Tag Archives: mental health

Shralp for Ben: Carl Harling’s Mission for the Ben Raemers Foundation

Details of the ongoing Why So Sad? mission for mental health can be found here. Read on for a conversation with Carl Harling who is riding his bike and skating his way down the west coast in memory of Ben Raemers and in aid of the Ben Raemers Foundation…

Why So Sad? 2019 Mission for Mental Health

In memory of my sister, Katrina, and pro-skater Ben Raemers, I plan on riding my bike 100 miles and finally — in my early 40s — doing my first proper Sad Plant. All money raised gets split between three good organizations doing some of the best work to reduce depression and provide access to tools, […]

Why So Sad? Three Options to Support the 2019 let’s-end-depression-and-suicide cycle-skate mission.

Learn about John Rattray’s 2019 mission to reduce depression and end suicide.

Ben Raemers: Some thoughts on depression and its worst-case conclusion

Ben Raemers was the sweetest, funnest kid I ever toured with. I only traveled with Ben a couple of times, first through Europe and then through the Pacific North West. Now, in light of his recent death, I realize that there was a subtle anxiety in him that only in hindsight I see was the […]

The Good Egg Mission #2: A New World Record

For anyone new to the story here’s the deal; in 2011 my sister Katrina took her own life. She was 31 and it was March. I was 33 at the time and I still had a pro-model board on Zero, a pro-model shoe on eS, a retainer from Thunder Trucks and a clothing deal with […]

THE GOOD EGG | FULL VIDEO | A CYCLE-SKATE TRIP IN AID OF SUICIDE PREVENTION

Ok. Here we are. It took me more than 6 months to slowly piece this little video together. Every few weeks I would find a 20 minute window here, or a couple of hours there. Then I would second guess the whole thing. “Who wants to know about depression and suicide anyway? Such a bummer.” […]