Freestyling Afghans

Video. Freestyling Afghans

A group of young Afghan men and women gather on a hill outside Kabul to practice a variety of freestyle cycling tricks they have learnt from online videos via YouTube, Facebook and other social media.

A group of young Afghan men and women gather on a hill outside Kabul to practice a variety of freestyle cycling tricks they have learnt from online videos via YouTube, Facebook and other social media.

They are part of Afghanistan’s first freestyle cycling club ‘Drop and Ride’, established two months ago to help keep young Afghans away from drugs, petty crime and violence.