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THE FIRST UGANDAN SKATEBOARDER TO GO IN GERMANY!! posted on November 6, 2011 - 6:31pm

 

The Uganda Skateboard Union has Managed to teach kids in Kitintale, Kampala District.which is a very great to the Ugandan,Tanzania and another Countries which makes up E.African Countries. A young kid Called Mwesigwa Douglas, who is a grown up in Kitintale Zone Twelve(12) in Mutungo  Parish Nakawa Division, has managed to train so had and he was a pointed to be the one to go to Tanzania to Train young Kids in that Country! And the same time to go to Germany to represent East African Countries in the German championship of Skateboarding, the COS Cup (Cub Of Skaters Cup). Also he will represent the Uganda Skateboard Union at a Charity Event, called skate-aid night.
He was Sponsored by the Titus Dittmann Foundation which organizes projects all over the world with initiative called skate-aid. www.skate-aid.org

DOUGLAS’S PARTY TO LEAVE UGANDA!!!! posted on July 3, 2011 - 6:32pm

On 25th June 2011, we Cerebrated all together with the people at the Community before our lovely friend Douglas go to Tanzania purposely for Skateboarding.   He will go to teach Tanzanian skateboarders at a new park built by Skate-aid how to skate.  On that day, we had a Tournament among the Young up coming Skateboarders who were Competing for two prizes like a New complete Skateboard and a New Deck. BELL won a New Skateboard and also LEAN. These two kids shown up the audience that Uganda Skateboard Union needs Skateboard Equipments, To let the youth lightening their Talents through these game. We had also young Break-Dancers between 7-15 years old.

SUSPENSION IS OVER AFTER 4 YEARS AND SIX MONTH!!! posted on May 25, 2011 - 1:19am

Katerenga David is back to the Union after the Disciplinary Committee sat and decide to him all that time with out coming at the park and stop the game. He came back to the Union and all the skateboarders were so happy to see him back to skate. He is now behaved good, amble and respect the young ones at the skate park even the way. So Union D,c is very tough to some one who is a long dower. He is back and very tough with the training to recover the missing exercise and anther skills which he used to watch at the past Competitions up to now! See how is training a lot.

hello friends!
we had some problems with our previous paypal address, but now have a new one that is up and running very smooth.
if you would like to help the union out with:
1. finishing the expansion of our park
2. building a small office and board storage building, that will also serve as a community centre for the skaters
3. pushing to our goals of spreading skating throughout the country
please use paypal address :  ugandaskateboarduniondonate(AT)gmail(DOT)com
or visit our donations page: http://www.ugandaskateboardunion.org/donate.html
webarennyo!
and please remember that even small donations help.   To put it in perspective, one bag of cement costs approximately $14 USD

GOAT,TURKEY AND HEN COMPETITION!!!! posted on February 26, 2011 - 5:22pm

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The Total number of people who came to witness the competition were 300 hundred. Douglas won the Competition and he won the money instead of the goat. he wanted the money so that can help him to go back to school. He has been staying at home for so long and right now,has already started to school. he normally have evening lesions,he trains now in the morning hours. Douglas is so happy to go back to school. he is apologized to every one,instead of taking a goat and he took the Money!!
These guys they had three categories;- Elders, Medium and Young ones(small Kids) Kyomuhendo Peter was Second and he won a New Deck,Santa Cruz T-shirt and white street wheels of skateboard. The Third one was Kawooya Isa. he was next to peter and he won a Santa Cruz T-Shirt and also rubber wheels. The three big guys,they won interest things!! Next is the Mediums!

A GOAT SKATEBOARD COMPETITION!!!!(Third Time Now) posted on January 29, 2011 - 6:18pm

The Union is organizing a simple competition before kids go back to school, A goat competition on 20th February 2011. a winner automatically will take it and the second to take a Turkey and the third one to take a hen! Yeah, kids now,they are so serious on training hard so that any of them can take the goat. Each kid, trying to maintain his or her tricks which is good for him and make it perfect. Very nice to come and see who will Winne the goat!  Because all the kids are so good and perfect on what they are doing. Click out to see these pictures  what each kid is training and also which trick is that!!

THE UNION WAS INVITED TO THE FASTIVAL!! posted on December 25, 2010 - 12:08am

The  Uganda Skateboard Union, was invited to take a part at the fastival. This fastival was called? This is Uganda Fastival. It happened at Kyadondo Club. their was so many Companies,Embassy and also people from diffrent Countries. Uganda Skateboard Union took their small quater pipe called Fresh Park. These quater pipe was donated by Tony Hwak in 2006. he was the first to discover were Uganda Skateboard Union is located in East Africa. he sent that quater pipe to the Union in order to preach the words of Skateboard game in diffrent parts of Uganda. Right now, Kids ever prays God to the wel-wishers to donate a bigger ramp so that they contiune to let people that even they can fly with the skateboards in the air. You know people here they now that Union kids have Magics. Yeah,Kids want to teach also them how they can fly like birds. So That is the dreams of the kids in the Union to have a big ramp in Uganda.

DISMANTALING OF 360s IN UGANDA!!!! posted on December 7, 2010 - 11:35pm

Kids in Uganda Skateboard Union,Managed to train harder every day in the evening after school hours and enjoy their exercise of skateboarding at kitintale Skate Park. People around the skate park, they normally hung around to see how these kids jump in the air with the skateboards! And many people know that these kids have Magics which they us to fly in air like birds. Every day and then,many people normally visits Jack and asking many questions about how these kids fly with the skateboard without any Glue attached to the shoes? So Jack reply them but many of them can not accept and they say that we have Magics.
360s are the tricks which Douglus demostrates to the people and wander how he can make such a difficult trick to them.
The Union made a wanderful mirachle to the people around the Community to have a sport which has made their kids to be on the News medias and so on!

PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARDERS IN UGANDA!!!! posted on October 2, 2010 - 2:13pm

Skate everywhere!!!  Uganda Skateboard Union, has got a first chance to have American professional Skateboarders to meet the kids who are skateboarders in Uganda.
Uganda Skateboard Union’s dreams have started to become true and serious! Kids use to see these professional guys in Magazines. But now they are with them and skate with the guys like Zacar and friends.