In late March/early April, Make Life Skate Life & Ethiopia Skate collaborated to bring together over 60 volunteers from around the world to build Ethiopia’s first skatepark: Addis Skatepark. The skatepark was completely crowd funded by donors from around the world and completed construction in less than 3 weeks, opening on 16 April, 2016. See […]
After only a little over two weeks of hard work from volunteer skatepark builders from around the world and help from local Addis Ababa skaters, the dream of Addis Skatepark, Ethiopia’s first skatepark, finally became a reality on 16 April, 2016 and opened its gates for the first session to several eager local skaters and volunteers […]
Almost two weeks have passed since over 50 volunteers from all over the world have congregated in Addis Ababa to build Ethiopia’s first skatepark. Things have come together insanely fast since then and it’s tough to believe that the final product will soon be complete and ready to rip for a city full of hungry […]
The good folks at Make Life Skate Life and Ethiopia Skate joined forces to bring to life Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s first skatepark: Addis Skatepark. A crowd-funded initiative, Addis Skatepark’s Indigogo campaign raised over $30,000 in one month for a public skatepark free for the community of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to enjoy. Over the last week, […]
Make Life Skate Life and Ethiopia Skate are teaming up to create a free-of-charge concrete skatepark for the youth of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. This April, a team of volunteer skatepark builders from around the world will be joining the skateboarding community of Addis to create a 400 sq. meter concrete skatepark, providing youth with a safe and accessible community space […]