Introducing Raff Thorp 💙
This year on January 12th, the anniversary of my mum Shane’s passing, a Kōtare flew into our home. We have never seen a Kōtare in our area before. She calmly watched us for a while before flying away & we couldn’t help but think that mum had paid us a visit.
A visit from a Kōtare is a sign of good fortune, abundance and prosperity coming your way.
The name Rafferty is of Irish origin, it means prosperity, abundance and doer of good deeds. Rafferty had been on our shortlist of names and after our sacred sentry visit, Zoe and I knew that Raff is the perfect name for our son.
Due on Valentine’s Day, Rafferty Shane Thorp joined us 3 weeks early on 26.01.26, 3.6kg and 50cm tall. Made with so much love, he will be raised with even more.
@zoeneave you are incredible. The strength, love and compassion you bring to our world is beautiful. You are a dream and I couldn’t be more lucky to bring Raff into this world with you. Thank you and I love you and our little fam forever.
She put’s everyone else first, but today is her day. She’s a super mom and soon to be a super mom of 3. Happy birthday Zo, you will always be first 😌❤️
Today attendance at Young Guns Skate School passed 100,000 children!! We couldn’t be more grateful for each and every one of you. Thank you for joining us and we look forward to rolling with the next 100,000 and more!
Thank you so much to all of our supporters, parents, teachers, schools, instructors, sponsors, skate shops and skateboarders. @younggunsskateschool wouldn’t be anywhere without you! ❤️💙🛹
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We’re proud to say we’ve just run our 5000th class. The first pic is our first class, 2010 from the back of a Toyota Corolla with one skate ramp and a single rail, since then we’ve had the honour of teaching 85,775 Young Guns.
We wouldn’t be Young Guns Skate School without such a huge support network. Thank you to the parents and schools for giving us a chance, the full skate community that continue to support us everyday and our instructors. You have inspired so many young people to skate through the values, genuine care and knowledge you bring to our classes.
@techdecknz we couldn’t dream of a better sponsor. Thank you!
But most of all, thank you to all of the Young Guns for skating with us and here’s to 5000 more! @younggunsskateschool
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