SK8in Nepal

Who would have thought this was possible? Arniko Skateboards is probably the very first skate shop in Nepal founded by Nepal-born Marius Arniko Arter. Arniko who spent much of his childhood in Nepal returned from Switzerland after completeing his carpentry apprenticeship. Due to the lack of decent skate shops in Nepal he founded Arniko Skateboards in 2007 and later opened the first store in Thamel, Kathmandu in 2009. Kudos to the whole team for being very ethical, giving employment opportunities to Nepalis aswell as doing something innovative at the same time. Watch the video below(an excerpt from a tv show of ESPN Brazil):

(Source: lexlimbu.com)


The store has also now an outlet in Zurich(German part of Switzerland). Check out their funky website here:
http://www.arnikoskateboards.com/en/