Jamaica Skateboard Federation (JSF) President Steve Douglas(left) makes a presentation to Andre Williams, assistant manager ofCarland, during a visit to their Hope Road base recently.
November 10, 2018
JSF School ‘Buss’ Tour to provide new opportunities for student athletes
After months of hard work and planning, Jamaica Skateboard Federation (JSF) President Steve Douglas is delighted to roll out a new sporting initiative across the island, as the JSF School ‘Buss’ Tour is finally set to hit the road this week.
To kick-start the 100-school tour, the JSF School ‘Buss’ is scheduled to roll into Merl Grove High on Thursday, where Douglas and JSF instructors, as well as national representatives, will be on hand to offer demonstration and safety procedures, before introducing students to the fundamentals of the sport.
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Douglas pointed out that the JSF School ‘Buss’ tour, which is scheduled to make stops at Wolmer’s Boys’ and Girls’, Jamaica College, Kingston College, Hillel Academy, and Eltham High School, among others along the way, and will allow each student in Jamaica the opportunity to participate in the sport of skateboarding.
This, he believes, would give student athletes the option of showcasing their skills in another sport and possibly realise the Olympic dream a member of the Jamaica’s skateboarding team.
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“Recreation seems to be important when you’re growing up, and as you can see some kids might not love football or track and field, but they just might have a love for skateboarding. So our JSF instructors are ready to interact with students and share the skills for the sport of skateboarding.
“I think that is so effective because we don’t want anyone to miss out on the opportunity. So the vision is really to make this a part of everyday activities in school just like football, swimming, tennis and other sports,” Douglas explained.
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“I know the students at Merl Grove are very excited and enthused about the JSF skateboard tour and the principals that we spoke with are ready to get the youths involved in more sports and new activities,” he told the Jamaica Observer in a recent interview.
Apart from helping students to improve or hone their skateboarding craft, Douglas considers the School ‘Buss’ tour as one way of reigniting interest in the sport which could have an enormous ripple effect locally.
And once the sport grows in popularity, the country’s first skateboard park, which is already on the table, would then be the next natural development.
“I believe Jamaicans are very talented, but we lack the opportunity and so I believe once they get the opportunity to shine, they will shine, which is why we will be giving away skateboards and also lessons to each scheduled school visit,” Douglas shared.
“Right now we have 15 good athletes and we only started with about five, but we want to increase that number. However, we want to ensure that we see a commitment from the athletes, That is one of the major introductory skills — you have to be positive at all times, you have to be good in school and you have to be dedicated
“What I would like to do is get some more females on board. We had a few but it got in the way of their schedule, but we definitely want the female programme to take off and the school tour is going to open the door for everyone who wants to be a part of this sport,” he added.
With that said, Douglas paid tribute to Carland Jamaica, who will provide the mode of transportation as the official sponsor of the tour.
“We have to extend gratitude to Carland Jamaica for their major commitment, also California Skate Parks; DGK, FLIP Skateboards, PRO TEC Safety gears, Rasta Couture, Primitive Skateboards and Sting Ray Group, as we are also receiving donations of skateboards, safety gears,” Douglas noted.
—Sherdon Cowan
