For Andy Duran, nothing compares to the feeling of smooth pavement.
Whether he’s stepping off BART or seeking out driveways and parking lots, he skates to find a special rhythm between him and his board. “It’s a thrill,” he says. “When it all aligns, it feels like a dance.” However, it hasn’t always been easy for the 36-year-old, who works as a sex educator, to find his footing.
As someone who skated in his youth, Duran decided to revisit it as a way of staying active and having fun during lockdown — but he says that while researching skateboards for fat folks, he couldn’t find much gear, if any. What he discovered instead was that fat shaming and baseless stereotypes still prevailed in the skating world … More
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