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Hang On! Charlie Kert, 16, earns his wings in the gravity game skateboarders play at their own Superbowl Skatepark, Midland and Lawrence Aves. It's ne(...)
Hang On! Charlie Kert, 16, earns his wings in the gravity game skateboarders play at their own Superbowl Skatepark, Midland and Lawrence Aves. It's ne(...)

Hang On! Charlie Kert, 16, earns his wings in the gravity game skateboarders play at their own Superbowl Skatepark, Midland and Lawrence Aves. It's ne(...)

Date2/25/1978
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hang On! Charlie Kert; 16; earns his wings in the gravity game skateboarders play at their own Superbowl Skatepark; Midland and Lawrence Aves. It's nearly as much fun to watch the flight patterns and safer too. Open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0097305F
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