If you ever wondered how the skate outreach started, it was six years ago thanks to @cowboykashi.
In 2015 I found out our city had a sick indoor skatepark. I stopped by one night about an hour before my shift ended and Akash was working there back then. The park was about to close and he invited me to skate. I wanted to but I hadn’t skated in about 25 years, so I knew there would be a lot of rust to shake off, but his #positivity and encouragement changed my mind. I didn’t tell him that I could skate a little and he proceeded to give me a short skate lesson about keeping my feet on the bolts and bending my knees. Great tips! He was nice enough to get this video of me and he made a post about our interaction that made me realize that skating could connect me with so many more people in our #community. The rest is history.
We crossed paths again last year when he and the Guard helped us with security after the rioting downtown.
Lessons learned: A small act of #kindness can significantly impact someone or something, you never know when or how it will manifest. 🙏🏽🇺🇸🤙🏽 #fbf #police #outreach #aloha #skatecreateenjoy #makeadifference #skatelikeacop 📹 @cowboykashi