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In 1981-just three years after skateboards first arrived in Germany from the USA-Helge Tscharn began to photographically document the dawn of German skateboarding history. Being part of the scene himself, Tscharn captured every phase of German skateboarding with his signature style: the raw beginnings of the 1980s, heavily influenced by the punk rock movement, were immortalised in grainy black-and-white shots, while colour film and the occasional fisheye lens came into use in the era of hip-hop and 90s str

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In 1981-just three years after skateboards first arrived in Germany from the USA-Helge Tscharn began to photographically document the dawn of German skateboarding history. Being part of the scene himself, Tscharn captured every phase of German skateboarding with his signature style: the raw beginnings of the 1980s, heavily influenced by the punk rock movement, were immortalised in grainy black-and-white shots, while colour film and the occasional fisheye lens came into use in the era of hip-hop and 90s str

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