Skateistan is a nongovernmental organization providing lessons in skateboarding, environmental health, information technology, art and language in a coed setting to hundreds of urban kids in Kabul, Afghanistan. Below, a short documentary on the movement, directed by Orlando von Einsiedel.
(*Previously featured: striking images of Afghani skateboarding youth by photographer Noah Abrams.)
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Clean your skateboard griptape
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Take apart, clean & lubricate your skateboard trucks
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Do skateboard eggplants at a skatepark
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Do a rad handplant on your skateboard
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Rethread your skateboard truck axle
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Ride a waveboard
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Do a boneless flip skateboard trick
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Change the wheels and bearings on your scooter
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Build a rad kicker launch ramp for skateboarding
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Backside 50-50 on your skateboard with Colin McKay
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Do a Double Rainbow longboard trick with James Kelly
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Make a cheap grind rail without welding
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Do a hippie jump on a skateboard
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Grip-tape your casterboard deck
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Kickflip and ollie on the Ripstik
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Do a primo flip
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Adjust the Chain on a Razor E200 E300 Electric Scooter Easy Way
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Do an Early Grab trick on your longboard
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Make a skateboard rail without any welding
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Wax a surface for grinding
How To:
Clean your skateboard griptape
How To:
Take apart, clean & lubricate your skateboard trucks
How To:
Do skateboard eggplants at a skatepark
How To:
Do a rad handplant on your skateboard
How To:
Rethread your skateboard truck axle
How To:
Do a boneless flip skateboard trick
How To:
Ride a waveboard
How To:
Change the wheels and bearings on your scooter
How To:
Build a rad kicker launch ramp for skateboarding
How To:
Do a Double Rainbow longboard trick with James Kelly
How To:
Backside 50-50 on your skateboard with Colin McKay
How To:
Make a cheap grind rail without welding
How To:
Grip-tape your casterboard deck
How To:
Do a hippie jump on a skateboard
How To:
Kickflip and ollie on the Ripstik
How To:
Do a primo flip
How To:
Adjust the Chain on a Razor E200 E300 Electric Scooter Easy Way
How To:
Do an Early Grab trick on your longboard
How To:
Make a skateboard rail without any welding
How To:
Wax a surface for grinding
3 Comments
There used to be a time when skate boarding seemed to be a symbol of a troublemaker.
Now it's providing a sense of freedom to the youth of Afghanistan. Heartwarming.
I am so happy for the little children of Afghanistan
Skateboarding, sport of the heart!
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