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  • Sad when the troops leave the taliban will stop this; muslim scum ruin everything.

  • I don't skateboard, and I really want to pursue it! I was absolutely SO touched by this video!!

  • Did anyone see that "bomb" behind the ramps? @ 2:56

  • Damn lol. I'm Afghan and I went to Afghanistan in 2008 and I didn't see any of this. I am really happy that there are people who have helped kids in Afghanistan and for that I salute you. Keep up the good work.

  • song cinematic orchestra all things to all men

  • Those people are the perfect representation of hipster style these days. Haha

  • <3 

  • Great story.

  • I would want to go there and just skate with those kids

  • gamhmena mounopramata+ mh se gamhsw to moustakalh sou na xesw ante ola aytta ta filanthropika einai gia ton poutso tis chixles pou poulouses na tis baleis ston megalo sou kolaraki

  • the girl wich the strange clothes is for the piness

  • This was really touching, thank you for showing us street level reality. May Skateizm  be the future

  • We're rebelion against the shitty fate that's always trying to make us submit, we're Brotherhood around the globe, with our own laguange and codes, we're the difference, both for us and for the World surrounding us. We're Skateboarders, we're Nation.

  • so sweet :)

  • ...e nós estamos na crise?

  • damn ....its easy to forget about the kids.

  • DAT BROW

  • Finally a movie with soul.

  • I wood of never fort that some thing like skate boarding could bring children out side of a Weston country and i think if it was not four that lady thorns kids might of decided to take a different root what she has dune is amazing :)

  • Very cool! check out some of our shorts!

  • These kids have nothing, to say negative remarks about the way that are forced to live is inhumane. We have choice they do not! Be gratefull for all you have in the u.s, because we could be living like this very soon! It inevitable, at rate the u.s is is running are system in to the ground.

  • sono felice che ci siano voluti migliaia di morti per donare degli skate al popolo afgano!

  • So many beautiful shots, and beautiful theme.

  • Afghan females skating thats fresh

  • Why wrote it?

  • Despite some of the negative comments, I think this film was really very beautiful. I know it's impossible to separate it from reality/politics of the situation, but these kids are doing the best they can with what they've got, and that's something worth promoting and treasuring.

  • im inspired ,i want short film making as my profession

  • Does anyone know the song at the end?

  • melancholic

  • allmost startet to crying. im an afghan living in sweden now. i feal glad for them

  • Skate or Die....

  • aw this almost made me cry 

  • can somebody plz let me know where s this because i am going to kabul in a month i want to visit there 

  • OMFG, what a joke. Next it will be "Abdul Hawk" pulling a 360-flip to Fakie on a 15Ft Vert while doing a 540 Arial .... Its a fucking joke, seriously!! The U.S go over there, blow the crap outta the country then wanna "roll back" in, almost a "blood filled" decade later, with skate boards. The US would not be in that place if there was no Oil or profit to be made. Im sure the people in this are genuine, good people, but it's built on a decade of blood!! It's literally is "Skate or Die".

  • @TheVALLEYoftheDEAD Dude, What the fuck! Show some god damn respect! Do you think you´re funny? Thats some sick thinking brow.

  • @TheVALLEYoftheDEAD The one who built that up is from Australia.

  • @TheVALLEYoftheDEAD This is an NGO, not the U.S government. Not to mention Skateistan is an Australian organization. Your comment is literally the dumbest fucking thing I have ever seen.

  • @lewicore No 'N G O' acts with out the governments permission, fact. 2nd} i was under the impression it was american.. 3rd}.. car-full with with your mouth, on you tube you can be 'Clark Kent', but in the real world you'd be talking with eating through a straw & talking with a lisssthhhp for the rest of your life.

  • @TheVALLEYoftheDEAD Firstly, it's careful not "car-full". Secondly, N.G.O's do act without government's permission, hence the name Non-governmental Organization. There are literally thousands and thousands of N.G.O's all over the globe. It would take up too much of far too much of any governments time to regulate and give "permission" to whatever any N.G.O wishes to do. Finally, if you have to resort to proposing violence against someone, usually means you've just lost.

  • @lewicore i worked [5y full time] part time for 15 years with addicts, criminals, broken families, kids of the streets, prisoners re-integrating them back into society, educating business & company's [small & large] ~ in short we ran a ''NGO'' ~ I know, kid. You got a lot of talk, & talk is cheap!! But if you had to talk disrespectful to my face like that ill have you sipping though a straw for the rest of you life. Your big Big mouth is only good for one thing, ~ Nuff said.

