Podcast appearances and mentions of oliver percovich

Skateistan is an award-winning non-profit organization which empowers children through skateboarding and education. By combining skateboarding with creative, arts-based education, Skateistan's programs give children the opportunity to become leaders for a better world. Skateistan operates globally, with skate schools in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa, as well as numerous partnerships in other locations across the world.  Oliver Percovich Oliver Percovich is the founder and executive director of Skateistan, a nonprofit organization that uses skateboarding as a means of empowering youth and promoting education globally. He has received numerous awards including the World Skateboarding Federation's Humanitarian Award and the Australian Youth Mentorship Award. He has also been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. Percovich is also a member of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission and a board member of the Tony Hawk Foundation, which supports the creation of public skateparks in underserved communities around the world. Links: Skateistan: https://www.skateistan.org/ Goodpush: https://www.goodpush.org/ 'Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If you're a girl)' Academy Award Winning documentary: https://ff.hrw.org/film/learning-skateboard-warzone-if-youre-girl Tiny data centre used to heat public swimming pool: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64939558 ----  Please subscribe to the Sports for Social Impact Podcast wherever you get your podcast! Leave us a review and a 5 star rating to help bring others in the world of sports into the conversation! The Sports for Social Impact podcast was nominated for a Sports Podcast Award in 2023. Send us an email at sportsforsocialimpact@gmail.com  Linktree: https://linktr.ee/sportsforsocialimpact Follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@SportsSocImpact)  Visit our website at https://www.sportsforsocialimpact.com/

Oliver Percovich is the founder of Skateistan which won the Oscar in 2020 for best documentary and a BAFTA. Oliver's story is an amazing example of how one person can create a movement for real change. Oliver is an Australian who decided to go to Kabul with his girlfriend in 2007 with nothing more than a bag of clothes and 3 skateboard decks.  In 2009, Oliver founded Skateistan, which initially operated out of a small skatepark in Kabul. The organisation quickly gained popularity and expanded to include a school that provides free education to children in grades 1 through 9. Skateistan is now providing skateboarding and educational programming to over 4,000 young people each week.Kabul in 2007-09 had a lot of International presence  but nobody really understood what was going on at ground level. Oliver's curiosity and human centred approach meant that he quickly became trusted by the local communities. As soon as he started skateboarding in the streets he became something of a local attraction, especially with the children who were seeing this for the very first time.  Oliver was fascinated how the girls especially, wanted to get involved when local tradition prohibited them from attempting many hobbies. He started using an empty fountain to allow the girls and boys to try skateboarding, (half the population is under 15 years old). He gave the girls preferential treatment to let them try skateboarding yet he only had between 3-7 boards at any one time. The girls quickly became better than the boys in a society that normally promotes the boys first. Oliver also realised that the skateboarding was uniting children from different ethnic and socio economic groups in the area. At this point, little did Oliver realise that he had started a movement.  The challenge for him now was how to scale. Oliver had no resources yet he decided to link the skateboarding to education and schooling whereby he would pay some of the girls $1 each to help teach other girls and also get them off the streets begging and back to school. He was now changing lives! Now he was thinking bigger. After the age of 12 girls and boys needed to be separated in public and so Oliver realised that he needed to try and find an indoor facility to make sure that girls and boys could continue skateboarding in a private facility.  Oliver took advantage of a chance meeting with the incoming President of the Olympic Committee who decided to come and see the sessions at the fountain for himself. He was blown away and decided to give Oliver land for the indoor facility which he had funded by the Canadian Government, again based on an chance meeting. Momentum was now with Oliver, the Norwegian, Danish and German governments now came into the project and  in October 2009 Oliver built the largest indoor sports facility in Afghanistan for children which also included 4 classrooms for the children. Success and social impact led to more success as the facility was seeing 500 kids in a week and Oliver insured that at least 50% of them were girls.  Oliver is an amazing example of resourcefulness over resources and the power of how one person can lead dramatic and sustainable change. Today, Oliver has 12 projects around the world 3 skate schools in Afghanistan. He also has a knowledge sharing network that has inspired a lot of other social skateboarding projects to pop up around the world. He is now connected to over 850 projects in over 100 countries. All resources are available free to these projects as they are not seen as competitors but as an extension to their purpose. Skateistan has received many awards including an Oscar for Best Documentary and a BAFTA. https://skateistan.orgYou can also find Oliver and Skateistan on Insta, Facebook and LinkedIn 

