How Skateboarding Is Transforming The Lives Of Kenyan Street Youth | SKATE AFRICA Part Two
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- Опубликовано: 19 дек 2020
- So, ladies and gentlemen, if you have not already had the pleasure then allow us to introduce you to George Zuko - a candidate for raddest human in the world today. As with Sandy Alibo in Ghana, George has been a talismanic figure in the development of skateboard culture here in Kenya.
How about this: George is a skater who helps run skate camps at an educational orphanage where the country’s first skatepark resides. Think about that for a moment. Children sleeping on the streets are by no means uncommon in Nairobi, and George introduced us to two young rippers who once slept right by the local skate spot - and started skating as a result. With George’s introduction of skating into their lives, The Keedz (‘the pair’) are off the streets, enrolled in school, and ripping.
Samuel Mwangi and Ezra Nyongesa - everyone calls him Balo, though - proved constant companions for Jaakko Ojanen, Chenai Gwandure, Yann Horowitz and Jackson Pilz as our joy bus spent a week rolling around with the skate scene of Nairobi. Sam even shot Balo’s front board photo from this feature on his first try with a camera. Fast learner!
The Shangilia association which runs the educational orphanage space where the radiant skatepark resides work with hundreds of such children every day. Watch Patrik Wallner’s superb documentary on Jaakko and friends’ skate mission with the local rippers of Nairobi above.
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thanks for coming guys
it was so much fun hanging out
and cheers to George, we're proud to play in a band with someone with such a big heart🙏
thanks for doing such a great job over there
@@ejraf333 thank you🙏
@@powerslide_band 🤘🏼❤️
@Abraham Halvorson go to Uhuru Park, there's always people skating there on the weekends
@Abraham Halvorson yes they do
Hehe thank you, special thanks to you guys for coming to Kenya much love from George Zuko, skating with the team was so fun and rad, welcome again to Kenya
Inspirational stuff!
That park is so dope, way more character than a lot in the US
The people also... but thats just throwing all into one pot.
really ?
Hopefully the pic gets thrasher front page
yea legit thrasher style
I hope so too!
They should do it just to show support
yess
Love seeing people coming together, especially through skateboarding! Keep doin yalls thing its amazing to see yall push through adversity with smiles on your faces, it does a lot for the soul.
I wish america was like dat a lil more about coming together. They stay happy is cuz nothing wasn't being handed to them. So it good they turned nothing out into somthing.
“Everyone skates differently, but everyone skates and loves it” FACTS ❤️
So stoked! Zuko is the raddest human fo' sure!
Beautiful. Just absolutely beautiful. Warm my heart. Skate or Die like we used to say in the 80's.
I hope they all get a new skatepark thats open all the time a super modern one. Also the ways of bondo so make spots smooth and mod them. Also i hope good condition boards go their way so they have access to board, trucks,bearings,wheels and shoes. Natural skaters it's amazing how they get the strength to skate from being homeless.
This is amazing
I can't wait to start skating😌
Lmao same😂
Skateboarding is truly a blessing to humanity, uniting all people everywhere❤️🙏❤️amazing.
This is awesome still, really stoked, thanks for coming through Kenya, visit again we rip some more.
Love watching these videos! Keep them coming Red Bull! 👊🔥🤘
I’m 22 from the hood and this almost made me cry
I love what you do for the kids in Africa. So inspiring, feels good to watch such amazing people come together through skateboarding.
great short. these kids ar awesome! keeep skating
I’m glad these guys are enjoying skateboarding. Hopefully it can grow to be a beautiful scene there. Awesome!
full circle captiring that front board fs shuv. this made so happy 🔥
Great pictures & great guys. No more words needed.🙌🏼
Awesome video, keep up the good work!!
That's skateboard spirit. Really awesome to see it uplift everyone from anywhere.
Sick! Great form, good vibes, skate on
Awesome stuff!! Long live skateboarding!
This is amazing‼️ ✊🏾✊🏾
This warms my heart !
Skate video + tear jerker = the best content you can ask for
Good on all you guys making a difference helping and having fun God bless you all.
this is amazing
Great One.. You made those kids forget about everything there gone trough just by skating. Hope you make it every year and help them out with School and good Skateboards.. Keep it up Boys. Thank you,, Thise things make the World a Better place.
Best thing I've seen all day
This is awesome.
This makes me so proud! Kenya is on the map more and more these days.
Embrace the outdoor life. Share and just live with the good vibes that you will not even want to sleep, for tommorow is a new day.
Inspiring.
Beautiful place.
