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Boarding in Jordan

Locally produced documentary, “7 Hills,” shows peace at the skatepark
Avatar photo Jared Rasic

A statistic floats by early on in local filmmaker Jesse Locke’s new documentary, “7 Hills,” which brings a shock to the system. The country of Jordan has 67,600 displaced humans from Iraq, 671,579 from Syria, 14,457 from Yemen, 793 from Somalia and 6,146 from Sudan. That’s close to 1/10th of the population of the entire country. […]

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Skate School Gets its Own Mural

Muralist and skateboarder, John Pipes, shares his art with Bearings Skateboard Academy
Cari Brown

The work of a world-traveling mural painter can now be found in Bend, at the skate school Bearings Skateboard Academy. John Pipes—who typically signs his murals under his professional moniker, Pipes Dreams—completed three pieces now on permanent display at BSA. According to Gabe Triplette, owner and coach at BSA, he and Pipes are longtime friends […]

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