Why Skateboarding in Egypt Is So Much Harder Than You Think

In this short film, I take you deep into Egypt’s underground skate scene — a place where skateboarding isn’t just a sport, it’s survival.

Between a collapsing economy, government pressure, and a culture that often misunderstands them, Egyptian skaters face battles most of us never even think about. Boards are expensive, good parts are rare, and real opportunities are even harder to find. They’re isolated from the global scene — and when the outside world does notice them, it usually feels hollow, like just another marketing ploy.

But what they have here is real. Raw. Community built on pure love for skating.