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Go Skateboarding Day 2017

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For the skaters of Myanmar, boards are a symbol of hope

Pushing Myanmar — As dictatorship declines, filmmakers James Holman and Ali Drummond go back to Yangon, documenting the community built around its DIY skatepark.

Written by: Biju Belinky
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'Nobody sits you down and explains the rules. You just do it.'

Lessons from a life of skate — For Go Skateboarding Day 2017, we’ve taken a trip down memory lane through our archive to revisit lessons we've learnt from some of skating's greatest icons.

Written by: Briony Cartmell
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As a girl skating was my escape. As a young woman, it was taken from me

Go Skateboarding Day 2017 — In her early years, skating provided Marianne Eloise with an escape: from anxiety, from a toxic household, the OCD that span around her head. But as she got older, all that changed; suddenly her board could no longer be a sanctuary.

Written by: Marianne Eloise

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