Skateboarding in Cartagena?

babygirl says on Apr 24, 2005, 18:24:

I don't remember seeing ANY skaters there. Watch out for those crazy sidewalks though.

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Mateo-FL says on Apr 24, 2005, 18:43:

I saw one person skating in Medellin last time I was there. I never did see anyone else in all the other cities I stayed at, but I did notice that Bogota had some nice places to skate. I did ask a few people if they liked to skate, and well they all said no. Maybe you should encourage your son to play soccer, he will have no trouble finding a place to play their.. Good Luck

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Apr 25, 2005, 00:11:

My son was a mad Skateboarder he is now into Blading, But his cousing who is 16 and his friend love skateboarding, so when my son goes to Colombia he skateboard with them. We go to villavicencio and a lot of kids Skateboard there, the only problem is that to get stuff for the skateboard and the "skateboard" clothes and shoes, they have to go to Bogota.They usually go to a shop near Galerias shopping center, this shop supplied them with all the accesories, including the shoes . the cheapest skateboard cost about 140.000 COP but you know they like the "pro" ones and they are very expensive. I usually take stuff for my Nephew specially the griptapes. There are a lot of kids Skateboarders in Bogota too, only as you know they try to go to places where is more ramps and bumps. In cartagena maybe there are but you won't find them near the beach. I think is your son move into that circle you will find out that many kids skateboard there, the only problem I see in Cartagena is to find the skate shops, if they have any. it's more of a young people sport in Colombia, no like in the USA where you find adults doing it too, In Colombia I hardly seen and adult Skateboarding, well my brother try and nearly broke his back.

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Apr 25, 2005, 02:55:

Another thing you won't find many differents brands like in The USA, so maybe he has to stick with few.

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claudia82 says on Apr 25, 2005, 12:01:

kroog I think skateboarding is more common in Bogotá also in Cali and kate it's right about the brands

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Cessi says on Apr 25, 2005, 14:54:

not on the coast I love skateboarding and I used to skate all the time when I was back home. However living in colombia I had to change that. I lived in Barranquilla just next to Cartagena and I could say that no one skates over there. There's no skate parks and the streets are not made a good place for skaters. However, I later moved to Bogota and then Medellin and Manizales and all of them have skateboard parks and well they also have bycicle lanes all over the city soo you can skate there. In these cities you'll also find a significant skateboard crowd.

Good luck with that, I know how hard it is to have to give up something that important.

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carolain11 says on Apr 25, 2005, 20:46:

in Cartagena People are too busy tryin to figure out how to get money to buy food and pay for their rent to be skatin around...

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) says on Apr 25, 2005, 23:55:

Kroog Don't worry your son could start the trend in there. :-)

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we_love_colombia says on Apr 27, 2005, 02:52:

shit man, i love to skate...i skate all da time.....it doesnt matter if there are massive holes in da sidewalks, just do it. but seriously, wen i skated there i got some funny looks from people....probably cos it looked mad for a girl to be skating in da streets of bogota. its veeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry dangerous, innit!?

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tylerlover_heshot says on Apr 28, 2005, 07:03:

I love skateboarding too, it is like my life! In Rice Lake WI we like skateboard all the time, that is hot that your son skateboards!


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