Ismael “Skitty” is a Kenyan professional skateboarder and community advocate from Nairobi, and Mike Boisvert's pick for the best skater in Kenya: built like a gymnast, with a nollie heel and a tre flip worth the follow, and the best guy to spend a week with. A pillar of the Skateboard Society of Kenya.
In August 2026, with a team of five skateboarders, he pushed 723 km from Nairobi to Lodwar, in Turkana, for Push for Change: a journey that used skateboarding to promote peace, love, unity and youth empowerment. Along the way the crew connected with young people and communities across several counties, inspired kids through skateboarding, and raised awareness about the need for a public skatepark in Turkana. Proof, in his words, that skateboarding can be a tool for social change and community development.
“Skateboarding will always provide. This time, we want it to provide a future.”
