More than three years ago, we moved into our first long-term home for Nine13sports, operating out of the basement at Shortridge High School. When we moved in, I had a staff of 2, we had a single truck and trailer we were using to transport equipment to schools, and we still carried the TV into […]
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About Nine13sports Nine13sports® is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes health, wellness, and exercise for local youth with our Kids Riding Bikes®, Kids Building Bikes®, Kids Riding Bikes-STEM, and Explore Indy programs. We have created a unique initiative in which we have integrated the traditional bicycle with technology to provide a turnkey product for youth programs, […]
Kids Riding Bikes isn’t just fun, it’s changing lives
On any given school day, our staff at Nine13sports sees anywhere between 150 – 350 students on our engaging and unique bicycle simulator program called Kids Riding Bikes. Our bread and butter programming promotes exercise and fitness for youth between the ages of 8 and 18, in addition to underlining the significance of essential life […]
Lids Foundation Announces 5th Annual ‘Tip The Hat Award’ Finalists
PDF: LIDS Foundation Tip the Hat Finalists LIDS Sports Group and LIDS Foundation to donate $300,000 total in charitable grants to top five finalists (February 20, 2017) – The LIDS Foundation, a charitable 501(c)(3) organization and the philanthropic support arm of LIDS Sports Group, today announces the top five finalists in this year’s 5th annual […]
Reflecting on the Theft, One Year Later
A year ago, sometime after dinner on a cold and windy evening, our trailer was broken into and we lost a significant portion of our equipment. The timing couldn’t have been worse as we were already mourning the death of one of our loudest advocates, Denver Hutt, who had passed away two days earlier. I’ll […]
Simply, Thank You, All of You.
Dear Community, Thank you. I don’t know what other words there are. I sit here this morning, in my final few hours of work in 2016 reflecting on all that has occurred in the last 12 months. In some ways, it’s completely overwhelming to process everything that has defined Nine13sports this year. We started off […]
Nine13sports and South Ripley Junior High School to Pilot STEM Program
December 15, 2016 For Immediate Release Nathan Wilson Communications Director nwilson@nine13sports.org PDF:SRJHS Press Release Indianapolis – Nine13sports and South Ripley Junior High School(SRJHS) have announced a partnership with Genesis: Pathways to Success (GPS), the Versailles McDonald’s location, Hillenbrand and Friendship State Bank to pilot a new STEM curriculum program in January 2017. This partnership will […]
Meet Nathan Smurdon, Our Newest Staff Member
Nathan serves as the Nine13 Business Development Director working with our sponsor partners that contribute to help us achieve our goal of putting more kids on bikes. Throughout his career he has leveraged his sales, marketing, entrepreneurial and programming skills to improve the Indianapolis community Nathan is the founder of ActiveIndy Tours – a city […]
Nine13sports Letter of Review: Paul Trimmel
Nine13sports came in, took over, and crushed it! Nine13sports identified something that the kids love to do and use it to promote fitness for a lifetime! The kids loved the cool bikes and the video board was just perfect! I appreciated that they jumped at the chance to come in a visit our school. Communication […]
Teacher Letter: Brentwood Elementary
November 16, 2016 Dear Nine13sports Team, Thank you so much for coming to Brentwood Elementary School. Our students really enjoyed their experience riding bikes during physical education class last week. I am always looking for activities that our students enjoy and encourage lifelong physical activity. Your program is an excellent example of demonstrating a lifelong […]
