This place has been a famous skate spot for the last 20+ years. Its a pretty steep transition but a lot of fun. There has been a lot of blood shed at this skateboard spot. The bricks are narley and unforgiving and you have to always constantly watch out for those damn benches. The funny [...]

Skateistan is Afghanistan’s first dedicated co-educational skateboarding school. The school engages with the growing numbers of urbanised youth in Afghanistan through skateboarding and provides new opportunities in cross-cultural interaction and education. Waheed Ullah, a scruffy Kabul shoeshine boy, had never heard of skateboarding, let alone tried it. Then one evening he put down his tin [...]

Well that is the golden question. Technically, no, you don’t need skate shoes. You could wear any shoes. But the point is, skate shoes are made to help you skate better. And it’s true - they do help. Skate shoes have flat, grippy, and usually extra wide soles to help you hold onto your board [...]