new paypal address! ugandaskateboarduniondonate(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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!!!!

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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!

Mwesigwa Musa, He won a Turkey ,New Deck, plus wheels and he was so happy for the Competition! H e took the very big bird at home and he is keeping it. Titi Ssekinde was  the Second and he won a New Deck,Santa Cruz T-shirt and good rubber Street Wheels.  Gerald-Nsubuga was the Third in position and he took rubber street wheel plus a T-shirt.Next is the Young Ones!!(small kids)

Bashiri Ngombi, He was the first in young categories and he won a Hen plus a New Deck of skateboard! These young guy was so happy and his already eaten his gift with the family at home!   Second was Amusa,  He won a New Deck of Skateboard and Rubber street Wheels.  Third was Daxs and for him things were not easy at all and he won the Wheels only.  Anther skaters were also good but they never qualified like the Nine guys! Please just enjoy the snaps/Photos how they were fighting to get a good position at Kitintale Skate Park Competition 20/02/2011 . Douglas with his envelop and anther prizes during the Competition speech to the people who came to witness. Next is Musa who won the Turkey and he was so happy as you can see him at the audience Next is Ngobi Bashiri! He won the young group and he very determined on what is doing!These are the three people who took the trophy Competition of 20/02/2011. And very soon to have anther Challenging Competition of the Year Ending. The Turkey was so heavy to carry it at home, He took it home while fighting with the Turkey! Turkey-Man- Musa!!

Next is a Youngest Skater with five years old Called Mubiru-Emmanuel. He likes skateboarding and he compete but he did not won on those big prizes.He train every day and he is assuming next competition to win. These young kid is determined and he was competing with Kyomuhendo Peter, the big size! Mubiru Junior is tough to skate with the elders!Five years Mubiru was Competing with Eight year! Morse. He is a up coming skateboarder and he very smart in the game as you can see both of them.

Anther skateboarders were also good and perfect as you can see the photos like number two and threes. Check out some tricks for these guys!! These are the best Nine and qualified for the finals!!!

Next is the Judge!! Nik Strong Cvetich, Who came all the way from U.S.A in the town called SANTA-CRUZ,he Judged the Competition well and smoothly and remember, He is also a Skateboarder in US. He also tried to demonstrate to the local people how good is he. Nik was a good judge! he had also a feeling to skate with the kids at Competition! You know the game is so sweet! We understand only skateboarders they know what am talking about! So, He show to the people and it was very fun and we enjoyed the Competition.

People were so many and they were three hundred people who came to witness the game. People were on top of the tree to watch the game properly!!! We had no Tent and we enjoyed our sunshine!!! Every corner of the skate park was occupied by local people of different Community around Kampala Town. Girls never skate because they had no time to train! some were buys with studies at school. They were enjoying also to see who is the best from them!! Isa Kawooya in Action but he was number three! David Katerenga was number six. he was good. The Best Nine Kids of the Union Competition which was on 20/02/2011. Wait for the next war Competition at the End of the Year!!!!!

A GOAT SKATEBOARD COMPETITION!!!!(Third Time Now)

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!! Do,t miss to come and wittiness the competition on that date!!!The Uganda Skateboard park is in Kampala and that is were the Competition is going to talk place on 20th February 2011.  These was the first competition on 24th August 2007. people were many so you can see and the Chief Guest of Honer was the assistant commissar of sports in Uganda.and it was sponsored by Sprite soda.Company by Coke. The second Competition was sponsored by Mountain Dew (pepis). It happened in 24th March 2008 and we quit from them because, they wanted to use our image for free!!! No helping the kids at all.

