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Skate parks emerged and “vert skating,” as it was dubbed, became a phenomenon.

Other fans have artists like Lil Uzi Vert, who appeared in a video using nitrous oxide on social media.

At the beginning of the decade, the sport’s popularity had reached a nadir — particularly vert skating, in which riders performed gravity-defying tricks as they launched off ramps and half-pipes.

“Longboarding is everything that’s not traditional street skating or vert skating,” said Don Tashman, the founder of L.A.-based longboard manufacturer Loaded Boards.

The bombings at the Mugunga and Lac Vert displacement camps killed at least 18 people and injured another 32, according to the United Nations.