By Tom Sharpe
They jumped, twisted, turned and occasionally fell—eliciting groans from their parents, who huddled under the scant shade around the parking lot.
The competition was run like a game of basketball "horse"—with competitors trying to match tricks to win another letter as they tried to spell "skate."
Below: "Gerardo Guzman, 17, of Santa Fe practices his jumps Saturday outside Warehouse 21 during Skateploitation!, a skate competition presented by SWAIA and Apache Skateboards." (Luis Sanchez-Saturno/The New Mexican)
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My skateboarding years(1994-1999) was a memoriable one. I never been to skate event that was sponsored by Natvez or that it benifitted Native culture in any way, shape or form. They didn't have those back then. So its a good thing they have them now. I still have a photo album of my skateboarding days, airborned after doing a 50-50 grind on 1 1/2 ft curb, a 5 step stairs and crash scene shot on time while trying to do a grind on a low lying rail. My scabs/scarz on my elbows and knees are evident of my skateboarding years.
It was a good time.
GENO--
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