Skating can be a bridge in L.A. These 3 crews show how bonds form on four wheels

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As these photos show, new friends are made, camaraderie is built and sometimes the bonds become the genesis for new meet-ups, new skate crews to be born.

After a few false starts in time with rising and falling local coronavirus cases, Boos Cruise became a weekly Wednesday night meet-up at Chevy Chase Park, near Glendale, earlier this summer. Attendance has doubled each week, with its peak just under 70 people. At least once a week, a mix of trans, nonbinary people and women outnumbers the regulars at the skate park. Besides being a draw for a community that has been so desperately needed, there’s a lot of flirting going on.

As this photo essay depicting three L.A. crews shows, new friends are made, camaraderie is built and sometimes the bonds become the genesis for new meet-ups, new crews to be born. Skating can be a bridge. “I just facilitate,” Chavez says. “My work here is done.”From left to right: Dylan Major, Brandon Burrell, Jon Alamilla, Jalen Frey, Brandon DeCoud, Tobias McIntosh, and Erei Reyes photographed on Thursday, August 26, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA.

Kilam McCullough, 25, lives in Leimert Park and has worked at Neighbors Skate Shop since it opened two years ago.

 

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