How Nepal’s next generation of skateboarders stole the show at the national championship

The two-day ninth National Skateboard Championship was about more than crowning winners. It offered a glimpse of a growing generation of skateboarders dreaming of taking the sport to greater heights.

The world is currently busy with the FIFA World Cup. It is all about football in Nepal, too. But, for around a couple of hundred children, teenagers and youths in this mountainous country, which is very far from playing in its maiden football World Cup, the last two days have only been about juggling skateboards at the newly constructed Yama Buddha Skate Park in Kathmandu.