Story on Latino Rebels
A conversation with the Latino Media Collective on the contributions and innovations made by Latinos to the creation of modern skateboarding. Including punk rock connections, the rise of skateboarding as a future Olympic sport and why people still perceive the sport as mostly white.
Juan Diego Ramirez is a multimedia bilingual journalist. His reporting expands from investigating Mexican corruption at the highest levels to reporting on US policies that affect undocumented immigrants and formerly incarcerated US citizens. His works include the 2023 Webbie Award-winning podcast, Idolo; The Ballad of Chalino Sanchez, USA v. Garcia Luna, and the NAACP Award-nominated podcast, The Sum of Us.
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