So.Cal week

hey!

The day after the trifecta Bean and I flew out to Los Angeles, California for a college/skate trip. We met up with Brooke, my college counselor, who was an enjoyable addition to our crew. Unfortunately, my persistent dizziness kept me from skating for most of the trip. Therefore, our trip consisted mainly of visits to extravagant Southern California colleges. (I'm about to go into my senior year, so I'm starting my college search and am intent on attending a So. Cal school) Anyway, I won't bore you with college details, I'll just talk about the skateboarding. Bean managed to hike out to Baldy Pipeline, a legendary drainage pipe near Claremont ( I was at an interview at the time) However, he wasn't equipped with a ladder so he didn't get to skate it. We also skated Washington Street a few times, which is a really cool skater-built park near San Diego. We also skated the Montclair skatepark for a few minutes, which has two medium-sized bowls conjoined by a spine as well as a flow course.

My favorite skate-related thing on this trip was our tour of the ABC board supply factory, where Scarecrow Skateboards (my deck sponsor) are made. John-John, our tour guide and fellow bowl lover, showed us step-by-step how a skateboard is made. ABC makes boards and stickers for many many different companies, including Alien Workshop and Volcom. Then we got to hang out and skate with Jim Gray, the owner. He told us many interesting stories about skateboarding's history. We then did a quick session at the Volcom skatepark in Costa Mesa, which is a cool little park. Tomorrow we are going to hit Channel Street, Daewon Song's stomping grounds, early in the morning before we have to fly out back to Jersey. Since the trip is over, I guess this concludes this blog. Well it's been a fun trip and I highly recommend all of you to take a skate trip to either Oregon or Southern California, because both of these areas are crawling with amazing parks just waiting for you to skate them!

Thanks for reading!

Amelia