Darren Rhys Frost was a former pupil of Ysgol Friars in Bangor, and Ysgol Bethel.
A grieving mother is putting her energy into raising funds to build mini skate parks after her son died in a road traffic collision.
Hazel Frost from Bangor, Gwynedd, said it was giving her a 'focus' after losing 18-year-old son Darren on Boxing Day 2009.
Skateboarding was his 'passion', and he would have 'loved' facilities in the city, she added.
Her fund raising has included a sub-zero dip in the sea.
"Raising funds for this is a focus to keep me going," said Mrs Frost, who works at the psychology department at Bangor University.
"Skateboarding was Darren's passion in life and he would often come home complaining they had been moved on from where ever they had found to do it.
"He would have loved the idea of having places to go," she added.
Darren died after a collision with a car as he cycled from his work at the JJB store in Shrewsbury, on his way to his father's home in Brockton, Shropshire.
"The last year has been so hard, trying to accept the fact that he's not coming home," she said.
"We'd spoken four times on the phone on the Boxing Day, and he was talking about trying to get a transfer to the Bangor store to work," she added.
Initial funds raised when Darren died were donated to ChildLine, because he had been interested in working for them.
The idea then came for a skate park, or a series of mini-parks or pods, across the city of Bangor.
Fund raising has been physically hard, with training for a Snowdon ascent and hiking up the 1065 metres (3494 ft) peak five times in as many weeks.
There has also been an abseil at Penrhyn Castle near Bangor, and the Boxing Day dip in the sea at Llandudno in -13C temperatures.
So far, Mrs Frost has raised about £3,500 which is just a fraction of what is needed to complete the projects.
She said there was nothing in Bangor for young people and raising funds for the skate parks would give something back to all her son's friends.
"I've been blown away by the support I've received, and I can't say how grateful I am," she added.
Linking communities
Rob Parson is chair of the fundraising committee although he never met Darren.
"I heard what they wanted to do and tracked them down because as a skateboarder I wanted to get involved," he said.
"We hope by having smaller facilities in more than one area it will link different communities."
The parks would be built with concrete, rather than the usual metal, making them quieter, and more "visually attractive", he said.
