Calvin Triumphs as Uganda’s Skater Of The Year
The Uganda Skateboard Society, dedicated to fostering local talent and cultivating a thriving skateboarding community, recently crowned Calvin as the Uganda Skater of the Year in a ceremony that celebrated the spirit of grassroots support. Unlike traditional awards based on judges’ decisions, this prestigious accolade was determined by public vote through the Uganda Skateboard Society’s […]
Uganda Skateboard Society Celebrates the Nation’s Skateboarding Talent (Uganda Skater Of The Year Award)
In a thrilling celebration of Uganda’s skateboarding culture, the Uganda Skateboard Society proudly presents the Uganda Skater of the Year Award 2023, this prestigious event recognizes and honors outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions to the vibrant skateboarding community in the country. The nominees for this year’s coveted award include five exceptionally talented skaters: […]
Uganda Park Skateboarder’s Debut At OSTIA Rome – Their First Olympics Qualifications
Ugandan park skateboarders who qualified at the national level to represent Uganda at the Olympics finally joined the world skateboarding tour In spite of Rashid’s injury during day one of practice, the Ugandan park athletes managed to compete and score points, placing them on a world park skateboarding ranking alongside the rest of the world’s […]
Gose Gerald Appointed As Uganda’s National Skateboarding Coach In The Olympics
The Uganda Skating Federation(USF) announced Gose Gerald as the first Uganda’s national skateboarding in the Olympics team coach. President Ddungu Moses made this announcement before the team headed to compete in the previous world street and park skating championships that happened in Sharja UAE, which are also qualification criteria for the 2024 Olympics. “When I […]
Ugandan Skateboarders Compete In World Skateboarding Street Championship In Dubai
Two months ago, the Uganda Skateboard Society, in partnership with the Uganda Skating Federation, organized the national park and street Olympic qualifiers. The best skaters were invited to represent the country in all of the upcoming world skateboarding tours, which will qualify them for the 2024 Olympics to be held in France. However, the team […]
Uganda Skating Federation And Uganda Skateboard Society Organize First National Olympics Qualifiers Towards France 2024
The best skaters were selected to represent team Uganda at the upcoming Street and park world championships in Dubai from January 29th to February 12th which will act as the 2024 Olympics qualifiers. This happened at the National street and park Open Olympics qualifiers held at Mukono Xtreme park on Sunday 15th January with Mountain […]
International Olympic Committee Offers Ugandan Women In Skateboarding The First Technical Course
Uganda successfully held the first-ever women in skateboarding technical course in Africa at the Buziga country resort, Kampala city. This five-days technical course for women in skateboarding concluded on Friday, August 26, 2022 The course was sponsored by the Olympic solidarity, World Skate, International Olympic Committee (IOC), Uganda Skating Federation and Uganda Skateboard Society. It […]
Gose Gerald & Uganda Skateboard Society Features On The RedBull Skate Tales Series
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfmlWaI1DLs&t=208s Red Bull‘s Skate Tales’ series is a deep dive into the lesser-known subcultures in skateboarding groups that just keep doing their own thing, whether they are seen in the mainstream or not. The six-part exploration of this underground element, hosted by famous outlier Madars Apse and produced by Gaston Francisco. This episode of Skate […]
Funky Flies Donates 100 Complete Skateboards To Uganda Skateboard Society
Funky flies is an NFT business company out of Vermont (USA), they made a partnership with Uganda Skateboard Society towards a mint of their February NFT collection. The funky flies minting was a success and all the proceedings were donated to make 100 professionals skateboard set ups. Huge thanks goes out to funky flies founder Johnie […]
Adidas Donates Pairs Of Shoes To Local Skaters In Uganda
Adidas Skateboarding, through their projects manager Mr. Abarca, made a generous donation and donated pairs of branded Adidas skateboarding shoes to support the local skateboarders in Uganda.This package was received by Gose Gerald, the founder of the Uganda Skateboarding Society. The shoes were distributed to all skaters at the skate park with the most damaged […]