A chill evening at the skate park, with the younger crowd gone and a crew of older skaters taking over. Three of us, Kyoko, Cheryl, and myself, try to perfect our moves. Wedge, a skating veteran, shares stories of the early skate days and shows off some freestyle skills. We reflect on the evolution of the sport and make plans for the next meet-up.
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What is freestyle skateboarding? (And why haven’t I heard about it?)
Freestyle skateboarding, the earliest form of competitive skating, showcases technical flatground tricks and fluidity to music. After a decline in the nineties, it has seen a revival with Japan as its capital. In Australia, it’s relatively underappreciated, but Flatlandia aims to change that.