Since gaining independence in 1948, Myanmar has gone through a near constant stream of political and social changes. In the past few years the turmoil in Myanmar has begun to cool down. Areas that were once known as hotbeds of violent protests have now become places where people gather for more peaceful purposes. One such place is the Sule Pagoda in Yangon where young skateboarders gather to practice and learn new tricks.
Skateboarding wasn't very well known among Myanmar's youth until the government loosened its internet censorship restrictions in 2011. Suddenly the people of Myanmar found that there world was opened up to new cultural influences from the west. Many of the young skaters say that they learned how to skateboard by watching famous skaters like Tony Hawk online. For these young people skateboarding offers a new fresh way to escape their
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