Saturday, April 18, 2009

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Ain't no Hollenbeck Girl... pt. 2

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Two hours. Three Lines. Watch yo backs.

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Ey foo. Your cute.

Call me Michael Jackson:

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And boys being boys:
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And the hombre with the ice cream cart seems to always find us:
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

It was just this kind of day today...

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With the wind blowing the pile of dirt across the street at us, our resident skateboarders decided to sit this one out.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Random #8

I love my mom.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Random #7

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Can you write your name with your feet?... Thought so.

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Random #6

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Nothing beats ice cream after a good sesh.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Random#5

Whenever we find a gap, we figure out how big it is by having Jacob lay down on it. Hes 6'3. If its longer than him, we might have quite a challenge on our hands.
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What Dreams May Come

On Saturday April 4, 2009, I had the privilege of skating at the Berrics. Through a promotion, Steve Berra(co-founder) had come up with, if we went and saw his friend Mark Webber's film "Explicit Ills" at the Sunset 5, we will be able to skate at the Berrics and have a pizza party. We did our part, and they kept their word. My friends and I are in our mid twenties and we were giddy to be able to skate here.

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John and Jacob trying to warm up before we got in the car.

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We made it to the address that was given to us and waited in anticipation.

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Salman checked us off his list and many others were still waiting.

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John was ecstatic.

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Watching Steve Berra unlock the gate was kind of like the scene in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory where the crowd eagerly waited to see Wonka himself.

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Our first glimpse of the park.

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In hour into the session, Jacob already suffered a casualty.

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I tried to get 10 years of skateboarding into a three hour session at the Berrics and it just felt like I was starting over again. Either way, the skating was intense and we all had a great time. We played some skate dice, I choked on the two tries I had on tricks that I had down, but it felt awesome to really experience it. I saw some of the kids shaking.

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Its Koston. How many times do you get a chance to take a photo with a legend.

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I got my photo-op with him as well.

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Salman was awesome, a legend in his own right, he really kept things in order.

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When I stepped up to lose a dollar at Skate Dice, Berra looked at me and shouts, "Nando Kalrizian!", he remembered my name. I was psyched and missed the nollie flip.

It was a great experience and everyone who was in the building was definitely feeling it. It was everything we expected and more. Thank You Steve for your crazy promotion and to everyone who helped accomodate us.