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Send Baumi Back to Germany!!

Skatepark building volunteer is stuck in India due to mismanagement by organizer. Help him get home.

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Send Baumi Back to Germany!!

Send Baumi Back to Germany!!

Send Baumi Back to Germany!!

Send Baumi Back to Germany!!

Send Baumi Back to Germany!!

Skatepark building volunteer is stuck in India due to mismanagement by organizer. Help him get home.

Skatepark building volunteer is stuck in India due to mismanagement by organizer. Help him get home.

Skatepark building volunteer is stuck in India due to mismanagement by organizer. Help him get home.

Skatepark building volunteer is stuck in India due to mismanagement by organizer. Help him get home.

Abhishek Shakenbake
Abhishek Shakenbake
Abhishek Shakenbake
Abhishek Shakenbake
2 Campaigns |
Bangalore, India
$780 USD by 23 backers
$780 USD by 23 backers on May 16, 2015
Highlights
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Fabian Baumgarten aka Baumi is a skate park builder who has been contributing a lot to the Indian skateboarding scene since he came first as a part of the 2er crew to build the free park in Bangalore. Since then he has built spots in Kovalam, Hampi, Maldives and recently in Panna all as a part of the volunteer support he makes in India. 

This time he got caught up with one of the worst organizers who is refusing to keep up the bargain to pay his return flight back home after completion of the skate park. 

It started off as a minimally resourced project wherein the volunteers were promised accomadation/food and travel. That was not how it went by the end of it and we all had to bare many costs ourselves. 

Some of the conditions endured due to ill planning -

- Very little food lacking nutrition

- 4-5 hours of sleep

- 2 hour self driven car drives everyday in the most treacherous roads and dangerous weather conditions.

- Some nights spent sleeping on cold concrete on the construction site due to lack of transport 

Baumi has put a lot into this project, including all his money and is now being stranded by the organizer. We are all very upset with the organizer as we are receiving no cooperation. 

But his visa is ending on the 18th of May! 

So help us buy him a ticket back home.

What We Need & What You Get

We need 700 $ or Rs.45,000/- to send him back home. All proceedings will go in toward the airfare for him from India to Germany so he doesn't overstay his visa and get trouble for that!

In return, he will be sending donors digital copies of his video "Holystoked - Next Generation part 2" which shows the impact that he has had on the evolution of the skateboarding scene in India. 

Link to the first part here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2juMo7MrNE


Baumi's contributions to Indian skateboarding

Video's of his contributions to the Indian skate scene -

1) Epic Build, Bangalore, India 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0C0A9vCInc

2) SISP Kovalam Skate Club, Kovalam, Kerala

https://vimeo.com/105014793

It is clear he has had and continues to have a major impact on skateboarding in India. We think he deserves a little support back for all the efforts he has made in his time of need.



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"Next Generation part 2" video

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The street kids of Bangalore, India have a new video out and it's the second part of the "Holystoked - Next Generation" made by Baumi. Everyone who contributes will get a digital copy.
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