Oliver Percovich is the founder and executive director of Skateistan, a nonprofit organization that uses skateboarding as a means of empowering youth and promoting education in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa.Percovich was born in Australia and grew up skateboarding in the streets of Melbourne. In 2007, he moved to Kabul, Afghanistan. He decided to turn his passion for skateboarding into a way to make a difference in the lives of young people. In 2009, Percovich founded Skateistan, which initially operated out of a small skatepark in Kabul. The organization quickly gained popularity and expanded to include a school that provides free education to children in grades 1 through 9. Skateistan now providing skateboarding and educational programming to over 4,000 young people each week.Percovich has received numerous awards including the World Skateboarding Federation's Humanitarian Award and the Australian Youth Mentorship Award. He has also been recognized by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. Percovich is also a member of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission and a board member of the Tony Hawk Foundation, which supports the creation of public skateparks in underserved communities around the world. Tune in to find out about how Percovich started Skateistan, how they have been dealing with the Taliban Government, plans for the organisation and how you can support. You can follow what Skateistan is up to on Instagram at skateistan and be sure to check out their website skateistan.org Like what you hear?  Please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference.The Rad Season Action Sports Podcast come out across all podcast players with a new episode every Monday.For show notes and past guests, please visit: radseason Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Chris Berkard, Gerry Lopez, Stacy Peralta, Bob Haro, Greg Lutzka, Pierre André Sénizergues, Mike Rogers, Beaver Fleming. Contact Rad Season On our website radseason.com On Instagram at radseason and olirussellcowan On LinkedIn at olirussellcowan Email us at info@radseason.com Thanks for listening & keep it rad!

This week on The New P&L TO THE POINT we break down and analyse a couple of the key point made by last week's guest, Oliver Percovich, founder and Executive Director of Skateistan. We discuss the role of restlessness in our professional lives - how purpose helps to calm it, and why we need to transfer it from 'gut to guide' to help it drive our entrepreneurial journey. If you'd like to join our movement at The New P&L and keep up to date with all our latest news, go to www.principlesandleadership.com and subscribe. Twitter: @TheNewPandL Insta: @principlesandleadership LinkedIn page: Principlesandleadership --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/principlesandleadership/message

This week's guest on The New P&L – Principles & Leadership in Business podcast is the awesome Oliver Percovich, founder and Executive Director of Skateistan. A lifelong skateboarder, Oliver moved to Afghanistan from Australia in 2007 when his then girlfriend took a job in Kabul. Looking to explore, he would skate the city, and street-working kids would follow him around and ask to try. In 2008, Oliver founded Skateistan, a grassroots 'Sport for Development' project on the streets of Kabul. Today, Skateistan is an award-winning international organization with Skate Schools and programs running in Afghanistan, Cambodia, South Africa, Jordan, Lebanon and Belgium, to name a few. The organization is the first international development initiative to combine skateboarding with educational outcomes. Skateistan's programs are for children aged 5 to 17 with a focus on girls, children living with disabilities and those from low-income backgrounds. Through their innovative programs, Skateistan aims to give children the opportunity to become leaders for a better world. W: http://skateistan.org/ Insta: @skateistan Twitter: @Skateistan If you'd like to join our movement at The New P&L and keep up to date with all our latest news, go to www.principlesandleadership.com and subscribe. Twitter: @TheNewPandL Insta: @principlesandleadership LinkedIn page: Principlesandleadership --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/principlesandleadership/message

