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

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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