Tag: Paris
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Sylvie Vartan
It’s a big deal when a new skatepark is built and both skateboarders and community leaders / investors who rallied together honour the moment with a grand opening. Back in 1978, a suburb of Paris (Issy-les-Moulineaux) hosted a party for their new concrete park called Béton Hurlant, which was on Saint-Germain island in the Seine…
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Paris 1978
In honour of the launch of the 2024 Paris Olympics, I bring you clips from a delightful video called Buble Skate from 1978 by Alain Igorra and Lionel Durand. The scene is La Trocadéro or “Troca” which was a popular meet-up spot across from the Eiffel tower. The film also includes a contest called the…
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Nicole Boronat
Nicole Boronat was born in 1962 at Vitry-sur-Seine near Paris and took up skateboarding in the late 1970s when her high school friend Laurence Lannes introduced her to it. Lannes had a family home in Biarritz where she enjoyed surfing and skateboarding, and then shared the love with her friends. Boronat expressed gratitude to Lannes…
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