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SFC Snowboard Program
SFC Snowboard Program About SFC Small Group Thursday’s 4 – 9pm, November-March A private small group of guys dedicated to snowboarding...

Jonny Nelson
Sep 1, 20141 min read
Brett Davis on the State of Action Sports Ministry
Brett Davis on the State of Action Sports Ministry What is the state of action sports ministry? I’m speaking as an insider. In 1972 I...

Jonny Nelson
Aug 29, 20144 min read


Starting Fires in South Africa
Christian Surfers and Christian Skaters are starting fires in South Africa. JSAW is lending a hand action sports ministry grant to help...

Jonny Nelson
Aug 20, 20141 min read


Skate Trip to Denver
August 11-15 the boys of JSAW, alongside our friends at Foundation Skate Ministry from Illinois, successfully had ourselves a time of...

Jonny Nelson
Aug 19, 20141 min read
The Greatest Fundraising Strategy
We have found the greatest fundraising strategy in the world and want to share it with you. Fundraising is often a very loathed activity....

Jonny Nelson
Aug 16, 20142 min read
Suicide: A Permanent Solution to a Temporary Problem
“For youth between the ages of 10 and 24, suicide is the third leading cause of death,” according to the CDC. I remember when I received...

Jonny Nelson
Aug 14, 20142 min read


Twin Cities Action Sports Fest
Twin Cities Action Sports Fest Date of Event: Sunday, September 7th, 2014 from 10:30am-4pm Location: Grace Church, 9301 Eden Prairie Rd.,...

Jonny Nelson
Aug 12, 20141 min read


Help Board Shop’s 1st Birthday
Help Board Shop’s 1st Birthday On August 23rd Help Board Shop will be turning 1 year old, so we are throwing a party and you do not want...

Jonny Nelson
Aug 11, 20141 min read
God and the Desires of Your Heart
August 28th, 2009 God met me where I was and I said yes to Him for the first time. In Mark 7:20-23 Jesus said, “What comes out of a...

Jonny Nelson
Aug 10, 20142 min read
Sweet Corn Days
Saturday, August 2nd Ian and I with the help of our friend David Terro brought our mobile skatepark to Estherville, Iowa’s annual Sweet...

Jonny Nelson
Aug 6, 20141 min read
Climbing Mountains, Chasing Freedom
I love climbing mountains and chasing freedom. Several years ago I made a goal to climb the top 5 US state high points in the 48 states,...

Jonny Nelson
Aug 6, 20142 min read
What’s Keeping You from Following Jesus?
Dude, life is so busy these days. There are a million distractions to pick from. I’ve got to go to work, pay the bills, hang out with...

Jonny Nelson
Aug 4, 20142 min read
My First Season Leading a Wakeboard Ministry
I walked into this summer fresh out of my sophomore year at a private Christian school, where I was studying to become a youth minister....

Jonny Nelson
Aug 3, 20142 min read
My Last Day
Based on the title alone I’m sure you have figured out what the end goal of this post is about. I want to assure you that it’s about more...

Jonny Nelson
Aug 2, 20143 min read
This is it!
This past week Jonny Nelson, four riders and I embarked on a road trip down to Kansas City for some wakeboarding and get in touch with...

Jonny Nelson
Jul 31, 20142 min read
River City Days
This was our 4th year bringing our mobile skatepark to Chaska River City Days. Valley Free church has been sponsoring JSAW to do this...

Jonny Nelson
Jul 29, 20141 min read
SonShine Fest: Serving in the Midst of Chaos
This weekend JSAW’s crew was out at SonShine Festival in Willmar, MN hanging out with thousands of people jamming to bands like Need to...

Jonny Nelson
Jul 20, 20142 min read
Rock the Boat
WakeWell Minnesota is a newer ministry to the Midwest. This summer we have been just trying to raise up a group to take out on the boat...

Jonny Nelson
Jul 17, 20142 min read
Denver Road Trip
Denver Road Trip August 11th-15th [button link=”https://jsaw.org/signup/” color=”green” size=”large” target=”_blank” title=””...

Jonny Nelson
Jul 16, 20141 min read
Zach’s Story
Zach’s Story Zach has been skating at Help Board Shop since before the park even opened about a year ago and is learning new tricks every...

Jonny Nelson
Jul 16, 20141 min read
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