Skateboards featured connected a wall for nan Northern Boarders grounds successful Anchorage Museum. Skateboards featured successful nan Northern Boarders grounds see designs from indigenous artists alongside photography. Photographed Tuesday, July 2, 2024, astatine nan Anchorage Museum. (Leigh Walden/Alaska Public Media)

Skateboarding and snowboarding some person colorful and analyzable histories successful Alaska. From homemade rigs to backyard shreds, boarders person built a full civilization of productivity and ingenuity astir riding. Now there’s a caller grounds showcasing this civilization and nan power of this group successful nan Anchorage Museum. The exhibit, Northern Boarders, features photos, videos, decks and boards from each complete nan state, giving visitors conscionable a little glimpse into nan twinkling and breathtaking world of boarding that has sometimes gone underappreciated. Alex Taitt, a curator for nan museum, gave america penetration into really this grounds came to beryllium and what they were trying to item pinch this showcase. The Northern Boarders grounds runs until February 25, 2025. 

Ammon Swenson is Alaska Public Media’s Audio Media Content Producer. He was calved and raised successful Anchorage, Alaska. He graduated from UAA successful 2018 pinch a bachelor’s grade successful publicity and integrated media. He’s antecedently worked for KRUA radio, nan Anchorage Press, and The Northern Light.