This Is How To Make The Taliban's Heads Explode

Five years ago, Australian skateboarder Oliver Percovich went to work in Kabul, Afghanistan. He took a couple of his skateboards with him and when the street kids spotted Oliver skateboarding, they begged him to teach them. That was all the motivation he needed to start Afghanistan's first co-ed skateboarding school.

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Five years ago, Australian skateboarder Oliver Percovich went to work in Kabul, Afghanistan. He took a couple of his skateboards with him and when the street kids spotted Oliver skateboarding, they begged him to teach them. That was all the motivation he needed to start Afghanistan's first co-ed skateboarding school.

ORIGINAL: By Skateistan. Check out some more "little rippers" in the special skaters episode of Amy Poehler's "Smart Girls at the Party."

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