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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Do an Early Grab trick on your longboard
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Do the cross step on the long board
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Make a cheap grind rail without welding
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Do a rad handplant on your skateboard
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Do a hippie jump on a skateboard
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Do a foot plant on a skateboard
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Do a flamingo flatlands trick on a skateboard
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Lubricate E100 E200 E300 Razor Electric Scooter Chain Easy Way
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Make your own skateboard deck from scratch
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Kickflip perfectly everytime
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Build a skateboard kicker ramp
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Take apart, clean & lubricate your skateboard trucks
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Rethread your skateboard truck axle
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Do a slapdown ollie up a curb on a longboard
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Caveman on a skateboard
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Adjust the Chain on a Razor E200 E300 Electric Scooter Easy Way
How To:
Make a cheap grind box
How To:
Build a rad kicker launch ramp for skateboarding
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Do a primo flip
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Clean your skateboard griptape
How To:
Do an Early Grab trick on your longboard
How To:
Do the cross step on the long board
How To:
Make a cheap grind rail without welding
How To:
Do a rad handplant on your skateboard
How To:
Do a hippie jump on a skateboard
How To:
Do a foot plant on a skateboard
How To:
Do a flamingo flatlands trick on a skateboard
How To:
Lubricate E100 E200 E300 Razor Electric Scooter Chain Easy Way
How To:
Make your own skateboard deck from scratch
How To:
Kickflip perfectly everytime
How To:
Build a skateboard kicker ramp
How To:
Take apart, clean & lubricate your skateboard trucks
How To:
Rethread your skateboard truck axle
How To:
Do a slapdown ollie up a curb on a longboard
How To:
Caveman on a skateboard
How To:
Adjust the Chain on a Razor E200 E300 Electric Scooter Easy Way
How To:
Build a rad kicker launch ramp for skateboarding
How To:
Make a cheap grind box
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Do skateboard eggplants at a skatepark
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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