{"id":1209,"date":"2016-09-25T23:48:54","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T20:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2016-09-25T23:48:54","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T20:48:54","slug":"18-african-nations-will-be-at-war-for-african-skateboarding-championships-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/18-african-nations-will-be-at-war-for-african-skateboarding-championships-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"18 African Nations Will Be At War For African Skateboarding Championships 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1228 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/madagascar.jpg\" alt=\"madagascar\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/madagascar.jpg 960w, https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/madagascar-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/africaskateboardingdiary.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/madagascar-768x512.jpg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 960px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 960\/640;\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><span><span>Established in 2015, the African Skateboarding Championships is an initiative sanctioned by <a href=\"http:\/\/worldskateboarding.com\/\"><strong>World Skateboarding Grand Prix<\/strong><\/a> held annually at the <a href=\"http:\/\/worldskateboarding.com\/\"><strong>Skateboarding World Championships<\/strong><\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimberleydiamondcup.com\/\"><strong>Kimberley Diamond Cup<\/strong><\/a> in Kimberley, South Africa. The goal of the African Skateboarding Championships is to develop the moral and level of skating all over the continent and allowing the chance for top African skaters to shine on a global platform. The first African Skateboarding Championships was held at the 2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/worldskateboarding.com\/\"><strong>Skateboarding World Championships<\/strong><\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kimberleydiamondcup.com\/\"><strong>Kimberley Diamond Cup<\/strong><\/a> and brought out skaters from all over the continent and outlying islands to compete for cash prizes and the title of African Skateboarding Champion.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><span><span>In 2016 the program got better with many skateboarders attending the contest. Something bigger has been added &#8220;African Skateboarding Academy&#8221;. The Academy is aiming to provide professional training to African Skateboarders. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><span><span>Briefly, You should know this by now for <\/span><\/span><span class=\"_5u8u\"><span><span>African Skateboarding Championships<\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span> 2016;<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><em>Event\/Program Organisers: 4<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><em><span><span>Photographers: 2<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><em><span><span>Qualifier Winners: 8<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><em><span><span>Selected Skateboarders: 9<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><em><span><span>Online Applications: 2<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><em><span><span>Invited Skateboarders:17<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><span><span>Others: 2<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><span><span>Drawing participants from Tanzania, Morocco, Madagascar, Angola, Zambia, Egypt, Uganda, Sudan, Mozambique, Mauritius, Senegal, Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Gabon, Botswana, Swaziland, and Namibia (excluding South Africa). This brings a total of 18 African National competing for the title of African Skateboarding Champion.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">For organisers this is such a major breakthrough. The organisers believe, this is a room that African skateboarders should embrace and utilise. We believe that there are more to come for skateboarding in Africa, and we are ready to seize the opportunity and transform the way skateboarding is viewed in the continent. It is our dream to see skateboarding growing better as both sport and culture.<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\">The inclusion of skateboarding in Olympic 2020 also gives hopes that sooner African Governments shall start to invest and finance the sport just like soccer and any other.<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\"><em>&#8220;I understand that World Skateboarding Federation (WSF) did not win the Olympic bid, but am confident that WSF still is the best option&#8230; However we believe that the winner, International Skateboarding Federation (ISF) \u00a0and FIRS shall have development plans for Africa to ensure equal and fair judgement and inclusion for the Olympic in TOKYO 2020. I believe the Olympic will be managed by skateboarders, and there will be fairness, I wil hate to see Olympic skateboarding turned to be a circus!&#8221;<\/em> said Augustine.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Established in 2015, the African Skateboarding Championships is an initiative sanctioned by World Skateboarding Grand Prix held annually at the Skateboarding World Championships at Kimberley Diamond Cup in Kimberley, South&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-1209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headquater","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>18 African Nations Will Be At War For 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