The U-T San Diego has a great story on what former pro skateboarder Kanten Russell has been up to lately, and it’s all about skateboard parks.
He grew up skating in Point Loma and Ocean Beach and was good enough to turn pro. During his 13-year career, he was best known for “going big” — flying through the air down staircases and across gaps in buildings, taking jumps nobody else would. . . Now, at age 39, he’s made another leap, into designing skateparks for a living. He’s part of the sport’s ongoing transformation from outlaw status to mainstream, more popular worldwide than ever.
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[Link: U-T San Diego]
