Skating in Medellin, Colombia

David Gonzalez skates in the town of Bello, outside of Medellin.

At fifteen, David has now been skating for five years. He is the new Don in Medellin. “Don David!��? people shout out as he cruises past on his way to his local concrete ramp where he can be found skating every day.

Geoff Rowley and Jeremy Fox from US skate team, Flip, invited David to join their team and invited him to the US to skate. Here is a great interview David did for Slap Magazine.

When David is not studying English, he can usually be found glued to the TV watching skate videos all night, over and over, again.

David is a natural at skateboarding and definitely shows alot of promise.

See him in action at http://medellin-colombia.blogspot.com

It is great to see the young kids in Medellin looking to activities to keep them busy. Skating may not keep many kids of the streets, only because you can't skate indoors, but it sure is a great reason to be outdoors!

By Medellin Traveler on Oct 26, 2007, 16:25 in Friendly Talkzone.

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joencuentro says on Oct 27, 2007, 08:53: hes getting a major distribution deal here in the states if im not mistaken.find "onboard ske shop '" in medellin at "la terminal del sur"the kid is amazing and hes going places 0 funny, 0 helpful.

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