So,This is the third Competition in Uganda and we have invited a judge from U.S.A! He is a skateboarder and he came in 2008 during the time Uganda was organizing for the Common Wealth meeting in Kampala. He is now coming back to wittiness the the Competition. Nik Strong Cvetich, He is also a skateboarder but now is going to be a judge on these occasion. His first time he came to Uganda skateboard Union and helped so much in many things even to show how kids to matinee the skateboards, to put a grip on the skateboards and so many things. Each kid have different tricks and skills like the ways how you can see them. their those who are good in hand plants,pipe grinding,flips makers and so on! check out each one who is the best and will take the goat! first is Peter KyomuhendoPeter was the second in the past two competitions, will he manage to take the goat these time? Next is is Nico(Nice Boy).He was forth in those two competition but now, he is improving a lot! He dose not miss evening exercise of skateboarding! Next is Faruq! a Hand plant man!!Faruq is always perfect with his hand plant,grinding on pipes and so on! he need to Winne the tournament! Nixt is Moreen! she is tough like the ways how she is!Moreen she a strong girl and well determined on what she is doing! Next is Dax!   A young brother to Douglas. he is good in he game like he ways how you can see him!In the young kids, these kid won the first competition and may be he can Winne too!! Next is Douglas Mwesigwa!Douglas is the champions of he three competition since the Union started! he is a very tough boy in training!!! Next is young Mubiru Emmanuel. he is now five years old and he wants also to compete in the tournamentDot Miss a young star of tomorrow when competing with the bigger ones!!

THE UNION WAS INVITED TO THE FASTIVAL!!

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. Kids are proud of their quater pipe.Check out how they enjoyed funs at the Fastival.If Tony Hawk never donate to us these quater pipe, know one was knowing us and it was very difficult to traval, even to be on the bigger fastival like the one.Thanks Tony Hwak!Kids are so proud of their quater pipe! Isa says that in God’s willing, Once they get a bigger ramp, Uganda will be on fire with skateboarders. Not only in town! even in schools and in deep villages of Uganda. Transfering the words of skateboarding.Musa is a cool guy but very commedian to the people and also fellow skaters. he likes to skate on a quater pipe and also at the skatepark too. Next is Peter-K – Senior.He is a nice skater but he dose not talk alot. ever hamble and likes music while skating at the skate park and on streets too. Next is Isa-KawooyaIsa Kawooya is very very dangerious and deadly on the pipes tricks as you can see him. He is a crazy guy and always makes commedy to the skaters at the skatepark. antherwise is a nice boy. Next is Douglus Mwesigwa. Douglus is a simple guy and very cool but not talkertive. He come at the park and skate. After skating, that when you can hear words from him. he likes to teach young kids how to make tricks on the quater pipe and at the skate park too. Next is Kane-Man.Kane-Man, He is a good Skater and he likes training everyday evening,but he has a talent in talking! he is good at making friends and he is nice guy to stay with. Next is Gearld-Gosem.Ayoung star to grind on the pipe, Gearld is good at the pipes and also to make air at the skate park.He is a very hard working boy during the expansion of the skate park. Next is Gilbert-Mwebb.Gilbert is a nice boy,he likes company as you can see him and he participated much during the expansion of the skate park. he was a chief-cook for the skaters at the park. very nice and smart.Skateboarders,and anther people! they enjoyed the fastival which had different types of African art culitures and sports even so many things at the fastival.Amap of Uganda. This map was made out mineral water bottles and comes up with the map of Uganda. that is were Uganda Skateboard Union is originated from in East Africa. The two man’s best friend in opposite, were the most beautyful art at the fastival and ather wel designed art crafts.A love 4 car, it dose not belong to the Union! we used just a sticker to let people know about skateboard game and at the same time to know about skateboarder’s  magzines to read it and know what is going on!!!

DISMANTALING OF 360s IN UGANDA!!!!

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!

This weeken we hard a small tounament among them selves, and each one is to demostrate in any trick which he or she knows better. Yeah,they were good and also very nice to have a look of these kids.Douglus Mwesigwa born to skate as you can see him! He likes to watch skateboard movies and that is were he normally hire those tricks and make them in the practicles and also practise makes parffect. He likes also to teach young coming skateboarders. Next is Nico!  (Nice Boy)Nice Boy-Nico. He is also a hard training guy in these game and he watch movies also like a friend Douglus. He loves his kits of the game and have a says that No Pain, No Gain always skate!!! Next is Isa the Commed Star!!

