Tag Archive: santa cruz skate shop

Feb
14

Blue Weekend Benefit Show Raises 300 Pounds!

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Events,
Music

This past Sunday local band, Blue Weekend played a benefit show for Grind Out Hunger at the Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop. The show began at about 7pm and the played a 45 minute set. They played a bunch of original songs as well as covers by bands such as Green Day and Social Distortion. Kids came to listen, skate LOT F, hang out…people were playing ping-pong, pool, foosball and just relaxing on a Sunday evening all in support of Grind Out Hunger and the youth of Santa Cruz County. With the combo of cash and canned food donations the total came out to just over 300 pounds of food!
After the show the band approached us and asked when they could do this again…another show featuring Blue Weekend is in the works. Stay tuned…

Big thanks to the Skate Shop and their staff for hosting the event, thanks to the band for ROCKING, and to everyone that came to support.

Next up, at the Santa Cruz Skate and Surf Shop, we have SPINFARM and Aptos Jr. High’s WHIPLASH playing on Saturday, March 10th.
Look out for details about that show coming very soon.

Thank you to everyone that came to the show on Sunday to support Blue Weekend and Grind Out Hunger. We had a blast and cant wait to do it again!

Enjoy a few photos below…

Tags: Austin Corona, Blue Weekend, grind out hunger, LOT F, Rory Freeman, santa cruz skate and surf shop, santa cruz skate shop, Santa Cruz Surf Shop, Ty Wallace

Feb
06

Grind Out Hunger visits GOOGLE Headquarters!

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Events

We got a call on Wednesday from our good friend, Jason Strubing, owner of SkateWorks asking us if we wanted to do a Skate Jam/demo with him at Google headquarters that Friday. Hmmmm…2 days to get a Skate Jam together? For Grind Out Hunger? And Google!? …BRING IT ON.

We called up a couple of skaters to cruise with us to Google. Santa Cruz Skate Shop team riders, Zane and Marley came along with us representing Grind Out Hunger. We left Santa Cruz at around 8am. Arrived at Google around 9:30, clear skies, perfect weather conditions. It took us a few tries to figure out where we were supposed to go. The Google campus is giant! When we got to our destination we jumped out of the car and went on a hunt to find Google’s indoor half pipe that they had built for their employees. We found it, signed some waivers, and got to skating.

At about 10:15 our Ttruck full of Grind Out Hunger skate ramps showed up! We got down to business and unloaded all of the ramps by 11am, when the event was officially supposed to begin. As we were setting up skating legend, Steve Caballero arrived. Skating opened up to the Google Faculty as well as skaters from Skate Works and our two riders once we were finished setting up the ramps. At around 12:30 Steve Caballero jumped in and skated for a while.

Throughout the event Steve Caballero was signing posters at a table right next to our Grind Out Hunger Table. While people were waiting in line to talk to Steve Cab we informed them about Grind Out Hunger and what it is that we are trying to accomplish. Many of the Google employees were thrilled and donated to the cause. Some bought hats, skate decks, and more…

Overall it was a great event. The Grind Out Hunger team had a BLAST. We were able to provide a fun skate set up for Google as well as get the word out about Grind Out Hunger. About 500 people showed up, skated, ate lunch, and hung out. We ended up raising about 600 pounds through donations.
We are hoping to have the opportunity to do this for them again…

Who knows whats in store for us next… APPLE?

Enjoy a few photos! Check out more photos on the Grind Out Hunger Facebook Page!

Steve Caballero signing a Grind Out Hunger Deck.

Google...

Zane Keith riding Grind Out Hunger

Steve Caballero Grinding Out Hunger

Tags: danny keith, Google, Google Headquarters, Googleplex, grind out hunger, jason strubing, Red Bull, santa cruz skate shop, shawn hatjes, Skate Jam, SkateWorks, Steve Cab, Steve Caballero, Zane Keith

Jun
27

Whole Foods SkateJam Raises 1000Lbs

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Events

SkateJam success? I think so! This past Saturday Whole Foods – Santa Cruz hosted our first SkateJam of the Summer! The setup process started early that morning; Grind Out Hunger founder, Danny Keith, his sidekick, Shawn Hatjes, and Dominic Cusimano of 3D Construction all gathered at Starbucks in Aptos at 6am. They sat down, sipped on some strong coffee and planned out the course of the day.
We packed up some ramps in a Second Harvest Food Bank Truck and met Arenas Towing later to load the rest. We arrived at Whole Foods – Santa Cruz around 8:30am and immediately started the unloading process. We set up the ramps in a layout that kids would love.

