden, but all was good and the shoot was easy and a lot of fun! We even got her on one of our longboards! Below is a small picture of our trio:

Expect to see our spot sometime tomorrow (Wed, August 4) on FiOS 1 News! I'll be seeing if I can actually get a clip off of their website and post it on our youtube channel.

Tomorrow, we'll be doing an interview with WMBC, and I'll be posting more information as to what will be happening with that!
Also tomorrow, we'll be doing a radio interview with WRNJ at 5:40, so be sure to tune in!

We're also working on getting Skate Cape May shirts done by a local company based in Chester, called Branded Screen Printing. There'll only be around 50 shirts made! When they get made, I'll be sure to update you guys on it. I'll also be setting up a shirt shop with Spreadshirt, so you can purchase said shirts online! (A portion of the online shirt sale will be given to us, and we'll be donating all of such money).

We still need some places to stay in each town but Newton (Chester, Hillsborough, Hightstown, Browns Mills, Hammonton, Northfield, Sea Isle City, and Cape May), and if anyone is able to help out at all just contact us at contact@skatecapemay.com!

I'll see you kids later!
- Edwin

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Route Adjustment and Lemonade Stands!

Posted by Edwin Sunday, August 1, 2010 0 comments

No post yesterday! Apologies for that, but in truth little to nothing really happened that would need me to update you guys on specifically!


I've spent the majority of this afternoon looking for places where we can set up our lemonade stands in each town, while Danny is currently looking for places to stay up and down NJ. As of yet, I've found 6 Rita's locations out of 9 towns we're going to be passing through, and since someone from ALSF has contacted me saying that we could stop at the Rita's, they're strong considerations. Especially as Rita's is a huge support of the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation!

But also after looking at places to stay, we're adjusting one of our stops, namely the Egg Harbor Township stop. Since we were at a loss of both where to stay and where to set up, we've decided to move our seventh stop to Northfield, NJ.

I'll be updating the route page with the change, and also expect to see an address as to where we'll be stopping as soon as they're confirmed!

Have a marvelous day!
- Edwin

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So much to say!

Posted by Edwin Friday, July 30, 2010 0 comments

We've got a lot of progress today, especially with publicity!
Probably one of the biggest things to happen for us today was us being on News 12 New Jersey. I don't actually have their channel (as it is for cable only) but I did a screencapture of their live feed, and I've uploaded it to the newly formed Skate Cape May Youtube Channel. Check it out below:


Very cool! I admit that I was a bit nervous (well actually very nervous) for this, especially since I didn't actually know it would be for television! But thanks to Dawn and Danny (cameraman, not skater!) for making it an easy experience for Danny and I. It was actually surprisingly pleasant!
Hopefully we've been able to reach out to plenty of people and spread awareness of our cause!
If you're reading this now, Thank you once again Dawn and Danny!

There's still been quite an aftershock from the original Star Ledger article, as many more people are requesting interviews and we're also receiving many emails from wonderful people just showing their support, and I'm extremely grateful for that!
This next week will most certainly be a busy one, especially in preparation for Skate Cape May itself.

Aside from the media, I've also made some changes to the site itself. You might have noticed the new twitter widget on the side-bar, as I've created a Twitter for Skate Cape May for us to tweet of all of our doings and during our trip itself! Be sure to follow us!
You can find our twitter at http://www.twitter.com/SkateCapeMay

I've also created a Youtube Channel (which is how I uploaded the video above).
You can find it at http://www.youtube.com/SkateCapeMay

Danny's also made a grand suggestion to determine where we'll be staying. He's suggested that we use an RV to stay in at each stop, and I'm seriously considering it as it seems like a good idea. But we'll have to lock it in later this weekend, so keep posted; we may still need places to stay.

We've still got a lot ahead of us, but things are looking pretty good.
Until tomorrow,
- Edwin

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News 12 and Twitter!

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Theres so much to say today; so expect a longer post later tonight!

Until then however, I want to say that we were interviewed today by News 12 New Jersey, and we'll be on TV sometime at around 6:20 and at 7:45!
Be sure to check us out!
And if you don't have News 12, you can watch the channel live streaming off of their website:

(Click on New Jersey, and then find the Watch News 12 Live Button, which can be found under the video clip in the middle of the page!)
I'll also be recording it online so if you miss it, I may have it saved and if I do, it'll be up later!


We've also got a twitter running, and I'm also adding an "about us" page, and I'll also be making some small website changes.

It's a busy day, I'll update later tonight!
- Edwin

You can find the twitter at twitter.com/SkateCapeMay! I'll be tweeting as often as I can on short blips of our progress (interviews and the like!)

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News Coverage!

Posted by Edwin Thursday, July 29, 2010 1 comments

My my my!


We've gotten a pretty large amount of publicity from the media, especially thanks to the Star Ledger! Plenty of emails have been coming in just to tell us that we're doing great and I'm very happy that our event is reaching out to so many people!

You can check us out in the news on the Star Ledger Website!

Both Danny and I were also interviewed by WCBS radio and we've also got a blip of an article online! You can find it here:

We also have been interviewed by the Messenger-Gazette, and hopefully our article will reach out to more people in the NJ area!

To boot, we've even been receiving some recognition by the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation itself! And I'm very grateful for that, so thank you so much!
Tomorrow, we're also going to be interviewed by News 12, so we'll hope to do well on that!

My laptop should be arriving tomorrow (my computer has actually been broken for a while), and with it I'll be able to add a couple things to the site. Among them, a twitter site, an "about us" page, and some minor graphical tweaks. I'll also be adding a sort of "mission statement" bit to the top and a Table making clear when we're stopping in each town.

Until tomorrow!

- Edwin

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Deck Graphic, Lemonade Stands, WRNJ!

Posted by Edwin Tuesday, July 27, 2010 0 comments

Well, I just finished doing the deck graphic for the donated Kracked Skulls Scimitar, and it came out wonderfully clean! Although there is some bleeding of the paint, its minor and not really a big deal. I apologize for the less than wonderful picture, at the moment I only have access to the webcam on this computer and the purple NJ didn't stand out nearly as well as it does in real life.

Danny and I were interviewed by two very nice men from Star-Ledger today! We had photos taken of us and the interview went wonderfully, at least I hope so! It was a bit nervous for it but it was much easier to talk than anticipated. Hope to see us soon in the news! :D

We'll also be interviewed on the 5:40 show on WRNJ (a local radio station, 92.7 and 104.7FM and 1510AM) on August 4th! I'll make a post later on to remind you guys to tune in :)

Afterwards, we made some signs and gathered lemonade stand materials. For all readers in the Hackettstown area, make sure to visit Ritas tomorrow (July 28) at 5pm as we have our first lemonade stand! We'll be selling cups of lemonade for 50 cents each as well as our Skate Cape May for ALSF wristbands for $2 each! Come along and help support our cause!

This entire event is starting to come together rather quickly! We're in for a busy two weeks!

Catch you later,
- Edwin

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Skate Cape May is a 200+ mile skateboarding journey from the top of New Jersey (High Point) to the bottom (Cape May) with the intent to raise funds for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research. Last year, we received an award as a Top 100 Fundraiser for 2010 for ALSF!

Click Here for more detailed information!