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Urban Freestyle Morocco

Written here on Monday, March 1st, 2010 by

Just as they said they would be, Tarik and the lads from UFM were there to meet us at Rabat train station. They had a plan for The Ball. The parliament building, the medina, the beach: all with The Ball and all freestyle. And so it was.

UFM freestyle Rabat

The freestylers rapped about The Ball in Moroccan Arabic, they juggled The Ball and they took us to the beach where we met many young Moroccans who gave us our first taste of beach football.

You spin me right round baby
You spin me right round baby

The Ball gets ahead
The Ball gets ahead on the way to the beach

Beach football pitch in Rabat
Beach football pitch in Rabat

Andrew and the beach football team
Andrew and the beach football team

UFM and The Ball
The UFM team and The Ball

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1 comment on “Urban Freestyle Morocco”

  1. Bonifer March 2, 2010 at 2:18 am

    Brilliant! The Ball’s power to unite people and bring some joy into their lives never fails to amaze me.

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