In December 2004 I visited Durban in South Africa and skated the park on the sea front there with my Brother. We met a kid called Thalente who was very young, homeless and absolutely shredding the place. After the session we gave him all the money we had on us to skate the Tony Hawk designed park out of town and also the brand new Flip complete that my Brother was skating. It was the only way of leaving the park and helping him as we didn’t live there and he was clearly in need.
This new video appeared online yesterday and he’s now in LA with Kenny Anderson seeing the world. So stoked he has moved forwards and others have helped him in their own ways. Always help another skateboarder and be thankful that you chose skateboarding. You can do your bit here.