SKATEISTAN: TO LIVE AND SKATE KABUL from Diesel New Voices on Vimeo.
Skateistan: To Live And Skate Kabul is a beautifully shot film that
follows the lives of a group of young skateboarders in Afghanistan. Operating against the backdrop of war and bleak prospects, the Skateistan charity project is the world’s first co-educational skateboarding school, where a team of international volunteers work with girls and boys between the ages of 5 and 17, an age group largely untouched by other aid programmes.
BY ORLANDO VON EINSIEDEL
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I’ve always considered skateboarding a sign of a healthy (if not rebellious) youth culture, and as such, take note of its presence in the countries I visit. Skateistan opened my eyes to a skateboarding-based charity program in Kabul, Afghanistan. The landscape provides for some dramatic shots, and it reminded me of what I saw in The Kite Runner, which I watched recently as well.
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Post tags: afghanistan, blogsherpa, kabul, skateboarding