Episode 16 with Oliver Percovich, skateboarder & founder of NGO Skateistan. Together we talked about him growing up skating in Australia & Papua New Guinea, moving to Afghanistan in 2007 and introducing skateboarding to local kids, how he developed that idea into the successful and highly acclaimed global skateboarding, education, girls empowerment program that is Skateistan, their expansion strategy for 2022, the "Learning how to skateboard in a warzone (if you're a girl)" documentary...   Thanks for the nice chat Oliver! Thank you Julian Dykmans & Louisa Menke for sharing surprise questions for Oliver! You can help Skateistan to reach their 2022 goals of expanding to 20 different locations and reach up to 4,500 students each week by donating on their website skateistan.org.   Intro (00:14)  Growing up (01:28)  Studying chemistry in college (10:55)  Launching Skateistan and what Oliver was doing prior to that (12:21)  Documentary “To live & skate in Kabul” (30:23)  Were parents sometimes reluctant to have you teach skateboarding to their children, especially girls? (31:33)  Finding/recruiting staff (36:05)  Moving the HQs to Berlin (38:51)  Situation in Afghanistan nowadays (41:56)  A new chapter: aim of 20 locations & 4,500 students a week in 2022 (45:46)  “Learning how to skateboard in a warzone (if you're a girl)” documentary (52:31)  Best way to help/support Skateistan (56:29)  Most valuable lesson learned through/from skateboarding (58:38)  Questions from friends (01:00:18)  Conclusion (01:03:47)  

Oliver Percovich first skated in an empty pool at the age of six, while growing up in Papua New Guinea. In 1995 he competed in the Mystic Cup, an international skateboarding contest in Prague. Prior to a life-changing move to Kabul, Oliver worked at the Centre for Risk and Community Safety on emergency management projects for various Australian government departments. In 2007 Oliver moved to Afghanistan from Australia when his girlfriend took a job in Kabul. Bored, he would skate the beleaguered city, and became a sort of pied half-piper, attracting street kids who would follow him around and ask for rides. Shortly after, Oliver founded Skateistan, a grassroots 'Sport for Development' project on the streets of Kabul. Today, Skateistan has more than 50 employees worldwide and is an award-winning international organization with projects in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa. The organization is the first international development initiative to combine skateboarding with educational outcomes. Skateistan is non-political, independent, and inclusive of all ethnicities, religions and social backgrounds, offering both skating and general education classes for over 1000 boys and girls each week. Learn more about Oracle for Startups(Interviewed by StartupGrind's Chris Joannou).

It all started with one man, Oliver Percovich, and his three skateboards on the streets of Kabul in 2007. His idea became Skateistan, the first international development initiative to combine skateboarding with educational outcomes. Although it started in Afghanistan, Skateistan now runs in Cambodia and South Africa too, reaching thousands of children and youth. What started with a board and four wheels is now an award-winning, international NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) with the mission of empowering children and youth through skateboarding and education. Follow Oliver and Skateistan: https://skateistan.org/ https://www.instagram.com/skateistan/ https://www.instagram.com/skateistanollie https://www.goodpush.org/ https://www.youtube.com/user/skateistan Support TVTV on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thevoyagesoftimvetter

“If you want to start solving problems in Afghanistan, in my mind, you have to start by building trust, and that was happening through these girls that had a chance to skateboard, and make friends with girls the same age and from different backgrounds.” -Oliver Percovich, Founder of Skateistan Oliver Percovich is the Founder and Director of Skateistan, an award-winning international organization with Skate Schools and programs running in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa. Skateistan’s programs focus on girls and children from low-income backgrounds. Through its innovative programs, Skateistan aims to give young people the opportunity to become leaders for a better world. A group of girls from Skateistan were recently the subjects of an Oscar award-winning short documentary, Learning to Skateboard in an Active Warzone (if you're a girl). In this episode of Stories of Transformation, we get the backstory from Oliver (who appropriately goes by "Ollie"), on how he went from skating just as a fun and challenging hobby, to founding an international organization that is transforming the lives of at-risk youth, especially young girls, through skateboarding and arts-based education. His story shows us the powerful effects of giving young girls from all different ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds a chance to freely express themselves in a safe environment. It also reminds us that you don't need to be a doctor to save lives--you just need to be authentic in what you love and share it with the world. View full show notes with link to the film (available only in the US): https://www.baktashahadi.com/shownotes/learning-to-skate-in-an-active-warzone-with-oliver-percovich Connect with Oliver and Support Skateistan:Donate to Skateistan: https://www.skateistan.org/#donateSkateistan Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skateistan/Oliver's Twitter: https://twitter.com/oliverpercovich Follow/Support Stories of Transformation and Baktash Ahadi:https://www.baktashahadi.com/https://www.instagram.com/stories_of_transformation/https://www.facebook.com/Stories-of-Transformation-110335937120068/ Podcast produced by Dana Drahos: http://danadrahos.com/Podcast edited by Joseph Gangemi: http://linkedin.com/in/joseph-gangemi-b850b41a2Social Media managed by Tinli Yarrington: http://www.facebook.com/TinliYarringtonVA

