BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Eduardo Hernandez, Joey Ruiz and Adam Montoya share a passion for skateboarding \u2014 and now they share a mission. The three friends founded the nonprofit “Good Times with Skate Friends” in early 2026 to get kids in the community involved in the sport and enjoying more outdoor activities.<\/p>\n
The organization is already making an impact. On June 21, the group held a “Skate It Forward” event where it distributed 30 skateboards to kids in the community.<\/p>\n
12-year-old Landon Stapleton won a free skateboard at the event and is ready to learn.<\/p>\n
“I felt like I didn’t kind of learn, but I just got, like, pads and all that, so I’m gonna, like, start learning how to skateboard,” Stapleton said.<\/p>\n
He says the sport is already teaching him something beyond tricks.<\/p>\n
“Even if you fall on the skateboard or get back up, it kind of teaches you a life lesson to, like, never quit,” Stapleton said.<\/p>\n
“Good Times with Skate Friends” is also sending 6 kids to YMCA Camp Sequoia Lake Skate Camp. Caiden Vela is one of them.<\/p>\n
“I want to learn a varial flip. So it’s a kickflip and it does like a 180, basically like a shove it and a kickflip combined,” Vela said.<\/p>\n
Montoya says the group has big goals for next summer.<\/p>\n
“Even furthermore, so, I think we’ve talked about, you know, envisioning having sending a full cabin worth of kids and, like, dedicating, you know, a cabin each summer for us to be able to send children through a nonprofit,” Montoya said.<\/p>\n
Hernandez says the nonprofit is already planning additional events to continue its mission to give back to the community and to kids.<\/p>\n
“To do a back-to-school event. We’d like to give kids haircuts for free and then also do a little demo and then hopefully distribute some shoes to kids from a local skate shopping. here in town as well,” Hernandez said.<\/p>\n
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