How friends turn from strangers to found family in sun-soaked Marseille

Skating, biking, swimming in the sea: inspired by the friendships they’ve built across Marseille, Bako and his friends share five rules for sticking together and moving forward

How friends turn from strangers to found family in sun-soaked Marseille
Bako and Friends

Marseille. A green dirt bike revs down a sunbaked city street. A group of friends skate down to the ocean to hang out. Someone sends a backflip into the glittering waves. It’s the kind of scene that would send a pang of jealousy through you, as you tap through Instagram stories. But not for Ismael (Bako), Fares, Mohamed and Sheri, a group of friends from a wide range of different backgrounds, who all call the city home. For them, it’s every day.

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