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Everybody Gripes About "Those Stupid Teenagers..."
But sometimes, there are some teens out there, like this local teen, who do really good things.
It was the biggest victory of Ben Watts' young career, and he wanted to share it with a fellow Bend snowboarder who couldn't be there with him.
After winning the overall freestyle title at the USA Snowboard Association Nationals last week at Northstar at Tahoe resort, the 13-year-old Watts was awarded a check for $500.
Watts then walked over to his coach, Hans Hibbard, and asked him to give the money to a fund for Tyler Eklund.
If you don't know who Tyler Eklund is, read up here. But that was a really cool gesture by a good kid.
Josh Cordell said on 04/10/07 @ 01:01 PM: Remember that name. Ben Watts is going to be a big, big, big time snowboarder...and apparently he's already a big time person!
Cheryl Howard said on 04/10/07 @ 01:35 PM: What a really cool kid. Thanks for the story Jake!
Live on the Fly Studio said on 04/10/07 @ 07:09 PM: I think I've just found a new hero. And his name be Ben!