Skate 4 Cancer 2008 [[Canada]]


skate4cancer was born of love and a dream.At fifteen years old, s4c originator Rob Dyer found his initial plan to fight in the battle against cancer rejected by friends and peers. His hope to skate across Canada and the United States, raising cancer awareness visiting schools and hospitals along the way, was laughable to those he broughtit to. For a short while he tucked it in the back of his mind.

Two years later, Rob began to re-evaluate his original dream. Finding inspiration in marathoner Terry Fox, and Robs mother, Wendy, who was fighting cancer at the time, he sounded his vision to a new network of friends and received unconditional support. The potential that Rob knew he could fulfill became all the more certain. Rob organized a group of volunteers and fundraising began to support the 8000km trip.

Four months prior to the trips start in Los Angeles, Rob lost a dear friend to stomach cancer, his paternal grandmotherto stomach cancer, his maternal grandmother to brain cancer, and his mother to brain cancer.

In March 2004, Rob and his team of volunteers met in LA, having secured funding and a donated school bus from sponsors of the trip. Their route would take them across the Southern States to Georgia, stopping for several hospital visits. In Arizona, Rob developed a stress fracture in his ankle. The pain was so great that he decided to have it examined, and was informed by a doctor that he required a cast and medication to ease its healing. He was also told that he could not continue to skate, upon risk of further complicated injury. Rather than accept this defeating news, Rob opted to continue his skate tour, relying on painkillers and a newfound determination to overcome such unexpected obstacles.

Devastating as it was, this dilemma was not the only challenge the s4c team would face over thefive-month trip. Upon reaching Louisiana in May, the team was met with a highly unexpected complication. A major sponsor for the trip was suddenly unable to participate in the tour, and withdrew its support. The s4c team was forced to disband, as the school bus that had been their home and means oftransportation for the past 2.5 months was recalled. Rob proceeded to skate on his own to New Orleans, where two s4c team members planned to meet him with a car. Over the next three days, Rob skated alone nearly all day, spending one night in a motel. After the first night there was no money to spare, so Rob slept outdoors in a ditch, and the spent following night on a bench across from the local police station.

On the homeward stretch north along the eastern coastline, Rob was continually challenged by heart-breaking events. At one point, the teams car was broken into. The car was damaged,and money and a cd player were stolen. Rob was frequently bumped or hit by passing cars; though uninjured, these experiences played with his already exhausted mind-set. Escalating physical pain in his ankle and a weary perspective made for a harrowing finale to the cross-country skate tour.

Trueto his original dedication, Robs drive to honour those he had lost to cancer generated the energy to complete the route. Physically and emotionally spent, Rob concluded the tour in Newmarket, Ontario, In July

In November 2005, Rob organized a concert event at Torontos MOD Club Theatre, with headliner Dallas Green of City and Colour. The event marked a renewal for skate4cancer; with the first skate under his belt, Rob felt that s4c could expand in new directions, targeting the significance of music within the skateboarding scene. The sold-out event was a major success.

Currently s4c is debuting its interactive website, designed by Justin Broadbent. A Summer 2008 skate tour across Canada is in the planning stages. The next North American tour will span from Toronto to Tampa, across the southern US to Los Angeles, and along the West Coast to Vancouver. The last portion of the trip willtake the s4c team across Canada, concluding in Toronto. Twice the distance of the previous Canada/US tour, the team will stop frequently at schools to present the cure is knowledge.

skate4cancer will continue so long as the fight against cancer remains unresolved

skate4cancer does not directly accept donations, please see our Donations page for details on how your interests can be received by hospitals in great need of funding!

We do this out of love







Channel: Sports
Uploaded: August 14, 2008 at 4:52 am
Author: SurfCutiee001

Length: 00:04:15
Rating: 5.00
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Video Comments:
telestprisquicroyait (October 15, 2008 at 7:13 pm)
I wish Skate 4 Cancer could come in Europe.
rodriromance (October 5, 2008 at 5:00 pm)
mugshot - the cure is knowledge
LETTER7 (September 28, 2008 at 4:46 pm)
i am so happy to see rob dyer doing this. whenever i sk8 all i wear is s4c shirts, and anyone that has ever mad fun of me for i have literaly kicked there ass. thats all i wear now is sk8 for cancer shirts.
jamedude17 (September 19, 2008 at 11:43 am)
what is thet song
LuffiFilmsCrew (August 27, 2008 at 6:08 am)
Great video, 5 stars!
Why don't you make a video when you are watching Luffifilms? ;) That should be great! Send a email telling that your video is uploaded and we will share it to all of our contacts and you will get a lot of views ;)
Thanks
/ the Luffifilms Crew
ContrastBlack666 (August 23, 2008 at 11:10 pm)
I have a bunch of S4C Shirts.
jax54321 (August 14, 2008 at 7:46 am)
hope they find a cure to all cancer soon whats the song?
killmebutterfly22 (August 14, 2008 at 5:52 am)
this reminds me of my ucle n aunt that i lost to this =(
yayme8486 (August 14, 2008 at 5:14 am)
wow thats a good cause =]
bigzdy (August 14, 2008 at 5:11 am)
woah thts koohl
my grandpa and dad died of cancer

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