Isa Kawooya is a commed guy and funny boy. He is a good skateboarder,Dose not miss training every day and then. he likes to teach kids how to skate and makes funs to them.He makes the skateboarders to rough while teaching young ones to love the game!! He is one of those who normally watch skateboard movies! Next is Kane-Man(easy guy)Kane -Man .Noramlly is a guy who can skate and he is so good in conversing stories and so on. he love the game and he practise it every day and then! he is perfect to watch skateboard movies and he is too tuff with his skateboard.No playing with his skateboard. Next is Gerald(Gosem)Gerald is one of the pioneer kids during the introduction of the Union. he love the game and their skate park too! Next is Mubiru Emmanuel. Young Up coming kid who loves skateboard sho0000es!!!! Mubiru Emmanuel, He likes skateboarding game and his father was Nsubuga John a late brother of Jack who died and he left two kids a boy and a girl. He helped much in introducing skateboarding game through being a chief engineer of Constructing a first Half-pipe in Uganda (Kampala-Kitintale). This kid love skateboarding but the problem right now is the age. The Union has a age limite to enter the club. Starts from 12 years old upwords. But he is soon to join the Union. He likes skateboard shoes!!!  He graduated from nursery class to enter primary section. He likes to stady too!Young kids always love to come at the skate park to have a chance to skate with the big guys but the problem is age. like these kids,they are young and difficult to contral the skateboard while standing on it. In Uganda, young people have their talents but they are sited on them! Why? the reason is, they lack facilities which encourages them to wake up!! What is your advise to help like these kids, Such a problem to any Country. Now like Uganda.You never know these kids are the Presidents of tomorrow!!!!

 

PROFESSIONAL SKATEBOARDERS IN UGANDA!!!!

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.

BMX and Motor bikes riders where live in Uganda and people enjoyed so much to see x-Games in Kampala. Wonderful to have more professional to come to Uganda. These formats brings in more interesting of the kids to the game and also to let more people to know more about skateboarding activities in the Country.Isa and Jack with the Professional Skateboarders like Zacar,Ulii plus BMX and Motor Bikes riders at Kitintale Skate Park in Uganda.Professional skateboarders trying to demonstrates to the kids how they can makes good tricks and to have perfect skills at any Competitions.  This parks were made here in Kampala at the place called Kololo Air Strip.Pre-professional Ugandan Skateboarders in action, trying also to demonstrate to the visitors what they have in their skills about the game.Skateboarding and BMX rider made people Crazy in Uganda like the way how you can see them.Motor Bikers also made Kampala very hot on fire! People never seen these game live with their eyes. But watch it on Super Sport TV. But now is live!!!! Wandering what a game is!X-Game is now in Uganda!!!!!!!!!!What dose these pictures shows you if you are a sports fun to your Country?  All these people where happy to see the true dream of these guys and the big numbers knows that these guys have Magics to do these game!!Ugandan Skateboarders still wandering about those professional. they are still having a long journey to have those skills like them. But they do not give up and they have add more effort in training.Jack was also worried how these guys were good. But he knows that every thing is possible. If they can be having a big skate park and also to build more skate parks in different parts of Uganda. Yeah, if you go very far deep in Villages, kids have their Talents but they are hiding them. How can you tress for them? Through creating and put more games in different areas of the Country. And these game stops a lot of Crimes in the communities.Peter and Young Duck x. On the streets of Kampala busy training to be like those Professional.

FINISHED THE FOUNDATION!!!!!!

The Uganda Skateboard Union, has managed to build the a new expansion of the skate park at kitintale zone 12. Kids are so happy for their new park and right now, the foundation is already finished and the next step is to construct the carves on top. so the money which people managed to contributes from different parts of the world, ended on the foundation. Yeah, we are still having more hope so that more well wishers can help and we finish it and kids have more fun and also to increase in numbers of skateboarders in Uganda.

Girls and boys were good in constructing a new skate park, them salves were in and under control of operating the mixture machine at the park. View the pictures when the kids are so busy during construction time. After hard cores stones,we puts the hard polythene bag for protecting water which may come from down in the soil. then we add the B.R.C wire mesh.Gilbert and Douglas trying to put the wire mesh in the right order during the construction of the new park.Mixture Machine was brought in order to make the work more easier and simple to every body during the construction.Francis was a machine operator! from skateboards to mixture machine operator.Casting was started as you can see the way how this kids they love their park.Team Spirit in Uganda Skateboard Union is balanced between boys and girls in time of constructing the skate park.No Pain/ No Gain. Always skate and love skateboarding like this kids at their park.Finalizing of the Casting the foundation.The foundation was finished the first step and right now, we want to go for second round but the money is the problem to us to continue the project.So, Right now, the skate park looks like this. in form.Street Skating on Kampala Street. Th Capital City.