Professional Skateboarder Brian Sumner of Television Show “The Uprising”

Unprecedented, uncompromising, and unashamed best describes “THE UPRISING,” Steelroots’ reality television show. This series follows born again pro skateboarders Jay Haizlip, Christian Hosoi, and Brian Sumner in their everyday lives as they spread the gospel.

Cast member Brian Sumner has been behind us from the start supporting us with advice, prayers, and as a valued member of our Board of Directors. He his an associate Pastor at The Sanctuary Church in Huntington Beach, California and owner of Skatebible Ministries.

Air1 Radio

We love Air1, not just because we are Christians but because their staff is great, their organization has similar goals as us, and of course, the music is awesome. Our relationship with Air1 was began with Dale Partridge (Co-Founder) his Rock Climbing Gym Thresh Hold has done many events and on air campaigns with Air1 over the years and we plan on following on the footsteps.

A Little Background

Air 1 was launched in 1995 with the goal of reaching people young at heart with the message of Jesus through music that was hard to find on other radio stations. The Air 1 Radio Network formed when two stations, KLRD (known as K-LORD), broadcasting out of Yucaipa, CA, and KXRD, broadcasting out of St. Helens, OR, joined together with the vision of delivering positive cutting-edge Christian music to teenagers and young adults.

By playing fun, alternative music and dropping controversial and political programs, Air 1’s popularity has grown to become a network of over 100 radio signals that continues to encourage hundreds of thousands of listeners every week.

Air 1 was one of the first music stations to stream its broadcast live on the Internet. Now over 1 million people listen to Air 1 every month all over the world at air1.com.

As a noncommercial, not-for-profit ministry, Air 1 is supported by the continual prayers and financial contributions of our listeners.

Shane Wallace, Founder of Active Ride Shops

Shane Wallace is another great friend of ours (seen above on the right with professional skateboarder Eric Koston). Shane is a fellow Christian who attends Water of Life Church in Fontana, California. He is a dedicated Christian, businessman, and another great addition to our Board of Directors. He recently sold Active Ride Shops and is now on a mission of founding a new company in the skate industy soon to launch in 2010.

A Little Background: Active” Ride Shop was originally founded in 1989 in Chino, California by John and Shane Wallace. Since its conception, Active has grown to become the leader in the action sports retail market, collecting a number of awards and prizes, including ASR Retailer of the Year and the DSR Top 10 Shop List, and most recently recognized as the 2008 SIMA Men’s Retailer of the Year. Our mission is simple, “We put our Faith and Focus in treating people fair and honest. We respect our Customers, as our Customers respect us”.

Active currently has twenty- one retail locations located throughout Southern California. Along with the stores, Active operates a leading action sports online mail order and internet site. Active Mailorder is the single largest skate-only publication advertised nationwide. In addition, Active Mailorder distributes over 3,000,000 catalogs annually, and has one of the most frequently visited youth/skateboard oriented web sites worldwide.

Aurelio Barreto of C28, Not Of This World,  & Truth Soul Armor

Aurelio Barreto was actually one of the first people we thought of when creating Revive. We met with him and he loved the idea and prayed for us to find the right investors to get Revive open. We still communicate and he has given us his blessing and his prayers. We plan on teaming up often to reach out the world and share the Gospel.

A Little Background: In 1987, at age 27, Mr. Barreto invented the Dogloo, the familiar igloo-shaped, insulated doghouses that keep pets cool in summer and toasty in the snow. By 1997, his company employed 600 and was ringing up $62 million in annual sales in 42 countries.

“But on Feb. 21, 1997, my 37th birthday, I couldn’t even get out of bed,” he said. “I had worked and worked. I was a good, moral man, but somehow I thought if I died, I wasn’t going to heaven.”

Mr. Barreto slipped into depression. Six months later, he sold Dogloo and walked away with $21 million in cash. “Everyone congratulated me. It was surreal, because I thought if this is all the world has, there’s no purpose for me to be around here anymore.”

Soon after, during a family vacation in New Zealand, he toyed with suicide. But back in the states, a Riverside, Calif., Christian school principal told him about Christ. “That day in his office, I started sobbing. I could not believe that this man Jesus had died for my sins,” he said. “I was like, ‘Are you serious? That’s amazing!’ In 37 years, I had never heard the gospel.”

Days later, as he considered his future, he remembers thinking, “Someone like me probably donates everything he has and moves to Ethiopia or something like that.” But one day while pumping gas, “I was gripped with the reality that many of these people around me were going to hell. I didn’t need to go thousands of miles away to share the gospel.”

That’s how C28 was born. But it was a long gestation process. Already a successful businessman, Mr. Barreto knew well the perils of retail. But after an encounter with a former friend who owned a Christian store, followed by reams of research and two years of prayer, a business plan emerged that would become what is now a six-store Southern California mall chain that sells clothes in hopes of saving souls.

Professional Skateboarder Josh Harmony

Josh Harmony is actually an old friend of Co-Founder Dale Partridge. Josh is an amazing Christian man, father, &  husband. Currently a big supporter of Skatebible Ministry and total Gospel Skater. He also serves Christ through his other amazing talent of music and will be playing at Revive often (we’re sure of it). He is currently traveling the world skating for his sponsors: RVCA, Fallen, Toy Machine and others. Below you can see some video of his music.

Josh Harmony – who was and is, and is to come from BWALL on Vimeo.