These students are the ones my heart hurts for, and these are the teens God s heart hurts for as well. We have created a ministry that reaches out to the Samaritans of teen culture, the skaters. The sport of skateboarding is the entrance into the culture of skating. I believe, with God s help, this sport can be used as a ministry tool to impact a skate culture that is largely unreached. This culture has serious commitment, poise, and confidence.
Skate boarders have what it takes to survive in the same world they try to rebel from.
As a whole, they value being different and do not ascribe to absolutes. This culture is misunderstood by mainstream cultures. Mainstream America misunderstands this marginalized group as messed up rebels looking for attention and trouble. Some say skating is a fad while others think it is a rebellious following, or a method of drawing teens into darkness. Still others are completely unaware of this quickly growing teen culture.