乌干达的滑板景象 Uganda's Skateboarding Scene

乌干达的坎帕拉的big air！让我们进来看看拍摄于乌干达的这组滑板照片，看看那边的滑板发展是怎样的？

Jack Mubiru，可以说是乌干达的滑板之父，2006年在他的老家坎帕拉修建半管之前，为避免支付建筑费用，虚构出为宠物鳄鱼修建一个私人环境的故事。大多数的当地官员及附近居民从未听说过滑板。经过了6年，这项运动从滑板场蔓延至街头，甚至小至6岁孩童，亦或是成年妇女，也被这项运动所吸引。滑板文化在东非发展起来，肯尼亚及坦桑尼亚也修建或计划修建起板场。滑板的支持者们认为，它让爱好者们能有这样一种娱乐方式，在这些地方并没有什么能玩的东西。“年轻人没什么别东西的好玩，”Mubiru说，“所以很多人想玩滑板。”

2006年乌干达滑板联盟成员数量：5
目前成员数量：52
2006年可供成员使用的滑板：1
自2010年，获得国外捐赠新滑板：35

Before Jack Mubiru, a father of the skateboarding scene in Uganda, could build a half-pipe in his native Kampala in 2006, he had to avoid paying a construction fee, so he fabricated a story about building a private enclosure for a pet crocodile. Most local officials — and neighborhood residents — had never heard of skateboarding. Six years later, the sport has spread from the skate park to the streets, attracting children as young as 5 and adult women. Its profile is growing throughout eastern Africa, with skate parks built or planned in neighboring Kenya and Tanzania. Proponents of skateboarding say it gives participants a welcome leisure activity in countries where there are few other options. ‘There is not much else for younger people to do,’’ Mubiru says. ‘‘So many people want to skateboard.’

MEMBERS OF THE UGANDA SKATEBOARD UNION IN 2006: 5
CURRENT UNION MEMBERSHIP: 52
SKATEBOARDS AVAILABLE FOR MEMBERS’ USE IN 2006: 1
NEW SKATEBOARDS DONATED FROM ABROAD SINCE 2010: 35

Douglas Mwesigwa的个性化板面

Peter Kyomuhendo在板场里做了个frontside air

乌干达滑板沙龙，滑手们的聚会地

Peter Kyomuhendo在乌干达国会前滑板。当然，在政府大楼前这样是禁止的，不过安全人员亦对这项陌生的运动好奇，总对滑手们睁一只眼闭一只眼

乌干达滑板之父Jack Mubiru的滑板和鸡

坎帕拉的滑板场

Douglas Mwesigwa在去学校的路上做了个kickflip