Ghetto Games
Sport and Culture games'
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The major sports of youth street sports and culture movement Ghetto Games[2] are 3x3 basketball, 3x3 football,[3] 3x3 floorball, pancration - Ghetto Fight, street dance - Ghetto dance and such extreme sports as BMX, skateboarding, extreme inline, scooters, wakeboarding, velo trial and velo trial bikes and freestyle motorcycle.[4][5] Individual sports might have direction as well, such as 1vs1 football and 1vs1 basketball. The event also includes the musical project similar to X-Factor.[6]
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| Founder | Raimonds Elbakjans[1] |
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| Type | Non-governmental organization |
| Focus | Youth street sports and culture |
Area served | Sport, Culture |
| Website | ghetto |
Ghetto Games was founded by former Latvian basketball player Raimonds Elbakjans.[7][8]
Events
Since 2019:[9]
- Parkour
- Skateboard
- BMX Pink Cloud Games
- Urban Dance
- Urban Hip Hop
- Winter Extreme Sports Event NYC 2019
- Street Sports Event
- Medicines For Worlds Ghettos 2019
- Winterclash
- PANNONIAN CHALLENGE 2020
- Football and Basketball Since 2020 (Ghetto Football Round / Ghetto Basket Round)
- X GAMES SHANGHAI 2020
- Super Ball 2021 World open Freestyle Football championships
- Ghetto Football Euro League in 2022
- Open Freestyle Football Competition 2022
- Open Panna 1v1 Competition 2022
- Ghetto Football World Cup 2023
- Ghetto Football Euro Tour 2023
The Mission
The mission of Ghetto Games is to create a platform for young people to develop their talents - where they can open up physically and morally as well as create a place where people who were dropped out of school or rejected from other places, would feel accepted.[10]
Ghetto Art
Vladislav Lakse joined Ghetto Games in the first season and did his first form of digital art about street basketball which was later used in Ghetto street art.[11]