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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.   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 tho...

Nairobi on wheels: skateboarding video on the RIDE channel

Dude we made it to the RIDE channel! Check out the video I enjoyed this video -- seeing everyone stoked. The visiting Danish pro skaters did countless Never Been Done (N.B.D) tricks off the Uhuru park gap, dude! The video began showing them shred Upark and the manual pad with your normal skate crew. On the other hand, this is a tough article to write since I'm so excited about each and every aspect of the video.      There's also another version of Nairobi on wheels on YouTube here . George did a frontside flip off the stair in Nairobi Uni. It was insane. I can't use words to express how amazing this video was. We are so lucky to relive the best videos which made us kick and push in the first place remember: Wake up , Park days , Play skate by Ibra and Otioli and the other O.g's :D. Being a skateboarder is amazing in our time don't you think? Seriously this video deserves being the category wake up is in. What do you think?

Funscapes skatepark review: The Hub Mall

There's a skate park in Karen. No way! Yes way! :D In the Hub Mall, i discovered an amusement park called Funscapes -- after one of my paintball matches. At that time, the games were fewer and rather expensive. The employees were so friendly to me on that day. Maybe because it was my first time there? I cannot say. After paying a game and losing pretty badly. They invited me to skate out back. It was just an empty place with a tiled concrete floor. I was so exhausted; i couldn't land tricks so well but i managed to show them a thing or two about skateboarding. I didn't know that very spot would be a skate park one day. No wonder they encouraged me to skate there. Funscapes is an amusement park with slot machines with a variety of games to pick from from Time crisis, Armageddon, Batman, the ones for picking prizes that i don't seem to remember at the moment, a jungle gym of some sort en cetera. They have a couple of branches in the Adams Arcade, Two rivers mall, Thik...