Auction For Skateistan

Skateistan is a school in Kabul where about 400 kids, boys and girls, “rich” and poor – skate on a daily basis and learn things like photography, carpentry, drama, English and much much more.

The school was established in 2008 and built a professional indoor skateboard park in 2009 – with the help of the fundraisers in Denmark.

Now in 2011 we are collecting money so that Skateistan can expand and build an outdoor facility for the kids so they can skate even when the school is not open.

ALL income from this auction goes directly to Skateistan in Kabul – all fees and commissions also (Donated by the auction house Lauritz.com) Skateistan Denmark is run 100% volunter, we have no paid staff, skateboards and shipping is sponsored by BLIND skateboards and Blue Water Shipping – so if you spend 1000 Dollars on one of theese works of art – 1000 Dollars will go to Skateistan.

Skateistan: To Live and Skate Kabul

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

Skateistan

Skateistan from POP Magazine on Vimeo.

Skateistan is a documentary about a group of professional skateboarders who travel to Kabul, Afghanistan and teach the cities children about skateboarding. They use skateboarding as a way to bring different ethnic groups together as well as breaking down the barriers between boys and girls. All I can say is that these are some really great people to travel to such a dangerous part of the world to promote skateboarding and equality.