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Hanging out with the 46-year-old Joburg skateboarder who made it to the Tokyo Olympic Games

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Dallas Oberholzer was one of the oldest participants at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (PHOTO: Facebook / Dallas Oberholzer)
Dallas Oberholzer was one of the oldest participants at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (PHOTO: Facebook / Dallas Oberholzer)

It’s the turf of teenagers: a concrete playground where the young and agile strut their stuff in death-defying stunts. 

A skateboarder barrels down the slope, then turns in a graceful arch before gently landing on the lip of the rink. A handful of kids are his spectators today at the skate park in Germiston, east of Johannesburg, and watch as he performs one daring trick after another. 

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