Amazing 👏
This is beautiful very humbling i am so fortunate in comparison but it's amazing that skateboarding can give these kids purpose and joy. I especially love the mom who isn't supportive of playing music but is down for skating because it's beneficial to the body haha such a pure perspective
This is true skating. These guys are gonna make it big. Everyone there is doing it for fun and are supporting each other
If someone don’t open up a skate shop for these homies
fr we need one
I made some of my best and closest friends through skateboarding. I love to see that although how big it has become and all the money involved and everything, the essence of skateboarding, the love of hitting new tricks and just skating and the tight camaraderie with other skaters regardless of anything else is still there. Unlike many other sports, in skateboarding you start from 0. No amount of push-ups and situps is going to help you in the beginning, you will feel it but its worth it. So inspiring to see the power of skateboarding attracting homies all over the planet.
So Cool 😎!!!,
God bless Everyone!!!
🤙🤙🤙
incredible, incredible, incredible! wtg patrik and crew! so inspiring to watch
Can all of us skaters just take a second to appreciate this beautiful community we have. Im stoked knowing skating is getting out there, and hopefully when i move to china, ill be able to spread the word! Keep shredding everyone ! Skateboarding Is life
I can’t wait!!!
epic vid !
I am so proud of the folks at Red Bull. That was so Heartwarming and touching. I am glad the skateboard dreamers in Kenya have resources, mentors, & support to raise their spirits and inspire passion. I'm looking forward to every single person in Kenya and the rest of the World having a roof over their head every single night.
Much Love to Nairobi Kenya and their beautiful citizens, God Bless those Hearts, they touch my Soul so deeply.
Love Kyle ♥️🙏🏿
So rad. Go Kenya. ❤️👍
I grew up skating, so to see it spread to all corners of the world is an amazing feeling. They should get rob dyrdek to build more parks. Make skate not war 🛹✊
Thank you for the opening statement with 60 k kids sleep on the streets in Nairobi. Redbull keep putting this type of content and you can change the world for the positive . Bought to buy a redbull to support this cause
I love this
Such a great story
It would be so rad to be a skateboarder somewhere like this where it’s a new thing. It’s great to see its changing lives for the better 😊
This is amazing
"I'm so proud of myself" such a great thing to hear anyone say
This is so crazy to see. I skateboarded in Kenya in the late '90s and early '00s. Uhuru Park was our favorite spot. And the children living on the streets has always been heartbreaking.
Skated with them once and they are so with it!!they have a very bright future ahead🔥keep it up balo and sam
Do you have their contact details
You can get their instagram @thekeedz
Yooo @Redbull come to Mozambique/Maputo our skateboard community is grown up
i wish nothing but the best for these kids god bless them with everything they need to become what they want true passion right here
love that ending
Proud to say i know Balo and Sam. AFRICA TO THE WORLD! KENYA TO THE WORLD!
amazing
Awesomeness yeeeeaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!!
Yo! That skate park is rad 🤙
Skateboarding brings people together💪💪
Totally agree. It builds communities
That picture is SICK
excellent!!
The best. Great....
Nothing can beat the spirit of a skater.
Skate é isso... Muda a realidade... Very nice!!!
We need to find a way to donate boards and trucks and all!!!!! Very cool story guys!!
Bella storia grande per tutto👍🏻 ragazzi Africa unita🌈
hell yea yea mann!! proud skatter stand. for skater in kenya :-DD YES keep going mann :-D
I was born there this makes me so happy :)
Absolute legends.
Skate Africa. Love this. Skate Brasil muito amor por essse esporte.
Very good vibes
There is a skateboarding language...it crosses all boundaries
Awesome
😲 the paint job at the shangilia skate park!
This is dope
I used to be a skate boarder, now I am an anthropologist. In anthropology we have a term "communitas" which is the formation of a community through shared experience, usually with something difficult. This video, I think demonstrates the concept of communitas.
Damnn salute men 🙏💚
These dudes are so fucking rad. They deserve good lives. Holy shit, that picture was incredible..
How can anyone dislike this video
#Winning 🏁
skateboarding is changing the world
So dope
Africa has bright future
I used to skate a roof like this 3:28 in the early 90s. Oh Lord! Lots of pumping involved.
Not only has skateboarding make it to Africa, which is amazing, but I see a guy with an og Suicide Silence shirt on, so heavy metal has also made it's way there. Awesome.
awesome
were going to see some rad skater come out of africa soon
that skatepark is bad ass
i am the first to comment in this video omggg
Proud of having nordic neighbors skating in africa!
So sick!
Who would have known life is as simple and fun with a board on some wheels...wild isn't it.
Skateboarding saves lives❤
I want to get myself a skateboard now
Red Bull always with the best videos like this!!
Crazy doc
Kenya is beautiful