Marc Silver

Jul 7, 2024 | kpbs.org | Marc Silver |Kahwit Tela

It’s a rather unusual skateboard lesson. Little girls are lined up to learn to balance on a board on a half-pipe ramp. The teachers are young women from Bolivia, in their teens and 20s, wearing traditional garb as a tribute to female strength. Their outfits do not seem as if they are ideal for skateboarding: Each skateboarder wears a beribboned bowler hat and a poofy skirt. Among the eager disciples is Poppy Moore.

Dec 15, 2023 | kpbs.org | Gisele Grayson |Marc Silver