Skating is Risky!™️ is the unification of everything African Skateborading on the African continent. Every year we create a friendly compeptition between skateboarders around the African continent, taking to our instagram for a public vote of who would be African skateboarder of the year!
Houda Ait lahcen is Skating is Risky African Skateboarder of the year, 2023!
O: HI HOUDA, TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF AND HOW DID YOU START SKATING?
H: My name is Houda, I’m 19 years old and I was born in a small city in South Morocco called Taroudant. I’ve been skating for almost 2 years now. I started skating because a friend of mine had a skateboard as her birthday gift, she showed it to me one day and we started skating together for the first time. I felt that’s what I wanted to do, every day I was hanging out with her to skate in front of her house. The things that make me happy are when I learn a new trick and seeing new people learning how to skateboard, also that in skateboarding you always meet good people who push you.
O: WHY DID YOU START THE TIFRKHIN SKATE COMMUNITY?
H: I started the community in my country to push Moroccan girls by putting more light onto their talents, empower them to skate also bring all the skater girls together to build a strong female skate community. A challenge that I face as a female skater is that people always say to me in the streets and to my family that I look like a boy and that I’m not like the other girls just because my clothes are different and that I skate, the community sessions is a safe space for me and the girls.
O: GREAT INITIATIVE, WHAT IS YOUR MISSION FOR THE COMMUNITY?
H: The mission I have for the community is to change the way that families and people think about skateboarding. Also motivating girls to skate, because in Morocco female skaters do not get much support as they don’t get sponsored and they don’t even host competitions for girls. Also, I find that most of the girls here who skate don’t know each other and I want to change that by supporting them through workshops for kids, girls-focused skate events, and meetups. So that we can all grow together and teach more girls skateboarding. Skateboarding materials are expensive here, most of the girls are still in school and their families can’t afford to buy a skateboard for them… I would like to help to provide the community with skateboards.
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Watch Introductory video here: https://www.instagram.com/p/C1NFawSLhDs/
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