Skateboarding is empowering young Palestinians
Non-profit SkatePal is building skateparks and providing lessons to kids in occupied Palestine, “transposing boundaries and political situations to create a sense of community and self-confidence.”
Non-profit SkatePal is building skateparks and providing lessons to kids in occupied Palestine, “transposing boundaries and political situations to create a sense of community and self-confidence.”
“That place was people’s family,” says Dave Schubert, who spent much of his teenage years photographing his friends and the skaters who came and went from Washington DC’s legendary plaza. We managed to get hold of him – and the negatives.
In our latest print issue, skaters Simone Gozzetti and Beatrice Domond paired up for a photo story documenting their friends during the summer in Milan – young, wind-swept and freeee.
Over in Sheffield, The Skate Retreat is providing a safe space for the underrepresented – and it's magic.
After becoming Great Britain’s youngest ever Olympic medalist, 13-year-old Sky Brown has proved to be a skateboarding prodigy. But she’s not the only one. Young female skateboarders have dominated Tokyo 2020 and they show no signs of slowing down.