Afghanistan

In 2010, Shannon Galpin became the first woman to mountain bike across Afghanistan’s perilous Panjshir Valley, a province that forbids Afghan women to ride bikes. The terrain, filled with land mines and steep, rock-lined ridges, was a challenge in itself. Add the dangers of being a woman, the violence of… Read the rest

June 21st marks the annual Go Skateboarding Day (GSD), an international holiday for all things skateboarding. But the day has come to not only support the sport, its retailers and skaters but has shown to have a significant impact on charities around the world.
Skateistan is one example of skaters… Read the rest

Comic genius Mitch Hedberg used to say, “An elevator can never break; it can only become stairs.”  Unfortunately Mitch died in 2005. But unlike escalators and drug-addled comics, a well-crafted set of stairs can survive for centuries.
Through all the differences in culture and geography that permeate our world, one… Read the rest

They started by opening Afghanistan’s first co-educational skate school. Now the team behind Skateistan — who has created quite an international buzz for combining sports and positive change — is opening up Afghanistan’s first indoor skate park. The project has been in the works for two years, so we’re sure… Read the rest

Earlier this year we reported on Skateistan, a co-ed skate school in Afghanistan. After its succesful opening, the school has attracted a lot of international success, being honored for its commitment to improve the lives of children who have grown up in a chaotic political environment. The school, housed in… Read the rest

There’s nothing better than taking a personal passion and using it to create change. That’s what Oliver Percovich is doing, with nothing more than a strong spirit and a few skateboards.
This spring the 34 year-old Australian is planning on opening Afghanistan’s first skateboarding school, Skateistan. The co-ed school “will… Read the rest