In Perú from Huánuco to Tingo Maria, where the road from the Pacific coast across the Andes finds its way towards the Amazon lowlands. This is near the top of the last mountain pass. From there, soapbox rider can enjoy a vertical 1000 meters of gravity assisted ride.
Since these kids help stranded truck drivers along the road, they're called bomberos (firemen). They transport drinks, food and spare parts to broken trucks.
Thanks to ZU from Perú for additional info:
"I usually use that highway go to work. I saw a lot of those cases of children with their skateboard or a board with wheels (artesanal) (those wheels are metallic and they tolerate the speed) they have had many fatal accidents and some times they do it for work like "fireman", I work for this highway 4 years, most of them are poor children that don't have money neither for the bus ticket, to move from a place to another in long distances and some for "enjoy"."
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Fucking nuts!
Scary!
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man my friend just got back from Peru this summer, did some awesome skateboarding with the local kids. I gotta show him this and see if he knows about it thank you this is awesome! once again ;)
This is pretty insane!! Sound like a good article for National Geographic...
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South America is in many ways a promise land of skateboarding gold.
I remember reading some articles on skate in Brazil, specifically in the capital. They say the streets are clean, you can board on literal pieces of art, and the security guards are pretty easy to manage.
They showed pictures of kids that were literally living on the street, just the cloths on their back and a skateboard.
These last three posts and the newest header have been exceptional. It's the wide range of subjects that keep me and others coming back here for more.
Much gracias.
Hey Max , That header Photo is fucke'n disturbing man !......Dig it !
Lux Interior r.i.p.
nice...my favorite post in quite awhile...thats some cool shit MAX
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