Wild N The Streets
Jefferson
Francisco jeffersont.francisco@gmail.com
Mention the word
migration and people think of the masses that leave the South to work in the
USA. The migration that is occurring within the South rarely crosses the
gringo mind. I’m talking about the urbanization
of Latin America. It is the movement of
people from the countryside to the cities. People move to cities looking for jobs and a
chance to educate their children. These
children are the next generation of the most urbanized region of the world.
They grow up and get
used to the noise, crowds, guns, and exhaust fumes. They are graffiti artists, students,
musicians, street vendors, lookouts, punk rockers, cobradores, and some are
even homeless. They are the urban tribes
of the concrete jungle, and they create their culture on the cities’ streets. Everything from language to hairstyle evolves
in the city. You must be able to adapt
to the environment if you want to have a good time in the concrete jungle.
In the city of San
Salvador, that means learning to tear up the streets, sidewalks, and staircases
on a skateboard. Skating is a natural
reaction to life in a city. Skateboards
are easy to come by, and a lot of mixing between “classes” goes on within the
skate scene. I don’t want to take it too
far, but the more time people spend together on the streets, the better they
get to know one another.
On June 24th
a crowd of skaters amassed at Plaza Masferrer and skated all the way down the
main drag to downtown San Salvador. The
massive group took control of the streets from the cars and buses. They stopped at Paseo Escalon, Salvador del
Mundo, Parque Cusctlan, and Parque Bolivar to pull of tricks. Adam Keough and I recorded the downhill
ride. Here is a video that attempts to
capture the mood. We are going to bring
on some in-depth skate material in
the near future. View the video in HD
for a tolerable experience.
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