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Episode 35 with Aram Sabbah, skateboarder from Ramallah, Palestine. 

Together we discussed him growing up skating in Ramallah, meeting with Charlie Davis in the summer of 2013 and getting involved with his NGO Skatepal which was just getting started (aiming to support young people in Palestine through skateboarding), studying cinema in Tunis for a few years, coming back to Palestine after completing his studies and becoming the local manager for Skatepal, overseeing all on-the-ground operations, going to the second edition of Pushing Boarders in Malmö in 2019, turning pro for CHPO brand... 

• Intro (00:13) 
• Growing up and finding skateboarding (01:14) 
• Meeting with Charlie Davis (07:56) 
• Studying in Tunisia (15:25) 
• Becoming the local manager for Skatepal in Ramallah (17:27) 
• Volunteers (26:47) 
• How can people support skatepal? (29:55) 
• Pro model sunglasses for CHPO (33:24)
• Pushing Boarders (34:59) 
• Most valuable lesson learned from skateboarding (38:25) 
• Friends questions (39:43) 
• Conclusion (59:24)  

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