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Video Sailboard Kiteboard – Windsurf and Kite Surf in Geneva Vengeron Switzerland Pieruzek

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Video Skateboard – Skateistan: A Rebirth of Skateboarding in Afghanistan – A look at the impact and innocence of skating in Kabul.

(Video produced by Noah Abrams. To find out more, go to www.noahabrams.com)

When you hear Oliver Percovich talk about Skateistan, the skate school that he started for kids in Kabul, Afghanistan, you get the feeling that you’re at the beginning of a movement not unlike skateboarding’s birth. The amazement, vigor and happiness that skateboarding incites in the children around Kabul seems to parallel what the early history of skateboarding must have felt like—the late 40s, the 50s and 60s when kids turned the crate scooter into the first square boards. That time probably felt like uncharted territory.

The program in Afghanistan seems to share that same newness and freedom …  Details

windsurf-dayOn August 16th, 2009 the World is invited to share the magic of windsurfing with their friends and family. A concept that has been started by the innovators at Starboard; ‘World Windsurfing Day is designed to introduce new blood to the sport.

This year, the programme is intended to be a small-scale event. The concept is based on the fact that most windsurfers in the world are introduced to the sport by their family, and without that critical first introduction many people would not have started.

We lat Starboard’s Brand Manager Tiesda You explain:

TY “More than 80% of active windsurfers today are windsurfing because …  Details