Jintak Han, The Denver PostSkaters of all disciplines enjoy Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, at the Denver Skate Park in Denver, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
Jintak Han, The Denver PostJesse Johnson, 11, lands a trick at the Denver Skate Park for Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.- Jintak Han, The Denver PostSkaters sit by a street sign spray painted to say "send it" on Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, at the Denver Skate Park in Denver, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostEli Pimentel, 12, stands next to Dalena Mitchel, 15, on Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, at the Denver Skate Park in Denver, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostSkaters of all disciplines enjoy Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, at the Denver Skate Park in Denver, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostAdrian Sigala, 16, attempts a trick at the Denver Skate Park in Denver for Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostMenelik Marutle, 23, whose board had lost its bolts, installs bolts he had received from fellow skater Francisco Javier Enriquez Ramirez, 31, at the Denver Skate Park in Denver during Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. “Itap an everyday thing,” Ramirez said. “We help each other out.”
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostA man named Tony smokes a blunt at the Denver Skate Park in Denver for Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostSkaters of all disciplines enjoy Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, at the Denver Skate Park in Denver, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostA man nicknamed "Jarvis" shoots fireworks at the Denver Skate Park in Denver for Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostA skateboarder tags a section of the Denver Skate Park in Denver for Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostA skater sits above a freshly-tagged section of the Denver Skate Park in Denver for Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostTossed skate shoes hang from a floodlight at the Denver Skate Park in Denver on Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostSkaters enjoy hard iced tea at the Denver Skate Park in Denver for Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostJesse Mondragon does a trick in a bowl at the Denver Skate Park in Denver for Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. "I'm wasted," Mondragon said. "I can't even see right now."
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostTwo men trade punches at the Denver Skate Park in Denver during Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. They later shook hands and made peace.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostSkateboarders mosh to a thrash metal song on Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, at the Denver Skate Park in Denver, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostTwo portable toilets at the Denver Skate Park in Denver are lit by the sunset on Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
- Jintak Han, The Denver PostIsaiah Coleman, 21, grinds on a rail at the Denver Skate Park in Denver for Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
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Skaters of all disciplines enjoy Go Skateboarding Day, celebrated every summer solstice, at the Denver Skate Park in Denver, Tuesday, June 21, 2022.
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Every summer solstice on June 21, skateboarders around the world take to the streets and skate parks to celebrate Go Skateboarding Day — and Denver’s own thrashers were no exception this year. Here’s how Denver Skatepark, Denver’s oldest skatepark, the largest of its kind in Colorado and affectionately nicknamed “D Park,” looked on Go Skate Day, June 21, 2022.
