If you skateboard or surf in New England, you know the name Sid Abbruzzi. He runs the Water Brothers Surf & Skate Shop in Newport, and played a key role in expanding the skating and surfing culture in the Northeast. He’s the focus of the new documentary “Water Brother: The Sid Abbruzzi Story.”
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Whatever happened to … the Bolivian women who skateboard in Indigenous garb?
Skateboarding women of Bolivia wear Indigenous garb to pay homage to the strength of their mothers and grandmothers. Their motto: When you fall, you have the power to get back up.
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Skateboarders, weavers, kite makers: A Smithsonian party for ‘Indigenous voices’
This year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival featured “Indigenous Voices of the Americas” and was full of surprises — like Bolivian women skateboarding in traditional garb — bowler hats and poofy skirts.
