Innocent Sichande is a Zambian skateboarder who first started as a basketball player. His parents were concerned in the beginning, fearing he might break his leg in the process, but after seeing his passion and the opportunities he got through skateboarding, they became more receptive and have been supportive since. In 2015, he was invited to the Kimberly Diamond Cup with four other Zambian skaters. He has been winning a lot of local competitions since 2016 until now, and in November 2022, he attended the African Championship in Egypt. He competed at the World Championship in Dubai in February this year, which he described as an amazing experience as he got to meet 400 other skaters from all over the world. Innocent hopes to one day compete at a Skateboarding Street League. "It's really hard to improve past a certain point with the facilities that we currently have. Skateboarding is a bit different from football; you really need to have a certain type of facility to compete at a certain level," he said. In August 2020, he started a company called Selako where he initially started doing skateboarding lessons at one of the schools to get kids to do skateboarding as an afternoon activity. As time went on, they incorporated other activities including rollerblading, yoga, and painting. Coupled with his love for entertainment, Selako has at its core the value of continuous learning, determination, and improvement. They focus on different activities that give a bit of a challenge to learn, thereby encouraging determination and perseverance, and the positive reaffirmation that comes from successfully doing something that seemed difficult in the beginning, in children and adults alike. "We (Skate Association of Zambia) started a fundraiser for a skate park that we want to build because the Sports Council gave us a piece of land at NASDEC. The skate park itself is very expensive; it would be £10,000 to complete. With such a facility, we would have professional skaters coming from Zambia in a couple of years. But without such an international standard skate park, it's not possible for skaters from Zambia to compete at that international level because that calls for facilities that foster learning of difficult tricks that can now be taken to big obstacles," Innocent said. He further commended the government for their involvement and encouraged local companies and the private sector to do the same, especially where funding is concerned. "There is a lot of potential for skateboarding in Zambia, so many young people who love the sport and are determined to take it somewhere. Given the right facilities, they will be among the best in Africa," he concluded. Those who would like to reach out, get involved, or donate to the GoFundMe should get in contact with the Skate Association of Zambia.