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36 | July 20, 2016 | Malibu surfside news Sports
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Children get competitive
at Malibu basketball camp
Alex Vejar, Assistant Editor
Those who wanted to “be like Mike” or
crown themselves the new “King James”
got their chance to show their skills at the
first session of the City of Malibu’s basketball
camp last week at Malibu High
School.
A few children learned the basics of
basketball, including dribbling, passing,
shooting and other fundamentals at
the camp taught by MHS girls basketball
coach Andy Meyer.
“We do things to make it a learning experience
but also a fun experience for [the
children],” said Meyer, who has been running
the camp for about six years.
Meyer said the camp is good exercise
for children who are home for summer
and away from regular physical education
classes offered during the school year.
He also said the players get to socialize
with their friends and make new friends in
the process.
“I think [it’s just as good] to learn how
to play with kids you don’t know and then
have competition with kids you don’t know
and kids you know,” Meyer said.
Players on the MHS girls basketball
team volunteered their time and expertise
to the young children throughout last week
and will continue to do so in the next session.
“It’s nice to see them grow also,” Meyer
said.
The camp lasted four days and is continuing
this week for its second session of
the summer.
For more information on the camp, visit
www.malibucity.org, call (310) 456-2489
ext. 363 or email kgallo@malibucity.org.
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Calvin Petkus, 8, dribbles around some
cones during the fourth and final day of
the City of Malibu basketball camp on
Thursday, July 14, at Malibu High School.
Photos by Alex Vejar/22nd Century Media
Stevie Clark, 7, gathers to shoot the ball
toward the hoop.
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Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Kevyn Linden
Kevyn Linden is a motorcycle
racer and an incoming
junior at Malibu High
School.
How and when did
you get start with
motocross?
I was 5 and a half years
old when I first started. My
dad used to race professionally,
so he got me into it.
What do you like most
about motocross?
The intensity. It’s just
such an intense sport.
There’s nothing like it in
the world. It’s so competitive
and just gets everything
going — your adrenaline,
everything.
What is the most
difficult aspect of
motocross?
The whole thing. You
have to use every part of
your body, from mental to
physical.
Who is your role model
and why?
Probably my dad just because
she’s shown me that
even going through hell,
you can turn it around and
still be happy.
Describe Malibu in one
word.
Quiet. I live up Trancas,
so I live on the quiet end
of Malibu. I go from this
quiet little town where you
can hear the ocean at night
to the super loud racetracks
and everyone’s just revving
their engines, ready to go.
If you could have any
superpower, what
would it be and why?
Speed because, like my
dad taught me when I was
learning how to ride a bike,
speed is your friend.
You’re president for
one day. What is your
first order of business.
To stop having the environmentalists
shut down
dirt bike tracks.
Where do you see
yourself after high
school?
Probably racing professionally.
Of course, if anything
did go wrong, I have
sponsors that would back
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me up and I could be working
with them businesswise.
So even off the bike, I
still have places to go.
What is your guilty
pleasure?
Food-wise, it’d be cookies.
I love cookies. As an
action, it’s probably being
lazy and going to the beach.
Do you have any prerace
rituals?
I row [with a rowing machine]
every single night,
no matter what. The rowing
machine is the best workout
you can do for riding
a dirt bike. At the track before
I race, I mix Gatorade
power and with water. It’s
super weird, but I just don’t
like the pre-made ones.
Interview conducted and
edited by Assistant Editor
Alex Vejar