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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...

Common questions skateboarders are asked

I'll dedicate this article to hilarious or not so hilarious questions I'm asked by random people. They could be out of curiosity or just to annoy you either way. They are interesting and very common. How would you reply to these and what other questions have you been asked a part from these? "Naweza fika tao na hiyo kitu?" (Can i reach Nairobi with that thing?) "How long did it take you to learn?" "Are there ropes on your feet?" "You skated from home to here with that?" "Where do you skate?" "Have you ever broken a bone?" "How many times have you fallen down?" A treat from Adam. Check out his store here . Image credit: Adam Image credit: Robotatertotcomics https://robotatertot.tumblr.com/ Image credit: Adam

How to fix a hole in your shoes DIY

Been skating for a while like me, not really? One thing's for sure your going to go through so many shoes. So obviously you'll get holes in your shoes as you skate. This happens because as you drag your foot up the board it wears out or just by kicking and pushing. You can even know which tricks someone is doing. Remember kickflips and heelflips finish those shoes in a very specific way. Why not extend their life? Saving you some cash. In this article, I'll talk about that. I decided to write this article to share some of the ways. Fighting the wear! and tear! First, Shoe goo,  this is popular among skateboarders. After putting it on your shoes, it feels like rubber. However, after applying it on your shoes. You'll have to wait for a week for it to solidify well. I've never used it before but I'll consider trying it out. My alternatives: I've been looking keenly at other ways of fixing shoes or rather looking for products that can substitute the goo by s...

Skate sacrifice skate video

A video we did the past. We wanted to beat Kiaro's record to make the grid in the video. But we ended up looking for spots and getting some good footage. If you haven't already watched the video check it out! Otherwise, subscribe to my blog and YouTube channel. See you on the flip side.  (: