“Skateboarding has tough me discipline and to be courageous”, John tells.

For now he skates the park nearly every day, as he does not have a chance to attend high school due to high tuition fees. He lives in the adjacent slum of Kibagare, where drug abuse and petty crime blossom among idle youth. Skateboarding is his way to spend leisure time productively.”

An excerpt of a story of young skaters in Nairobi published in the Huffington Post.