: Big Thanks to Arenas Towing!

When noon rolled around families, friends, and supporters began to arrive to skate, eat, watch, and enjoy a sunny Summer afternoon. Whole Foods provided drinks, pizza, and of course a large section of their parking lot! Big thanks to the Whole Foods Marketing team for organizing this event and providing food!

The event raised a cash equivalent of 500 Pounds at the event, which was matched by an anonymous donation, totaling the amount raised to 1000 Pounds!

Oh and did we mention that the media came out to cover the event too!?! Santa Cruz Sentinel and KSBW 8 News both stopped by.

Check out the Santa Cruz Sentinel Article about the event: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_18355988

KSBW 8 News came out and filmed/aired a short spot of the event on that evening’s news. Pretty sweet!

Next up is the Luau that Whole Foods – Capitola is putting on at their store. Friday, July 1st from 5-8pm. 50% of the proceeds benefit Grind Out Hunger. Bring the Family! See you there!
More info HERE.

Photos by: Shawn Hatjes

Thanks Whole Foods for hosting the event!

Nate Linford

Griffith Stark

Tags: 102.5 kdon, 3d construction, Fringe, jesse gullings, Jesse Gullings Painting, Jimbo Phillips, kdon, santa cruz skate and surf shop, santa cruz skate shop, Skate Jam, Skateboarding, SkateWorks, TAC Apparel Company, Whole Foods, whole foods market santa cruz

Jun
17

Skate Jam at Whole Foods, Santa Cruz!

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Events

It’s summer! The sun is shining, which means it’s time for you all to get your skate on! On June 25th from 12-4pm Whole Foods Market – Santa Cruz and Grind Out Hunger are teaming up to present the first Grind Out Hunger Skate Jam of the summer! Bring family, bring friends and come spend the day with us! Whether you are skateboarding or not this event will be a blast!
See you all on Saturday the 25th!

Here’s the info:

Skate Jam!

Whole Foods – Santa Cruz
911 Soquel Ave Santa Cruz, CA

12-4pm

$5 or 5 Pounds of food to skate ALL DAY

FAMILY EVENT!
ALL AGES

Check Out the Santa Cruz Patch event HERE.
RSVP to the Facebook Event HERE

Jun
26

C3TV Skateboard Radio puts on Georgia Skateboard event to Feed Children

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Charity,
Events

Grind Out Hunger is all about feeding children through skateboarding. So when Consuelo Anthony of C3TV Skateboard Radio sent me a Tweet about endorsing a skate event in Georgia with proceeds going to feed children I was all over it. With over 1.5 million listeners worldwide, C3TV Skateboard Radio has now began what Grind Out Hunger has needed…a voice! Consuelo and her crew are truly angels as I urge you to listen and support this awesome Radio Channel. Lets get Grind Out Hunger widespread so the skateboarders of the world can help end childhood hunger! Today’s Grind Out Hunger food drive will go down Saturday June 26th from 2pm to 6pm EST at North Georgia Skateboard Center, Tunnel Hill Georgia with prizes donated from ERGO and Santa Cruz Skate Shop. Make sure to listen up LIVE or go to the site C3TV Skateboard Radio to hear Grind Out Hunger call in and discuss feeding children through skateboarding Saturday 9:15am EST. This should be a good time, thanks to C3TV Skateboarding Radio and especially Consuelo Anthony! Please check out these Georgia Foodbanks and support them there is over 1.8 million children going food insecure right now in 29 counties in Georgia!!!

C3TVRadio Skateboard Radio hosts Grind Out Hunger event in Atlanta

Josh Copeland, Nick Copeland and Zach Copeland of C3TV Skateboard Radio

Tags: Atlanta Skateboard Event, C3TV Skateboarding Radio, danny keith, ERGO clothing, ERGOphobia, Georgia skateboard event, grind out hunger, Josh Copeland, Nick Copeland, North Georgia Skateboard Center, santa cruz skate shop, santacruzbuilt.com, Zach Copeland

Jun
05

Grind Out Hunger needs your vote daily and multiple times till June 20th!

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Events

Please go to http://www.peopleallstars.com and pick San Francisco Giants then VOTE Danny Keith to give Grind Out Hunger a chance to go to the All Star Game and expose it to the world! Feeding Children is what we do, so please vote daily and multiple times contest ends June 20th. Thank you in advance!