The Days Just Aren't Long Enough!

Today was the last day of quite possibly one of the most fun and productive weekends I've had in a long time.

I woke up at 830am with a plan:

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Who wants to skate? Leaving at 11... Plannin to be back by 5.




The Line-up:
Me
Jacob
Little Jacob
Trevor (he's little too but the only Trevor I know so I don't have to differentiate.)
Little Andy



We got our cameras, our water, a new broom because I left my other one at the spot yesterday, and parked across the street from the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet (which was poppin by the way, there was a lot of car and pedestrian traffic).



This time, we're changing it up a bit. We're going to have a little nature hike off the 5 freeway at the infamous Swamplands(which is actually not a swamp, its a ditch with a bunch of plants, puddles, graffitti, and freeway trash.)


After a short walk down Alondra passed the 5 freeway entrance, we ventured into Swampland territory with Jacob and Trevor leading the way.


Angles, its all about the angles.


Jacob decided to spend some time in my shoes.

Swamplands is not a skatepark thats for sure...cracks all over, water all over, vegetation, bugs, and some of the sketchiest tranny to skate on ever...


Andy somehow managed to get a nollie b/s heelflip on this thing...His first clip with us. I'm so proud of him.


Bigfoot? Loch Ness Monster? Chupacabara? No... its probably just another Jacob Sighting.


I missed the game today because we skated, but Jacob still represented.


"Yo, theres a bum who lives here...his name is Fred, but don't worry, he told me it was cool that we skate here." -Trevor


Its a wrap, two tricks...very hard earned tricks and the rest of the day to destroy some ledges.

Unfortunately, the next spot we planned on going to was being blown out(reports indicate up to 30 skaters many with cameras doing the same thing we were doing) so I went and bought a new board as seen below.

We ended up going to a shitty loading dock ledge behind an elementary school in Buena Park (thanks ryan) and finally got a couple more clips at Pacifica High School(with some gnarly falls too! worth uploading((will link later)))

It sucks that this weekend went by so quickly...my mom is coming back tomorrow, I'm going back to work, school is on Tuesday and everything will be back to normal. Either way, this is what skateboarding is all about. You take whatever days you can skate and make the most of it...




Sure, tricks were filmed and goals were accomplished, but the best part is always the lead up to it. The shit-talking, getting lost, stopping for a drinks and snacks, the cussing, the enuendos, the bonding, the line that is so close to being crossed, and simply just cruising. You don't need to do tricks to have fun when you're out skateboarding.... You just need to be out skateboarding.