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Tag: Coco Atama

Coco Atama, who is blind, uses his cane to alert him to a dropoff as he flip his skateboard back in this photo taken Jan. 26, 2023 in a skate park in the Encino section of Los Angeles. (Photo by Ayana Hamilton/Cronkite News)
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Blind skateboarder is a ‘sports junkie’ who inspires others

by Adnan Alam Feb 14, 2023Feb 14, 2023

LOS ANGELES – Coco Atama is a lifelong skateboarder and self-described “adrenaline sports junkie.” And Atama is blind. But Atama does not let it get in the way. The 27-year-old deftly uses a white-and-red cane to navigate around obstacles in a skate park, a process that involves learning the layout and then carving a path […]

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