Shadrak Slabs

 

JAMES MYVETT
Age: 14
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Favorite trick: Tre Flip(360 Flip), Full Cab, No Comply, BS Crook
Worst Injury: Rolled and Twisted Ankles
Favorite place to skate: BVSP (Bellevue Skatepark), Sammamish High, Bellevue Square, Spa and Stove 5 set, Redmond Skatepark
Goals: Grow more in Christ, have a more positive attitude, get better at skating, and gain more sponsors
Testimony: Last year was a tough time in skating for me, I started to be a negative person, hung with negative people, and lived a negative life. Since my mom worked most of the time we went to church twice a week instead of every service. As i was starting to miss church i came a little less in tune in christ and I've began live the wrong way. Most of the time i was angry about something or someone. But the summer of that year I've been going to BVSP a lot. Most of the time I volunteered to be an instructor for summer skate camp. During the summer I always hung out with my friends Josh and Brock. Every time I would have conversations with them and my attitude changed. As they spoke wisdom into me my attitude changed and i started to take less things for granted. around the end of the summer my mom worked less hours and we went to church more often. From that point on I've been a better person and still try to grow, loving God and progressing in skateboarding.

 

MICHAEL HERTEL
Age: 13
Hometown: issaquah
Years skating: 5
Favorite trick: switch Heelflips, all sorts of manuals
Worst Injury: broken wrist a couple times and broken foot
Favorite place to skate: gasworks, totem lake manual pads
Goals: Be a better person, Be a better skateboarder, Be a better Christian
Testimony: I was born into a Christian family, and am growing up in one. I love god and am living for him. I havent rea lly been through any really major hard things in life that test my faith. Since im only 13, I still am growing in God and love living for Him.

 

COLE LEISHMAN
Age: 13
Hometown: Redmond, WA
Years skating: 3
Favorite trick: Heelflip Fs Boardslide
Worst Injury: Stretched Tendon in foot
Favorite place to skate: Skatebarn West
Goals: To just improve in skateboarding mentally and physically and just spread the word of God
Testimony: I haven't had too many bad things happen to me but a couple of years ago my family was having a lot of problems. I didn't want to admit it was happening. So many things were being put through my head that I didn't know what was really going on. I fell back on skateboarding. I strayed away from Christianity for a while. I didn't enjoy going to church at all. I had a lot of doubts about God. Skateboarding was my way of getting my head straight. Right now I am back to normal. My parents and rest of family are settling down and I have a lot of people who care about me. Jesus is my savior and always has been, I just didn't realize it. If there wasn't any sorrow and misery in the world to run from, who would u run to?

 

Kyle McCollum
Age: 12
Hometown: Woodinville, WA
Years skating: 6
Favorite trick: uhhhhhhh......i have to say kickflip to indy or Nollie fs disaster (or big spin disaster)
Worst Injury: Concusion
Favorite place to skate: Bellevue Skate Park or Skate Barn (Favorites in Wa)
Goals: To become better
Testimony: I was born into a christian family so i grew up pretty much not really knowing the Lord. Then most of the people i knew in school were "christians" and same with all of my friends. But its when i moved to Washington that i met all of my friends from church and they accually acted like believers and they got me closer to the Lord. Now i have started to walk in his ways more and be more and more like him.