All Articles
Sneak a peak at the publications that document our work.
2017
Aug. 2, 2017 - Confort Mag - Pura Pura - Radiografía - Luis Gabriel Arias Arcienaga
July 14, 2017 - Be Inspired! - Volunteers from all over the world build skateparks in developing countries - Noemi Minami
June 23, 2017 - Huck Magazine - For the skaters of Myanmar, boards are a symbol of hope - Biju Belinky
May 17, 2017 - Vice Sports - Building Skate Parks In The Developing World Is Thirsty Work - Jed Smith
Apr. 23, 2017 - HK01 - Skatepark in Jordan brings change to refugees - Fiona Ko
Feb. 21, 2017 - EST-WST - Building Nepal's Skate Culture - Jhana Cayton
Jan. 25, 2017 - Medium - Ethiopia's First Skatepark Builds Community and Breaks Down Economic Barriers - Tess Murphy
2016
Dec. 14, 2016 - Myanmar Times - Inside Yangon's skateboarding movie trilogy - Lae Phyu Pya Myo Myint
Nov. 10, 2016 - SBS News - Breaking down cultural barriers through skateboarding - Vincent Dwyer
Aug. 12, 2016 - CCS - Community 25 - Daron Horwitz
Aug. 3, 2016 - The Guardian - Burmese boards: how a skatepark is changing the face of Yangon – in pictures - Oliver Slow
Jul. 21, 2016 - CNN - 'People came from every continent': Ethiopia gets its first skatepark - Nosmot Gbadamosi
Jun. 12, 2016 - BRUZZ - Make Life Skate Life: 'Samen met lokale skaters bouwden we een skatepark in India' - Stefano Lapasini
Jun. 10, 2016 - NRP - How Do You Say 'Gnarly' In Amharic? Ethiopia Gets Its First Skate Park - Gregory Warner
Jun. 10, 2016 - Amaphiko - Rocket-boosting skate culture in Ethiopia's only skatepark - Emma Warren
May 27, 2016 - Don't Party - Skateboarding in Ethiopia - The Interview - Murray Walker
May 20, 2016 - BBC News - Ethiopia's first skate park opens in Addis Ababa - Roderick Macleod
May 3, 2016 - VICE ID - Welcome to Ethiopia's growing skate scene - Tessa Fox
Apr. 16, 2016 - BBC Africa - Ethiopia's skateboarders 'go legit' - Roderick Macleod
Apr. 14, 2016 - BBC World Service - Ethiopia's first skate park - Roderick Macleod
Mar. 11, 2016 - SBS News - Myanmar youth find freedom at newly built skate park - Tessa Fox
Mar. 2, 2016 - Karrewiet - Make Life Skate Life- Laura Verhaeghe
Feb. 16, 2016 - De Morgen - Skaten om even alle miserie te vergeten - Sofie Vanlommel
2015
Dec. 24, 2015 - Frontier Myanmar - Green spaces under threat - Oliver Slow
Dec. 24, 2015 - Les Observateurs - France 24 - À Rangoun, les jeunes Birmans ont enfin leur skate park - Maëva Poulet
Dec. 7, 2015 - Democratic Voice of Burma - Rangoon skaters realize half-pipe dream - Annabelle Droulers
Oct. 24, 2015 - Newsweek - Crowdfunding Campaign Raises Thousands of Dollars to Build Skate Park in Yangon - Lucy Westcott
Oct. 16, 2015 - Myanmar Times - All hands and feet on deck for new skatepark project - Myo Satt
Oct. 14, 2015 - National Geographic - Amman Skatepark a “Melting Pot” for Locals and Refugees - Hiba Dlewati
Sep. 16, 2015 - Mashable - The skatepark in Jordan where refugee kids can just be themselves - Megan Specia
Sep. 8, 2015 - Muftah - Amman’s 7Hills Skatepark Is a Refuge For Refugees - Daryush Sabaghi
Aug. 26, 2015 - EU Business School Blog - Make Life Skate Life: A Case Study in Entrepreneurship - Christopher Hendrickson
Aug. 9, 2015 - Newsweek - A Day in the Life of 7Hills, Amman’s Community Skate Park - Lucy Westcott
Aug. 9, 2015 - Newsweek - Photos: Skateboarding and Street Art in 7Hills, Amman's Community Skatepark - Lucy Westcott
Jul. 21, 2015 - The Kayo Mag - Jammin' in Jordan - Walker Ryan
Jun. 18, 2015 - Seven Hills: Arab skating in Jordan - Justin Lovett
Apr. 14, 2015 - DAWN Skateboarding for Peace in Jordan and Afghanistan - Zab Mustefa
Mar. 19, 2015 - HAZ - Initiative baut Skatepark für Flüchtlinge - Rüdiger Meise
Feb. 12, 2015 - Al Jazeera - Volunteers open Jordan's first skate park - Zab Mustefa/Alisa Reznick
Jan. 18, 2015 - NPR - Global Community Funds Jordan's First Skateboard Park - Alice Fordham
Jan. 14, 2015 - 7iber - How volunteers built a skatepark in 18 days - Mohammad Hijazi
2014
Dec. 18, 2014 - 7iber - The Construction of 7Hills Skatepark - Hussam Da’ana/Mohammad Hijazi
Dec. 14, 2014 - OZY - Of Ollies and Half-Pipes in Jordan - Laura Palet
Nov. 24, 2014 - Huffington Post - Boarding Without Boarders - Dimple Vijaykumar
Nov. 7, 2014 - Your Middle East - Skateboarders of Amman create community skatepark - Maya Norton
Oct. 28, 2014 - Mondoweiss - Amman skaters work to build 7Hills Skate Park - Sarah Aziza
Oct. 27, 2014 - TEDx - What I Learned from Building a Skatepark - Abhishek
Oct. 1, 2014 - HUCK Magazine - Eastern Empire: A Rolling Revolution In The Land Of Prayer - Jennifer Sherowski
Sep. 10, 2014 - Jenkem - Building the highest skatepark in the world with Jonathan Mehring - Ian Michna
Aug. 27, 2014 - VICE - Milton Arellano on the Legs and Guts of Pura Pura - Cameron Cuchulainn
Aug. 24, 2014 - ODN - Incredible Skatepark opens high in the Andes Mountains - Laurie Blake
Aug. 20, 2014 - ESPN - El Pura Pura Skate Park de Bolivia - ESPN
Jul. 18, 2014 - X Games - India's DIY Skatepark - Robin Fleming
Jul. 11, 2014 - VICE - Bolivia has a Fancy New Skatepark - Chris Nieratko
Jul. 10, 2014 - Levi's - Skateboarding in La Paz - Simon Weyhe
Apr. 9, 2014 - Página SIETE - Skaters del mundo construyen en La Paz la mayor pista de la región - Natalia Ramos
2013
Aug. 7, 2013 - EQ - Global Citizens of Skateboarding Collaborate to Build India's First Free Skatepark - Rachel
Jul. 23, 2013 - Levi's - Skateboarding in India - Simon Weyhe & Mathias Nyholm Schmidt
Jul. 9, 2013 - VICE - The Trials and Tribulations of Building a Skatepark in India - Jonathan Smith
Jun. 12, 2013 - Skateboarder Magazine - Levi's Holy Stoked Skatepark Build in Bangalore, India - Jonathan Mehring
Mar. 13, 2013 - Confusion Magazine - The Epic Build: HolyStoked – Bangalore DIY, India - Nick Smith