WALL STREET JOURNAL (video)

Cuba's Skateboard Scene Has Scrappy Charm  

In contrast to America's glitzy and over-marketed skateboarding scene, the young skaters in Cuba embrace a do-it-yourself, scrappy aesthetic. Kelly Crow reports from Havana, Cuba.

6/4/2009

Cool Hunting article!

Title: Sofia Maldonado: Skate My Patria

By Tamara Warren

Link: http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2009/06/sofia_maldonado.php

La Sala Polivalente Ramon Fonst (skatepark), Cuba

Sergio Gonzalez, a friend photographer from Cuba, as part of Red Bull crew kindly send us this great pictures from the La Sala Polivalente Ramon Fonst (skatepark), in Cuba. This site-specific painting over the ramps was part of  Sofia's art project, "Skate My Patria".  

Mural by Sofia Maldonado.