Oliver Percovich is the founder of a non-profit organization called Skateistan. Skateistan uses skateboarding and education for youth empowerment. Since 2007 Ollie has been using his skateboard to break down social, economic, racial, and gender barriers in Afghanistan, Cambodia & South Africa. I first heard about Ollie and his cause while listening to an episode of Jamie Thomas's podcast Thrill of it All. It wasn't the fact that Ollie had created an award-winning NGO that captured my attention but rather his persistence to pursue what many would say is impossible. So I tracked him down to hear the account first hand and ask a few hard questions.

In this episode Oliver Percovich talks with Jamie about his passion for the youth & the heart warming story of Skateistan, the Award Winning NGO that has been able to overcome the toughest racial, gender & socioeconomic boundaries in Afghanistan, Cambodia & South Africa. If you'd like to donate to Skateistan or become a Citizen of Skateistan, please visit: https://www.skateistan.org/donate/ Follow us on Instagram: thrillofitall jamiethomas skateistanollie skateistan Check out our website: https://thrillofitall.com Filmed & edited by: Tim Cisilino Music by: Loom Instagram: @Loom_SD facebook.com/LoomSD Photo by: Chad Foreman

Full episode info and Show Notes: www.wearelookingsideways.com Like most people, I got my first introduction to Skateistan back in 2010 following the release of To Live And Die in Kabul, Orlando von Eisendel’s documentary about the early years of the charity. So what is Skateistan? Set up by Aussie skater Oliver Percovich, Skateistan is an international non-profit organisation providing programmes that use skateboarding to provide education and safe spaces for kids from low-income backgrounds in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa. When Ollie first established the charity back in 2008, it was a true outlier, an eccentric idea dreamed up by a diehard skater keen to explore just how, as he puts it, ‘skateboarding could be more broadly utilised’. Today, Skateistan is one of the most high-profile action sports charities in the world. It counts legends like Tony Hawk and Jamie Thomas as supporters, and has pioneered the idea of using activities like skateboarding as a transformative force, and a metaphor through which to engage with at-risk communities. So how exactly did Ollie do it? How did he use skateboarding to create such a visionary, positive organisation? That exactly what I wanted to find out when I sat down with him at the recent Pushing Boarders event in London, and our conversation covers all this, and plenty more. Sure, we dig into the history of Skateistan. But we also explore big themes, about finding a sense of purpose, the importance of community in an increasingly globalised world, how individuals can find their own place in the world with meaning, and the universality of human experience. It is inspiring stuff, and the other thing that becomes clear is that Ollie Percovich is a man of action, somebody who dreams big and has channelled his own ‘nervous energy’ and desire to make a difference into one of the most positive movements in skateboarding. Dig in for an essential conversation with one of the most inspirational figures in modern action sports. Thanks as usual to Matt Ward (www.linguistine.com) for the theme tune.

Local solutions for local problems, youth-directed education, and young girls dominating the skateboarding culture in Afghanistan. In this episode I talk to skateboarder and social entrepreneur Oliver Percovich who's the Founder and Executive Director of Skateistan, an award-winning international NGO that uses skateboarding as a “hook” for leadership development in Afghanistan, Cambodia and South Africa.   Music Show Opener: Salt-n-Pepa, Pharrell Williams (with Justin Timberlake), Melanie and Kanye West (feat. Rhymefest) Burning Road – Fu Manchu Herati (feat. Homayoun Sakhi) - Voices of Afghanistan Rebel Without a Pause – Public Enemy Kali-Fornia Über Alles 21st Century – Jello Biafra Show Closer: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Tricky, Dusty Springfield and Isaac Hayes   Reading List Skateistan: The Tale of Skateboarding in Afghanistan - Jim Fitzpatrick, Skateistan Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values – by Robert M. Pirsig An Answer to the Question: ‘What is Enlightenment?’ – Immanuel Kant   Watch List To Live and Skate Kabul The State of Skate Oliver at TEDx Sydney 2014 Skateistan   ** If you like my show, please subscribe and review in iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit brandnewways.com --> Find the show on Twitter: @brandnewways_ --> Send me an email: show@brandnewways.com