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Kickflip in Pyongyang

from: Portrait Image of Person Jin-hoJin-ho    to: Portrait Image of Person LucasLucas    Marker Icon for the Link to the Citymap
A Polaroid photo of an Asian boy in the mid-1980s, wearing brown military-style and a helmet while skateboarding on top of a skateboard ramp with crowds watching below. The scene is set against a backdrop of city buildings and street traffic. He's performing a nice trick that gives him joy. His face shows excitement as he smiles at the camera.


Dear Lucas,

You won’t believe what I saw today. Look at the photo—
a boy here in Pyongyang skateboarding with a board he built himself!
He even jumped with it, right there in the street.
It was wild. Beautiful, actually.

I wish you could see this place.
The colors feel strange but alive, like the sky is always holding its breath.
Everything’s a little off, in the best way—like a dream you forgot you had.

Do kids skate like this in Brazil?
If you’ve learned any tricks, I want to see them. Promise?

Write back soon—
Your friend,
Jin-ho

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