  • @TheVALLEYoftheDEAD Disrespectful?! Stop crying and man up, you didn't even address any of my points. I commend you on your work with addicts, criminals, broken families, etc. But that has nothing to do with what you've been previously saying. Your talking rubbish, and if anything just being rude. For a guy who works with addicts, criminals, broken families and kid's of the street, your attitude towards violence in solving problems is disturbing.

  • @TheVALLEYoftheDEAD Being able to come back with plausible and factually correct argument's is not "cheap", threatening to "have you sipping through a straw for the rest of you (your) life" is. Can you not think of anything to do with the mouth? I'm seriously wondering if I'm talking to a 10 year old.

  • @lewicore Fact is, your talking shit about something you know nothing about, > NGO's < Secondly, you started by insulting me on a keyboard, try say that to my face & i would teach you fucking respect. Your talk is cheap, [btw] do you live on the net or something? Stop spamming my inbox, i seriously have better thing to do than talk to a fucking fool who's got a big mouth on a keyboard, but face to face wont say shit, now fuck-off, kid

  • @TheVALLEYoftheDEAD I know I'm right and your wrong. Which is why I'm ending this petty dispute right here. TheVALLEYoftheDEAD, it's been fun, your endless spelling mistakes, clear lack of knowledge about international development and N.G.O's, and weak minded tendency to resort to threats, are boring me now. I have completely dominated you, and your stupid little brain. Stop acting hard on the internet, it's not convincing. Now end yourself, you fucking waste of oxygen.

  • @lewicore you funny man, you talk allot..~ but do fuck-all ;)

  • @lewicore Tell me, you watch the videos & talk, but what have you practicably done to better the world you live in, huh? What have you done in the neighborhood you live in, huh?? What have you done for the families & children in your city you live in?? What have you actually done to help the police-force, homeless Kids, prisoners, schools, doctors, nurses, CBD?? ~ What?? ~ you talk allot, but it means nothing.

  • @TheVALLEYoftheDEAD I could equally say you do "fuck-all". However I do not, I know nothing of what you do. What I do know is you, write racist, xenophobic comments on the internet, and do not have a very good idea what N.G.O's do, or perhaps what they even are. Would you really believe me if I told you that I've been writing about international development for going on four years, and hopefully next should be working for a rehabilitation centre (or research facility) in the new year?

  • @TheVALLEYoftheDEAD The point I'm trying to make, is your bringing a knife to a gun fight. Boast all you want about your supposed help with public sector, you're on youtube, you want to win this? Your going to have to convince me that you know what your talking about. Which you don't. It's funny how you keep going on about all talk, but YOU are literally all talk! It's exactly what your doing, just talking, not even making sense. Hahahaha. I bet you won't even address any of this.

  • @lewicore I talk about what i know, not what i think. It is not about right & wrong.. Its about life & death. I wish i had never seen what i have seen, & know what i now. Its more of a curse than a blessing most times. yea, Im sure it looks good on a page as a writer, but Until you have touched the eye of the storm & returned, your words mean nothing.

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  • @TheVALLEYoftheDEAD Also, a lisp? Seriously? That is undoubtedly one of the most pathetic "threats" I have ever heard.

  • skate or die...

  • @alwaysboardshop724 Skate and live mate, skate and live =).

  • Skate or Die...

  • 15 terrorists disliked the video

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  • Very nice film.

  • It must be nice for these children to be able to find some light in these dark times. Skate on...

  • Awesome documentary, it really changes how you look at the Afghan people.

  • If this film doesn't bring a tear to your eye, then you're just a STONE COLD RACIST!!

  • @D00MWEED bit of a debatable coment

    

  • @D00MWEED thats a bit too far it just means you have different ways of expressing yourself, not racist, racist means something completely different

  • @D00MWEED fuck off kid

  • @irrepressiblenobody Your name says it all, you're just a "NOBODY" now move along child.

  • @D00MWEED Thats why you had to reply to me because, i'm such a nobody.

    Muslums are scum. islam in is a supremacist, homophobic, sexist, cult that promotes underage sex and murder. Its one of the most violent religions ever and hasn’t change since the 6 th centaury . At least, Judaism and Christianity are such a fucking joke now in the modern world, they’re no longer a threat.

