Havana Skaters Defy Scarcity to Keep on Rolling By NewsAmericas - August 6, 2013 Facebook Twitter Pinterest WhatsApp Linkedin ReddIt Email Print Some call Che Pando the godfather of Havana’s skateboarding scene, and the 40-year-old tattoo artist can still recall how tough things were in the 1980s when he and a handful of other pioneers first started shredding in public squares.