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Melusi Mashawana, co-owner of the skate brand Hidden Junk and a cashier at Durban Skate Park, performs a skate trick called grinding. Photo: FINNEGAN CROWLEY/THE HAWK

Veteran skater pushes forward new generation of skateboarders

Sahr Karimu July 5, 2025

DURBAN, South Africa – Durban Skate Park used to be the stomping grounds of some of the most gifted skateboarders to hail from the Durban area.  Thalente Biyela, Khule Ngubane and Dlamini Dlamini,...

Steve Moelter, Ph.D., poses at his desk in his office located in Post Hall PHOTO: MAX KELLY ’24/THE HAWK

Q&A with Steve Moelter

Max Kelly April 24, 2024

Steve Moelter, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology and co-director of the Neuroscience Program. Born and raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Moelter started skateboarding at age 12. From then...

Santore said she has always loved rollerskating parties and that was what got her into rollerskating. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

Students find their place in skating

Mitchell Shields September 28, 2021

The methodic ‘click clack’ of wheels on the pavement is an unmistakable sound; you know in just a few seconds, a skateboarder is about to whiz by you on their way through campus. Skaters seem to be...

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