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Enthusiast Brightens Mililani Skate Park At Night To Support Area Youth
ing people to skateboard.” Current Wahiawā resident Tenorio has purchased his own generator and more than 500 feet of string LED lights, independent lights, tripods, cords and accessories. It costs him approximately $30 per month in gas and $75 to ser- vice his generator after every 100 hours it’s used. Tenorio sells his products whenever possible out of a pop-up tent or sometimes from his Jeep to help defray costs. He also lights up parks across the is- land for certain skateboard- ing events and memorial
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ilani Skate Park and people would just show up and start skating. Next thing you know, a bunch of kids of all ages and families started to show up to skate.
“They all kept asking when the next day I could light up the park, so I made a set day to light up Milil- ani Skate Park on Mondays and Kapolei Skate Park on Wednesdays. That’s how our journey began: The commu- nity comes together and sup- ports the youth and up-and- coming skaters. My business helps the community be- cause it provides an outlet for our youth to skateboard at night versus making bad decisions while partying, possibly doing drugs and getting into trouble. Lighting up the skate parks, I believe, is saving lives and motivat-
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“What motivated me to
Mililani native Coty Tenorio regularly lights up the Mililani and Kapolei skate parks so kids can use them at night. PHOTOS COURTESY COTY TENORIO
Tenorio, owner of EZ Skate Co., and his 8-year-old son Ezyres, are both skateboarding enthusiasts from Central O‘ahu.
help was that Mililani Skate Park already has pillars for thelightsandapowerbox,” he says. “The lights were in the plan but never got fin- ished after someone com- plained at a board meeting.
Meanwhile, the lights in the baseballandfootballfields are on while nobody is oc- cupying them. Same goes for the tennis courts.
since then and it’s elevated skateboardingalot.Thekids are hyped and so are their parents. They are happy the kids want to be productive in- stead of playing video games
or going out and partying.” Tenorioadds,“I’vebeen very consistent in the past two years and barely missed
installed at all public skate parks,Tenoriostartedapeti- tion on change.org, which has more than 2,500 signatures.
“We have created a culture
any light-up nights.”
To get permanent lights
For more information, email coty@ezskateco.com.
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