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How Women in Bolivia Honor Their Indigenous Roots Through Skating
In Cochabamba, Bolivia, an all-women skate crew called ImillaSkate uses skateboarding as a way to honor their roots, empower each other and stand against the persecution that Indigenous people have historically faced …
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Non-Profit SkatePal Empowers Young Palestinians Through Skateboarding
Launched in 2013, SkatePal—a non-profit organization founded by Edinburgh-based Charlie Davis—seeks to support youth in occupied Palestine by fostering skateboard culture. The idea was sparked in 2006, when Davis skated down the …
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An inclusive skateboard community, Shantell Martin's couch canvas, The 1619 Project illustrated and more
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LA’s Boos Cruise Makes Space for Queer Skateboarders
LA’s skate scene—and skate culture at large—typically centers on white, straight, cis-men and despite a rising number of collectives aimed at inclusivity it’s a space that often feels unwelcoming. “There’s this cliquey-ness …
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NYC’s New Skaters Are Creating Safe + Supportive Communities
This summer, writer Jazmine Hughes and photographer Lanna Apisukh—the former a skateboarding rookie; the latter a tenured skater—visited parks in NYC to meet “The New Skaters.” These skaters—essentially not the white, straight, …
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Sculptures for skating, a powerhouse design merger, clever traffic lights and more from around the web
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Assemble’s “Skating Situations” Sculptures
As many cities around the world purposely make spaces and surfaces impossible to skate, Folkestone (a port town in England) has—through the 2021 Creative Folkestone Triennial—commissioned public sculptures designed for skateboarders to …