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Skateboarding during the Corona virus pandemic 2020

Late last year, the world was struck by a virus called the corona virus SARS-CoV-2. Some places had been locked down quite early (San Francisco, USA and China) but despite this the world had to continue and we as skateboarders had to continue pushing as usual.

 

An African youth with free form dreadlocks wearing a maskholding a symbolic skateboard curse | gift setup blocking the left side of the face
About to go skate

However, due to the mode of transmission of the virus; it is recommended that people should wear masks you can find more information about why masks are important here. Therefore, the wearing of the masks is not some conspiracy, waiting for the police to remind you doesn't make sense too; you are protecting yourself and your homies around you. I wear one every time I go skating. Here's a photo




Personally wearing a mask while skating is the hardest thing I've ever done; Besides climbing Kilimanjaro. The sweating, the heat and the loss of breath makes it hard to concentrate on landing tricks because in between the panting and the loss of breath the rhythm just tends to slip away. For example, I thought I got fakie bigspins down but these days its so hard to do them. Or Maybe I am just bad at them but I feel as if my trick consistency has been deteriorating. Despite all this people are still skating hard; The Skateboarding Society of Kenya pages have been active and people are ripping hard. Check Instagram.


Another thing is the isolation. In Kenya, it is mandatory to wear a mask according to the excerpt from this website, please confirm. Therefore, it is hard to skate with your friends at this time. At least for me I have not gone to the normal skate spots including the skate park since the cases started being reported in Kenya. I miss this and I wonder how it is where you are? Let me know in the comments how your skateboarding has changed since the pandemic was announced.


Otherwise, I have been okay, trying to spot for the symptoms of the virus in me and my family; it sucks that the test is about KES 10,000 at the Nairobi Hospital in Kenya. I wonder why? Maybe they are considering the time taken spend in getting the results, risk and interpreting the results. Please make this affordable Nairobi hospital! Some laboratories in Senegal do it for only $1.


I hope all you guys reading this are well and fortunately have not lost someone due to the pandemic at the moment. If you have I am very sorry for your loss. Let's talk to each other more confirming that everyone is safe. 


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  1. Arapwiz25 October 2020 at 01:23

    Concise article on Corona and our scene. ��������

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