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10 Countries With Fast Growing Skate Scenes

These skate scenes may be very small, but they are the ones so watch.

Puerto Rico’s strong surfing heritage has meant skating has always been a big part of the Caribbean Island’s counter-culture. Island Surfboard and Skate Shop, for example, has been a Puerto Rican skating institution since the 1970s.

The Guadajakata Ditch, a giant concrete spillway created for the overflow from Guadajakata Lake, further cemented (pardon the pun) its skate credentials. Since the lake has never overflowed, it ultimately leaves skaters with a massive concrete playground. Building on this history, Puerto Rico boasts an ever-expanding network of half-pipes, pitches and town squares filled with street skaters, as a new, second generation of skaters takes over the reins.

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