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It’s been more than half a century since some California surfers who couldn’t find a wave slapped a wooden board onto a set of skate wheels and took off down the pavement. Since then, skateboarding has become a hugely popular pastime and competitive sport for millions of young people across the United States and the world over.

It’s a sport that has long been dominated by young men. But at East Side Community High School in New York City, young women, too, are learning to experience the thrills and spills of skateboarding…  Details

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