Bahamas Now Camp

Bahamian Olympic Snowboarder Korath Wright has started a camp for Bahamian kids to learn to snowboard. This July, ten teens between 13 and 17 auditioned to attend the camp in Oregon in Freeport and Nassau. The kids were given a set of three tryouts, testing their athletic abilities and their skateboard skills.

Those children chosen spent 9 days on Mount Hood, Oregon where Korath’s own passion for snowboarding started.

A Message From Korath:

I’m excited about the Bahama Snow Kids Camp because it’s an opportunity for kids from the Bahamas to see snow for the first time… and then rip that snow apart on a snowboard!

It’s also a chance for me to communicate to kids that as long as they know what they want, are clear on their values and are ready to work for it, every decision they make will move them towards their goals.

Competing for the Bahamas as their first winter Olympian, I’m proof that anything is possible.

This camp is a chance to encourage kids to follow their dreams, no matter how big those dreams may be.

-Korath Wright

Justin Rowland is the proud winner of the tryouts in Grand Bahama. He stands here with Korath and the first sponsor in Grand Bahama, Michael Lerch. Photo: Robbin Whachell

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Who’da thunk it?

Korath shows the half pipe who's boss

Move over Jamaican Bobsled team, there’s a new kid in town.  Bahamian snowboarder Korath Wright plans on winning Gold at the 2010 Winter Olympics and given his coaching, it is well within his grasp. The Nassau born Wright is currently training with the Canadian olympic team, although he will represent his far away homeland of the Bahamas and he’ll be the first Bahamian to ever compete in the Winter Olympics.

Korath also runs a snowboard camp for kids from the Bahamas. Many of these kids have never seen snow and the camp gives them an opportunity to learn to snowboard, travel and meet new friends. More to follow…

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