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Boards Across Borders: Two Chicago Brothers' Love Letter to the Guatemalan Skate Community

Javier and Rodrigo “Booger” Ponce are leveraging their connection to Chicago’s skate community to uplift the Guatemalan skateboarding scene.

Editor’s note: Borderless Magazine has chosen not to publish the full names of some of the sources mentioned in this story to protect their safety and privacy.

As EDM music pulsed through a portable speaker, Javier Ponce surveyed a detached garage in Chicago’s North suburbs crowded wall to wall with skateboarding equipment, a small notebook cradled in his hand.

Javier, 26, is a Chicago native with Guatemalan roots whose life has been anchored by his love of skateboarding since being introduced to the activity at 10 years old.

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Author's summary: Two Chicago brothers support Guatemalan skate community.

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