Aug

Skateboard subculture thrives in Havana, where replacing a broken board is a constant concern

Categories: Board Sports, Skateboard & Mountain Board

HAVANA — Some call Che Pando the godfather of Havana’s skateboarding scene, and the 40-year-old tattoo artist can still recall how tough things were in the 1980s when he and a handful of other pioneers first started shredding in public squares.

Like listening to rock music in the 1960s, interest in such a uniquely American import marked the young skaters as socially suspicious, and sometimes for rough treatment by police and arrest, though their experiences were … More

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Aug

Kiteboard Video – Best surf session – Teahupoo 2013

Categories: Board Sports, Kiteboard, Surfing & SUP, Video - general

Teahupoo is recognized worldwide for its impressive waves, and is well known amongst the extreme surfers who dare to surf it. Very few Kite surfers have tried to surf Hava’e in tow-in’s conditions, however on June 1, two kite surfers from Moorea, Tamatoa and Torea are on the spot.

On June 2, it’s one of the best kite surfer nowadays, Mitu Monteiro, who wants his dose of adrenaline, as well as some of the local kite surfers. In the same time, Robert Teriiteau tried to catch a tube in jetski. To date, the session of June 2, 2013 is undoubtedly the most crazy in the history of kite surfing in Tahiti.