Ten years ago, most Ugandan teens had never heard of skateboarding. Enter Jack Mubiro, an avid skater and Ugandan, who convinced his mother to donate a piece of property in Kampala on which he built Uganda’s first skatepark. Now the Uganda Skateboard Union has a membership upwards of fifty people and overseas skate companies send over boards to support the growing east Africa skate scene!
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It’s usually forbidden to do anything in front of government buildings, but because some Ugandans have never seen the sport, guards sometimes allow it out of curiosity.
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The Uganda Skateboarder’s Saloon.
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