Hey, it’s Go Skateboarding Day! Put that phone/computer/tablet/headset/spine implant down and grab your skateboards (like the dude in our featured image by Vjeran Pavic).

If you need more inspiration, here are some action shots of skaters around the world doing some siiiiiiick ollies and fakeys and whatever else you call jumping, you crazy whippersnappers.

1. Venice Beach, California

2. Skatopia, Rutland, Ohio

3. Rome, Italy

4. London, England

5. Lisbon, Portugal

6. Pier 62, Manhattan

7. Paris, France

8. Lugano, Switzerland

9. Rockford, Illinois

10. Lyon, France

11. Cheltenham, England

12. San Jose, California

13. Cologne, Germany

14.Tijuana, Mexico

15. Vancouver, Canada

16. Skaterham, Caterham, England

About the author

Adam ZulawskiAdam is a freelance writer and Polish-to-English translator. He blogs passionately about travel for Cheapflights and runs TranslatingMarek.com. Download his free e-book about Poland's capital after it was almost completely destroyed by the Nazis: 'In the Shadow of the Mechanised Apocalypse: Warsaw 1946'

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