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Deck width explained in plain words: by shoe size, by how you skate, and what we tell people in the shop.

GQ Middle East, WeChat, My Dubai, Skateistan and more. Every place the Habibi and Gooder story has been told, in one spot.

Around 2008 I went to Kabul to help build Skateistan's first skatepark. Here's why I'm still backing them, and how you can too.

Five years of open sessions, contests and jams with the UAE skate scene. Here's the highlight reel, and what's coming next.

Gear drives for the Lebanese Skateboarding Association, a fundraiser for Pakistan's first skatepark in Lahore, and how you can donate your old setup.

In 2024 we brought Opera, Jacuzzi and Slappy to the region. Here's why skater-owned matters, and what each brand is about.

Raw clips, old photos and the spots that made the UAE scene. A look back through the archive.

How a 2006 skate trip to Amman turned into a friendship, a deck collab, and support for free skateboarding programs for kids in Jordan.

Ledges, a 10 stair, a kicker gap and the best flat ground Dubai ever had. Sparks ran from around 2006 to 2012, and it shaped a generation of UAE skaters.

Most skate wax melts in your bag by June. Ours doesn't. Here's why we made our own, and how to use it.

Thank you to everyone who donated and continues to donate their used gear to us 🖤

With your support, we were able to supply the habibis at the Lebanese Skateboarding Association...