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A simple “you can’t skate here” would have been enough but Tampa Police Officer Erik Turner decided throwing 15 year old skater Jay Huber to the ground before talking to him was necessary… We don’t. Give the Tampa Police Departments Professional Standards Bureau a call and let them know how you feel about it (813)-274-5849

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Initially saw this in its original French printing in the Yvon Lambert book store. Passed it up having it not be my introduction to French, to later find a limited English printing in the Ultra de la Rue space in Amsterdam. Edition 25/50. Raphaël Zarka writes about the history of skateboarding with an academic, keenly researched, authentically voiced approach to the topic.

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RAPHAËL ZARKA

From Riding Modern Art.

“What strikes me, is that skaters prioritize a relationship with the work rather than a mechanical relationship aesthetic. for them, all the interest of a sculpture is the variety of movements that it recommends”.

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Today starting at 2:00 pm at the Performa Hub, Raphaël Zarka will be presenting a two-part project materializing recent research into the “geometry of skateboarding” and its relation to modern sculpture. Skaters - sign a waiver and try out the world’s first cycloid skateboard ramp, based on the geometric apparatuses of Galileo. 233 Mott Street, NYC.

Photo: Sameer Kapoor