http://skateistan.org Skateistan, Afghanistan's first skateboarding school. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:09:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Norwegian lo-fi rock'n roller and Skateistan-supporter Evil Onion will be playing at an annual X-mas party the 28th of December in Vinje, Norway. The host of the party has agreed to donate half the cover charge to Skateistan. So, if you happen to be in Vinje on the 28th of December you should ... http://skateistan.org/news/x-mas-fundraiser-in-norway/ US skater Carter Dennis first contacted us a month ago, asking if we would like some help promoting Skateistan to the huge U.S. skateboarding industry. We think he’s done some amazing work, so we asked him to write a few words… NRPA Convention 2008 by Carter Dennis Every year the National Recreation ... http://skateistan.org/news/skateistan-represents-in-us-nrpa-convention/ Taking time out from a busy schedule in Germany, Oliver Percovich has managed to put together some new footage showcasing the female skater talent of Kabul. You can check out his efforts here. We wish Ollie all the best on his travels, and look forward to hearing about it in ... http://skateistan.org/news/new-skateistan-footage/ The Skateistan crew would like to pay tribute to our close friend Jason Bresler who was killed with two foreigners while arriving at work yesterday morning in Kabul. In the 2 years we have known him, Jas has been an awesome friend, an even better motorcycle mechanic and a true believer in our ... http://skateistan.org/news/farewell-to-jas-a-good-friend/ Correspondent Graeme Smith from The Globe and Mail, Canada's largest circulation national newspaper came and saw a different side to Afghanistan than he usually covers. Mr Smith recently won an online journalism award for the series Talking to the Taliban.  The story of what he saw in Macrorayan, Kabul ran on page ... http://skateistan.org/news/canadians-discover-republic-of-skateistan/ Titus is a skateboarding company that has always given back to skateboarding and invested in youth development. Now we are pleased to announce that they are collecting second hand skateboards and skateboarding equipment for Skateistan in all of their shops throughout Germany from now until November 30th 2008. Titus is working in ... http://skateistan.org/news/titus-collects-skateboards-for-afghan-skateboarders/ After communicating with for the last month and a half with veteran skateboarder Boy Ipoh and recently Wan Kedah from the NGO skatemalaysia, they have now become a partner organisation. It is very important for us to have links to skateboarders in other Muslim countries, as it will help with ... http://skateistan.org/news/skateistan-links-with-skateboarders-in-malaysia/ Skateistan has a new video on the Time.com website which can be viewed here. Check it out! http://skateistan.org/news/timecom/ An anonymous Skateistan supporter has just donated 2000 Euros to help build a skate facility for us before winter. We are extremely lucky to have such supporters, who not only donate much needed funds but who are continuously looking for new ways to create contacts, spread the word and assist ... http://skateistan.org/news/extraordinaire-support/ This morning at at the Parks Authority offices in Kabul, Skateistan was informed that the land donated to the project to build Afghanistan's first skateboarding school was in fact being taken back since we hadn't been able to build anything on the site yet. The site has been now been ... http://skateistan.org/news/skateistan-loses-skate-school-site-to-kuwaiti-embassy/