Barry Artiste Op/Ed
In a world of War, financial Bailouts, Environment and Crime, it is refreshing to see Good News for a Change by a group of Canadians who took the fight against Cancer on a Skateboard crossing Canada and raising funds and Awareness to a Disease which affects all of us. Kudos to these Boarders, carrying on where the likes of Terry Fox and others left off.
http://push.ca/blogs/matthsk/archive/2008/09/29/skate4cancer-crosses-canada.aspx
Skate4Cancer Crosses Canada
Regular visitors to Push have no doubt noticed, and ideally read, the blog from Skate4Cancer founder Rob Dyer. Dyer founded Skate4Cancer at the mere age of 15, when he first dreamt up the idea of skating from Los Angeles, California, to Toronto, Ontario, to raise awareness for cancer prevention. Since then Dyer has tirelessly promoted Skate4Cancer, earning support from both the skate industry and the mainstream media, and reaching out to countless skaters and teenagers with his message.
Dyer, along with a dedicated support crew, started another skate journey this spring. He’s skating from Vancouver, BC, to Halifax, Nova Scotia; an estimated 7,000-plus kilometer journey that will be accomplished one push at a time. Having just passed through Toronto, we felt it was time to check in with Rob to get a status report on the tour and gain some insight into just how road-weary he might be.
Photographer Erin Hogue, who’s been providing all of the images in Rob’s blog on Push, volunteered to interview Rob for us. Since she’s been on the tour since it began, we figured there was no one better for the job.
Tags: Canada | Vancouver | Cancer | Halifax | donations | World | money | skateboarders | Skate4Cancer
