Rakan Gaith: Tradition and transformation
Thanks to its early pioneers, skateboarding has emerged as one of the most powerful urban movements across the SWANA region. In Saudi Arabia, Rakan Gaith…
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Landing: a skateboarding photobook on claiming space in Palestine
Skateboarding is a language, a refusal, a movement. In Palestine, it’s also a kind of landing, both in the sense of a trick meeting pavement…
Ethiopian Girl Skaters: The girls transforming Ethiopia’s skate scene
Every Saturday morning in Addis Ababa, a band of Ethiopian women and girls gather in Addis Skatepark and unwittingly prove to onlookers that nothing –…
Wathek Allal: building a world of Precious Trust
Wathek Allal is a ‘vision’ kind of guy. Give him a street, and he’ll line the concrete with graffiti. Give him a skateboard and he’ll…
Aram Sabbah: Reclaiming freedom on a skateboard
Aram Sabbah grew up in the West Bank; a childhood defined by restriction and uncertainty under military occupation. Checkpoints, soldiers, and the daily presence of…