As the day of love quickly approaches, we thought we’d lend a hand to all you radical, crafty people out there by hooking up these little printable raskullz Valentines day cards.
Simply, click here, print, cut and share the love.
Upon first seeing the site of school age girls joyfully skateboarding up and down ramps in an indoor skatepark, one of the last places you would expect to be is in war-torn Kabul, Afghanistan. But in fact, since 2007, Kabul is home to Skateistan, an international non profit that uses skateboarding to empower male and female youth in Afghanistan. The success of the program has even spread to neighboring Pakistan as well as Cambodia.
Australian founder of Skateistan, Oliver Percovich saw the need skateboarding filled in the lives of these youth and began to dedicate himself to the construction and completion of a skate school in Kabul. In 2009, a skate park and educational facility was built with land granted by the Afghan National Olympic Committee.
The aim is to connect with marginalized youth in Afghanistan to provide a quality education that otherwise would not be available. From the website:
“In Kabul, Skateistan’s participants come from all of Afghanistan’s diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, and include 40% female students, hundreds of streetworking children, and youth with disabilities. In our skatepark and classrooms they develop skills in skateboarding, leadership, civic responsibility, multimedia, and creative arts. The students themselves decide what they want to learn; we connect them with a safe space and opportunities for them to develop the skills that they consider important.”
Sports diplomacy can be a powerful component of citizen diplomacy and has truly impacted the lives of the youth across the world. A solid example exists in the work of Skateistan.
What is key is the education of and participation by female students. For more on that salient topic, see video below!
In this T-Rad Rex approved blog post, we bring you a little video on how to build your on dinosaur. Well, not exactly. But if you happen to stumble across a pile of jurassic bones in your back yard, this video will come in handy.
“The Event of a Thread” was a stunning large scale, participatory installation by Ann Hamilton that recently filled the cavernous drill hall at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City. The centerpiece of the installation was an enormous curtain of fabric that stretched across the width of the hall. An array of swings, available to the public, were tethered to the curtain by an intricate rope system overhead—when participants used the swings, the swinging motion caused the fabric to ripple and move up and down.
The joy of swinging is something you never grow out of.
From your enemies at Raskullz Headquarters…
Hello little rowdy Raskullz! We have a fun little craft project for you on what is a magnificently cloudy afternoon here at Raskullz Headquarters. So get your printers and imaginations ready for these cut out finger puppets. You can click here or on the picture below to print out puppets of your favorite Raskullz helmet characters.
Here at Raskullz Headquarters we are always eager to find new sources of creative inspiration for our products. Recently, a thought occurred to us, “why hog all that life-affirming inspiration to ourselves?”
So starting now, you can check back here at the Raskullz Blog for all kinds of new happenings that we find totally awe-inspiring. We’d like to start the show with a beautiful, family-friendly short film we found by artists Samuel Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III of an art collective called Friends with You. Enjoy!
It’s so awesome when we read a cool real mom write up of our products!
Check out this review of our Raskullz luggage on ‘The Simple Mom Reviews’ and be sure to enter their giveaway for a chance to win luggage of your own!
