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# Finding the Skateboard Scene in Alaska's Largest City
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/indie-alaska/episode/finding-the-skateboard-scene-in-alaskas-largest-city-bhgtjh/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:54:36.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T06:32:46.000Z
- Description: A close community of skateboarders is growing in Anchorage, Alaska.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Indie Alaska, Season 8, Episode 13, #ZZZ_Episode_c4352baf-bd03-44ef-8691-3a7c1c24516f, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_b067a74e-4d91-45e4-9d7b-ab093441ccaf, #v1.16

With long winters and temperatures often dipping below freezing, most people might not consider Anchorage to be a location with a growing skateboarding community. But Garrett Swenson, a lifelong Alaskan and confident skateboarder, says the scene has been in Alaska for years and is even expanding. The extreme seasons and lack of venues have created a tight-knit skateboarding community.