The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Skateboarder

The fact that skateboarders managed to save their Undercroft skatepark on the South Bank from the Arts Centre’s developers marked the moment when skateboarding became part of mainstream culture. Skaters meet in parks all over East London and the rest of the capital to share skills and make friends. In the film above Allazhar Duisenbek asks his sister Alua why she took up the sport after arriving here from Kazakhstan.