  • WOW GOOD SKATEBOARDING IS GOOD,KEEP GOING ON!!!!!!!!!!!;) NICE!!!!!

  • cool selection ...click my name and watch a new short film, powerful thriller and gangsters in south africa.....

  • skateboarding is everywhere!

  • skateboaring is bad for allah MUHAMMED JIHAD

  • powerful

  • RADICAL ISLAM!

  • LONG LIFE TO THE SKATERS  OF AFGHANISTAN,SKATEBOARD IS NOT A CRIME

  • To live and die L.A.,good video bro...

  • Very nice video guys, thanks for sharing to the world =)

  • I see hope in this because it is a way for the people to cope with how their government is and to help focus on something else other and help them do something good instead of destroying stuff.

  • nice

  • Who disliked this? I'm a skateboarder and I've been really interested in charity work overseas. I want to quit uni and help with this in other parts of the country. Right now.

  • anyone else notice the huge monobrow on that guy

  • It's terrible that even now their government is the second most corupt country in the world.

  • Afghanistan also have a national cricket team.

  • Search 'Teacher fell over' LOOOOOOOOL!

  • I had to do this in my english exam

  • @danielkewell07 Me too! 

  • @danielkewell07 LOL same for english lang gcse

  • Its weird seeing kids skateboard here...I dunno why but it just seems odd.....I though havin fun wasnt allowed by primative Taliban....and noone has destroyed Afghanistan from west....its the Taliban who wrecked that place...the west is helping to fix the mess......PS that boy with the bigbrow looks like a Klingon ; D

  • Peace to Afghanistan!

  • Very good .Just shows that western culture brings people together be it skateboard or Harleys and Hot Rods . They dont care about their age old wars and BS, Good for them .

  • I like this, but the kid really needs to sortout the fcking massive unibrow...

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  • who should i ask for permission in order to screen this beautiful short movie within a small seminar about Urban Art?

    This would be part of the 1st Seminar of Urban Art in the PrePyrenees (Ayerbe -1000 people)

    is there any chance to get it with Spanish subtitles?

  • this video is drawing attention away from how america has ruined this country

  • @highmcdopehead You mean right after pilots throats were cut and their airliners flown into buildings. So what

  • @highmcdopehead America didn't any of that, it was the Taliban.

  • @loopydabomb well with that comment, i can fully understand why you've chose that username :-P

  • @loopydabomb read the subtitles at 6:18 and get back to me

  • Thankyou guys x

  • My english exam was about skateistan :L

  • WE DON'T WANT WAR ANYMORE!!!!

  • god. i hate the uk. we have it so 'good'... makes me sick. why are alot of us jsut ignoring all this?

  • Anyone else wonder if all of what we see captioned is what they're actually saying?

  • These people make me proud to be Afghan.

  • These people make proud to be an Afghan.

  • Freakin' awesome. But I was pretty darn worried for the kids when they were skating above those massive drops...

  • @MichaelHowrie Yeah and what about the american soldiers that do so enjoy firing AGM's indiscriminately into afganistan

  • @legaliseme What? How's this related to my comment...? I'm guessing wrong reply. But if not, then you've got something wrong here mate.

  • @MichaelHowrie It seems ironic to me that many people would say such a thing, but also condone the war that is going on there, if you dont then fair enough, but many of these kids problems will be directly related to that war

  • @legaliseme Why would I ever condone such a war? It shocks me when ANYONE rationalises ANY war. And just an fyi, I'm not american.

  • My heart goes out to these kids. Keep on skating :)

  • We had to write about this in my GCSE English paper. This is weird.

  • Learn parkour instead.

    Skating sucks.

  • Iran can and should help Afghanistan.

  • @rockyrules1 Iran should help Afghan to learn Parkour.

    Sk8ing sux

  • This is really cool and inspiring as I enjoying skating myself so thinking about what it would be like if I was in an environment like Afghanistan and the difficulties that come with the surroundings if I wanted to skate. I'm not talking about the terrain either but mainly the fighting and poverty that exists. So I should think myself lucky.

  • Drop ramps not BOMBS!

    Skating was my life as a teenager and I still have 2 boards - I am so glad that my Afghan brothers and sisters can enjoy this too. Made possible through the brave actions of many! Good luck rebuilding - I hope it is grand!

  • why the F*uck did 12 people dislike this?!!!!

