Shafiqa Rezai was a skateboarding coach in Afghanistan until the Taliban regime returned to power. She's now leading a new team in Saskatoon. yxe
Now, Rezai, a Grade 12 student at Nutana Collegiate, is a team coach.
Shafiqa Rezai, right, and Maryam Masoomi of the Saskatoon Open Door Society. Wednesday, June, 7, 2023 at Cosmo Civic Centre in Saskatoon.About five years ago, Rezai herself was first introduced to skateboarding in Afghanistan.When Rezai first arrived there, she saw a skateboard: it was a board with four tires. At first, she doubted herself, but then told herself she could do it.Article content
Recently, SODS was awarded a community development grant from Canadian Tire’s Jumpstart foundation towards forming the team. The foundation, in a statement to the StarPhoenix, said it’s proud to support the program’s launch.We are excited to see that the program has been well-received by Afghan youth in the community, with more local girls participating than initially projected,” it said.
“I’m really inspired by these girls, hearing their stories, everything they’ve been through to get here. And then just seeing the brightness they have and their love for one another and now finding a love for skateboarding, is just, it’s a beautiful thing for me,” she said.
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