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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