  • that is the best thing on utube

  • this is th eonly thing on youtube that actually has meaning to me.

  • u think they jam to Suicidal Tendencies? lolz

  • more skating, less fighting!

  • These skaters are awesome!!!!

  • Please check out The Insight Film Festival 2011 :)

    insightfestival.co.uk/blog/

  • Please check out The Insight Film Festival 2011 :)

    insightfestival.co.uk/blog/

  • Beautifully shot and graded.. politically somewhat simplistic though.. a bit too dramatic for my taste.

  • Thanks for posting, this is a Classic.

    An interesting & educational topic to immortalize.............YES!

    Afghani's are Beautiful People!

  • Love Neo-Colonialism S-)

    Let us adore the BIG COUNTRY.

    (Irony)

  • big huge respect ,, think that mr fuck.. Bush should send a few boards via usps 

  • THAT IS WHAT THE IMPERIALISTIC AMERICA HAS DONE TO THAT CULTURE AND ITS PEOPLE!!!!!!DOWN WITH AMERICA!!

  • @sonikue23 Just shut up and respect the Skating!!

  • @evans13 I respect it! ;) Fuck USA Goverment!

  • positive !

  • I thought this was supposed to be interesting...

  • What a beautiful a prosperous country Afghanistan was back in the 1980's. My father used to tell me stories of the massive mountains, kind people, and flourishing cities of Kabul..and now? ruins, rubble, and rampage...what have these invasions led to? Nothing but disaster and distress for good-hearted people. It brings tears to my eyes, seeing what a great country like Afghanistan has come.

  • What of Camera did you use for this film?

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  • Tremendo de verdad sin nada que decir, soy patinetero de punto fijo venezuela y si decimos que aqui no hay lugares para patinar y la cosa aqui es dificil, no me imagino lo dificil que debe ser patinar alla, buen corto demasiado bueno.

  • please song 5:45

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  • Skateboarding isn't freedom but the right of kids of being child just that.We can not live without war at least we can have a hoobby

  • Skateboarding isn't freedom but the right of kids of being child just that.

  • whats to dislike? skateboarding IS FREEDOOOM!!

  • EL GALLO

  • "Skating has become a habit and I'm addicted to it. If I don't skate, I become ill."

    - Murza, and probably the whole skateboarding world...

  • and i though we had tough roads..

  • love the attitude..... love the equality..... hate the 9 pricks who disklike

  • it's really a thought-provoking movie.

    thanks to all the creaters who made this.

  • The park is a very positive contribution to the lives of the kids there, and will lead to a lot of great outcomes; but I felt like the film was overly biased; by making it seem as if the kids would have otherwise been doomed in their own culture, had it not been for the west introducing skateboarding.

  • @holwerdainc I don[t think it's about skateboarding. It's just one way of giving kids the childhood they lost amid all the fighting and horror. It could be football, painting, writing or whatever.I'm southamerican and I've skated for 20 years. When I was very young, skating helped me through tough times. Besides, it does not matter where skating began. It's fun, it's liberating, it's not competitive (skate contests are a fucking joke and bring out the worst about skating and riding).

  • @holwerdainc when you skate, you bond with fellow skaters. Even if you don't know them and just met. Saying it's a western thing It's like saying horse riding it's an arab thing. (there were no horses in america until the spaniards brought them over)

  • kabul has a better skate park than my town does.......

  • This is awesome.

  • Nice, Afganistan will have the best generation of skaters. Its gonna be fun.

    Nice work

  • what kid/person will just stare at the camera like they do in this film? why film an artificial exotica? too scripted to be good film. stupid music vids screwing director's heads in search of cool. it should have been about skates and what it does for the kids.. instead it had this sweeping statements in the voice of kids.. ridiculous

  • pore countries are doomed. Islam is not what it used to be, it has become evil.It does not fit to 20th century. Like Varous and cavemen dotn fit here. Some things just should stay in the past.

    terrible film. I mean what it shows. Really sucks to be there.

  • Breathtaking

  • National Sport of Afghanistan: Skating

  • @iTECHNOCENTRAL Don't you mean National Sport of Afghanistan: Rockthrowing?

  • Afganistan has no stability

  • shit is crazy, man

  • This is truly awesome!

  • I honestly have no idea why that was so amazing

  • Absolutely incredible and inspiring.

  • respect!!

  • makes me want to go over there and give them some better skateboards and mone and food...(sigh) if only i were a billionaire