Kabul Korrespondence

I have been lucky enough to hook up with some amazing national and international crew here. You've met the nationals, my Afghan boyz. But I'd like to introduce the internationals, friends from Oz who were wise enough to bring boards with them to Kabul. So after many a night of discussing how and where we could start the first ever skate scene in Afghanistan, we finally planted the seed. And oh my how it has grown.


The first challenge was to find smooth conrete areas. After 20 odd years of conflict, there is'nt much in Kabul which hasn't been blown up or pot-holed by endless motar rounds.


Our first location was the Olympic Stadium, which was in the past another arena for the Taliban's brutal public executions. After some quick talking with the local police, we got access to a semi-smooth piece of concrete at one end of the stadium.


So we gave the boyz the boards and gave them their first lesson: "balance".


Second lesson was "tick tacking" and we finshed off with "how to fall", one of my personal fav's.


We were all impressed by the learning curve and their stern determination to get it down. Not only did they rip it up on their first day, but they convinced the local cops to give it a go too.


AHHHHH, so proud I almost burst with joy!


We finished off the day with some extra curriculm, watching the Lords of Dogtown skate film.