{"id":3065,"date":"2018-03-29T11:48:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T18:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/?p=3065"},"modified":"2018-04-04T11:53:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T18:53:00","slug":"wow-skaters-search-for-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/wow-skaters-search-for-space\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018WOW\u2019: Skaters Search For Space"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Celestina Marinez<\/p>\n

\"\"There is a history to Pueblo\u2019s \u201cWOW\u201d (\u201cWarriors on Wheels\u201d) Club, which has transitioned to \u201cSmokeout Skateboards\u201d, an organization that currently has a Facebook page. They even promote their club on their own t-shirts.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, not many people have seen these t-shirts because of the printed illegal paraphernalia: cigars in the shape of skateboards as well as \u201ca lot of smoke\u201d on the front of these shirts, which might be construed by some as \u201ca disruption of the educational process\u201d\u2014as they are banned from Pueblo\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n

Daniel Coronado Solis, a senior, made the initiative to turn a small group of skateboarders into an official club, thanks to their sponsor Mr. Gene Balsz.<\/p>\n

For one year, WOW was very visible on Pueblo\u2019s campus, doing their tricks and spinning their wheels. However, the club was dissolved when administrative support for the skateboarders waned.<\/p>\n

Solis said, \u201cAt first Mr. R. [Rosthenhausler] seemed supportive. However, after a year or so of promising us a spot on campus to skate, eventually we were told by administration that we could no longer skate because of possible injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was kind of depressing to all of the skaters because we couldn\u2019t do what we loved most,\u201d Solis said. \u201cOur lunch time became very sad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Armando Alcoverde, another senior who was been with the club for about a year, said that he, too, was devastated when the skateboarders were told not to skate anymore.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always used skateboarding as a great way to relieve stress and anxiety,\u201d Alcoverde said. \u201cOne day, when I was practicing new tricks on campus before classes started, I landed on the skateboard wrong, and as a result, my board went flying and my head hit the cement\u2014enough to give me a Level One concussion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alcoverde said that he was sent home after his injury, which he describes as \u201cthe lowest form of concussion\u201d.<\/p>\n

Soon after this incident, Rosthenhausler put a red light to the club, citing that they were insurance liability to the school.<\/p>\n

Freshman Santiago Estrella is new to the club this year, even though officially the club doesn\u2019t exist at Pueblo. However, Solis insists that his Smokeout Skateboard is the new \u201cWOW\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to bring back WOW to Pueblo, officially, next year as sophomore,\u201d Estrella said. \u201cWe are going to have to be persuasive with Pueblo\u2019s administrators\u2014and somehow convince them that we are worthy of having our own club again. Maybe if we promised to wear protective gear, they might listen to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a student gets hurt in football or another core sport, administrators don\u2019t cancel these clubs,\u201d Estrella said. \u201cMany students have had concussions from other sporting events, and yet they continue at Pueblo?\u201d<\/p>\n

Our skateboarders are still trying to persuade Rosthenhausler for a permanent location for them to practice their trade. There is no word yet if students will be allowed to spin their skateboard wheels on campus next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though I\u2019m graduating in May,\u201d Alcoverde said, \u201cI would love to leave a legacy\u2014and that is to see a skateboard club reinstated here at Pueblo.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Celestina Marinez There is a history to Pueblo\u2019s \u201cWOW\u201d (\u201cWarriors on Wheels\u201d) Club, which has transitioned to \u201cSmokeout Skateboards\u201d, an organization that currently has a Facebook page. They even promote their club on their own t-shirts. Unfortunately, not many people have seen these t-shirts because of the printed illegal paraphernalia: cigars in the shape … Continue reading \u2018WOW\u2019: Skaters Search For Space<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[167,11],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pA2u4-Nr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3065"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3065"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3067,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3065\/revisions\/3067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pueblowarriors.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}