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Eric Humphrey decorates his skateboard after Rabble Mill surprised the students at Nelson Mandela Elementary on their last day of skate school with their own skateboard and helmet.
Katie B Temple, Rabble Mill education program manager, attaches the wheels to the skateboard deck.
Tayah Starks rides a skateboard outside at Nelson Mandela Elementary during their weekly skate school with Rabble Mill.
Layla Mason July 2022 Rabble Mill The Bay Skate School at Nelson Mandela Elementary School
Elijah Starks jumps up and down after Rabble Mill surprised the students in their skate school at Nelson Mandela Elementary with their own skateboards and helmets.
Students at Nelson Mandela Elementary practice skateboarding during their weekly skate school with Rabble Mill skate instructors.
Tayah Starks shows off her new skateboard and helmet from Rabble Mill.
Eric Humphrey decorates his skateboard after Rabble Mill surprised the students at Nelson Mandela Elementary on their last day of skate school with their own skateboard and helmet.
Katie B Temple, Rabble Mill education program manager, attaches the wheels to the skateboard deck.
Tayah Starks rides a skateboard outside at Nelson Mandela Elementary during their weekly skate school with Rabble Mill.
Layla Mason July 2022 Rabble Mill The Bay Skate School at Nelson Mandela Elementary School
Elijah Starks jumps up and down after Rabble Mill surprised the students in their skate school at Nelson Mandela Elementary with their own skateboards and helmets.
Students at Nelson Mandela Elementary practice skateboarding during their weekly skate school with Rabble Mill skate instructors.
Tayah Starks shows off her new skateboard and helmet from Rabble Mill.
Eric Humphrey decorates his skateboard after Rabble Mill surprised the students at Nelson Mandela Elementary on their last day of skate school with their own skateboard and helmet.
Katie B Temple, Rabble Mill education program manager, attaches the wheels to the skateboard deck.
Tayah Starks rides a skateboard outside at Nelson Mandela Elementary during their weekly skate school with Rabble Mill.
Layla Mason July 2022 Rabble Mill The Bay Skate School at Nelson Mandela Elementary School
Elijah Starks jumps up and down after Rabble Mill surprised the students in their skate school at Nelson Mandela Elementary with their own skateboards and helmets.
Students at Nelson Mandela Elementary practice skateboarding during their weekly skate school with Rabble Mill skate instructors.
Tayah Starks shows off her new skateboard and helmet from Rabble Mill.
Eric Humphrey decorates his skateboard after Rabble Mill surprised the students at Nelson Mandela Elementary on their last day of skate school with their own skateboard and helmet.
Katie B Temple, Rabble Mill education program manager, attaches the wheels to the skateboard deck.
Tayah Starks rides a skateboard outside at Nelson Mandela Elementary during their weekly skate school with Rabble Mill.
Layla Mason July 2022 Rabble Mill The Bay Skate School at Nelson Mandela Elementary School
Elijah Starks jumps up and down after Rabble Mill surprised the students in their skate school at Nelson Mandela Elementary with their own skateboards and helmets.
Students at Nelson Mandela Elementary practice skateboarding during their weekly skate school with Rabble Mill skate instructors.
Tayah Starks shows off her new skateboard and helmet from Rabble Mill.
Eric Humphrey decorates his skateboard after Rabble Mill surprised the students at Nelson Mandela Elementary on their last day of skate school with their own skateboard and helmet.
Katie B Temple, Rabble Mill education program manager, attaches the wheels to the skateboard deck.
Tayah Starks rides a skateboard outside at Nelson Mandela Elementary during their weekly skate school with Rabble Mill.
Layla Mason July 2022 Rabble Mill The Bay Skate School at Nelson Mandela Elementary School
Elijah Starks jumps up and down after Rabble Mill surprised the students in their skate school at Nelson Mandela Elementary with their own skateboards and helmets.
Students at Nelson Mandela Elementary practice skateboarding during their weekly skate school with Rabble Mill skate instructors.
Tayah Starks shows off her new skateboard and helmet from Rabble Mill.
There are audible squeals as the kids in Rabble Mill’s summer skate school hear the news: each one of them gets to take home a new skateboard and helmet.
For eight weeks, 76 fourth and fifth grade students at Nelson Mandela Elementary have been learning how to skateboard from trained instructors. Before that, most of them hadn’t ever stepped on a skateboard.
“Thank you,” one student told instructors on the day of the giveaway, “I didn’t know that I loved skateboarding until now.”