Kids on Curbs
Three generations of Anchorage skaters on the parking lots that raised them.
By Devin Hale December 4, 2023 6 min read Issue 03
The lot behind the old Sears building has been the same since 1987. Same cracks. Same curb. Different kids, generation after generation, learning to ollie up onto a piece of concrete that was never meant to be anything but a place to leave your car.
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