PARIS – Here is the 274-year-old sportswriter watching the teen-aged skateboarders at the Place de la Concorde in the heart of royal Paris, rockin’ the open space between the Louvre and the Champs Élysées.

(Three weeks in the Parisian swelter adds centuries to your age.)

Here is the 274-year-old sportswriter watching the teen-aged skateboarders at the Place de la Concorde in the heart of royal Paris{ai:summary}<p>In the sweltering heart of Paris, a seasoned sportswriter finds himself caught between history and youth as he watches skaters defy gravity. The graffiti of modernity collides with the grandeur of old, a testament to the age-old dance of sport and art.</p><p>But a three-week sunbath in the City of Light can age a man in dog years. The skateboarders are a breath of fresh, reckless air against the backdrop of royal monuments. #culture</p>

Allen Abel: Casually enjoying a frontside 180 ollie where Louis XVI was beheaded

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