July 11, 2026
Editorial
Editorial
Some of the scene pushed back on the Top 10 — that skateboarding shouldn't be ranked at all, and that the results were wrong. Here's our answer, and the eight criteria in full.
Skater of the Year 2024: Ayoub Shebl
Yassin Koptan
Date
December 31, 2024
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SAHARA's Skater of the Year for 2024: Ayoub Shebl — style, consistency, and a year of setting the standard for Egyptian skateboarding.
Skater of the Year 2024 — Ayoub Shebl.
Ayoub spent the year setting the standard: the style, the consistency, the way he could turn any spot into a reason to pull the camera out. When people picture Egyptian skateboarding at its sharpest, his is one of the names that comes up first.
For us, Skater of the Year has always been about impact — who pushed the scene forward and made the sessions feel alive. In 2024, that was Ayoub.
Respect. Fully earned.
January 1, 2026
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Skater of the Year 2025 goes to Saif Wael — Cairo local, Zamalek-raised, eighteen years old, with style and consistency you can't teach.
December 31, 2025
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Photo of the Year 2025 goes to Ahmed Nabawy (slomosk) — SAHARA co-founder and chief photographer, behind so many of the images that became the memory of Egyptian skateboarding.