Skateimpact
Skateimpact is an Egyptian skateboard business located in Alexandria, Egypt. The Egyptian skateboarding scene was very small (AbOUT 25 skaters all over Egypt) until they started the business and got noticed by the press and media.
It is supplying the Egyptian market with the best-known skateboard brands. It started on 10 September 2005 as an e-business by two skateboarding brothers. The company is part of the parent company, Herrawi office a subsidiary of Herrawi Group.
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- "Skateimpact based in Alexandria was founded in summer 2005 by regular skaters who love and have the passion for skateboarding. The founders have passed many years doing their best to make the Egypt skate scene evolve and finally came out with this shop."
External links
- skateIMPACT - 'Official website'
- skateIMPACT Distribution - 'B2B wholesale to selected Egyptian Skateshops'
- skateIMPACT Forum - 'Official forum'
- Alexa: SkateImpact.com
- WHOIS for SkateImpact.com
Egyptian and World Press
Lots of articles were written about Skateimpact and about their owners Omar Herrawi and Cherif Herrawi.
About.com article: 1 Origami magazine article in the printed and online EDition: 2 Business today Egypt: 3 Alif magazine: 4 Al Ahram Hebdo: 5 Lonely Planet: 6