Bristol-based Extract Coffee Roasters are appealing to local skaters to donate their spare boards in aid of Ethiopia Skate; a charity which aims to empower young people through skateboarding.
Extract’s ‘Kickflip Deck Amnesty’ will launch on 1 March and aims to collect at least 100 boards to send to Ethiopia Skate, which formed in Addis Ababa in 2013.
With an ambition to engage the country’s young people through skating, the charity have built two free skate parks and have provided access to skateboard materials to over 150 young people in the last six years.
David Faulkner, Director and Head Roaster at Extract, discovered the charity whilst travelling through Ethiopia sourcing coffee beans.
“Ethiopia’s reputation for producing some of the world’s finest and most interesting coffees is well known, but to uncover a grassroots skateboarding movement was a real surprise,”
said David
“When I came across Ethiopia Skate and saw groups of kids all sharing a single board, I immediately thought of my three spare boards at home doing nothing.
“I’m sure many skaters are the same and that’s why we’re asking Bristol’s skate community to donate a board to help share our passion for skating and the positive impact it can have on young people,”
he continued.
Extract are also launching a limited edition Ethiopian espresso called Kickflip to help raise awareness of their campaign and will also be co-hosting a skateboard amnesty event at Campus skate park in Bristol on 27 April.
Skaters can also donate boards at any Boston Tea Party across the region.
For more information please see: https://extractcoffee.co.uk/