I'm back, I'm back

Well, after a week of turential downpour, warm winds, blinding sun, and warm temperatures, I am finally back in good ole PDX. Here's a quick run down of my LA getaway.

Day 0 (Thursday): Flying out tonight. Spotted a cute girl with her mom (yes the girl was over 18!) in the terminal. Turns out she was on my flight. Got up to go the bathroom and when I came out she was there in line for the lavatory. Smiled said hey and went back to my seat. When she walked back to her seat way beind me she was definelty looking at me and smiling. Blown oppurtunity #1. Fly in to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana at 10:30PM where B Dubbs picks me up. To late to catch the "V For Vendetta" preview with Rich, so we cruise the strip around Disneyland for a minute, get the quick tour of the area and head over to Salt and Peppers for a late supper. I had the tuna melt. Mmmmmm!

Day 1 (Friday): Wake up, shower etc. Go to Odyssey so I can get my bike and put it together. Get the tour, watch some videos, and head out at lunch time, Chipotle of course. Its slightly sprinkling at this point. Head over to TipPlus to meet Rich for a session and by the time we get there it's raining cats and dogs! No riding, so we kicked with the crew at Tip. Rich and Eddie show up and Rich puts his new frame together. Head back to town later hoping to hit the Civic Center but still raining. Finally decide head out to SkateLab in Simi Valley for the night sesssion. Shredded the ramps for a bit. My new shoe came off my foot and I fell on my back. B-Dubbs and Brian Terada proceed to laugh at me. Head for home where we meet up with Forrest who just flew in that night. Bed time...

Day 2 (Saturday): For some reason I don't remember what all we did on Saturday, but here goes. I do remember we went to the Civic Center and shot some pretty sweet photos, which you may have seen on this very website earlier in the week. B Dubbs had he digicam in full effect. Pulled a footjam whip or 2 so I was happy. We rode there for awhile then probably went to grab some eats. Kicked for awhile, then went to see "V For Vendetta".

Day 3 (Sunday): Morning session at Etnies. The park is huge and pretty dialed. Street obstacles galore, ramps for getting your air on, and big bowls for soul carving. Morning riding isn't really my thing so I just kinda chilled. Forrest was airing the 7 foot quater with thoughts of the Churchill punk wall in his mind, B Dubbs and Rich were having a crook sesh on the flat bar, and Dean, well he was just being Dean! Next we went to Togo's for lunch were Robbie loved the sandwiches, and the young ladies! Haha! Headed over to UCI with Rich and Eddie and had a pretty good session just cruising around and jibbing stuff here and there. Taco Belled it and headed for home. Stopped by the Brookhurst park long enough to watch Ryan GUTtler do a 3 whip over the wedge to wedge box jump pyrmaid thing. Me and Forrest drove to HB and Hollywood at night just to see some California sights. Hollywood definetly wasn't that cool but it was fun. Walking down the strip with Forrest a little bit in front of me, and a girl with some friends walks past me and again, is totally smiling and looking right at me. Smiled back and kept strolling. Blown opportunity #2. Drove back to B Dubbs and got pizza for dinner.

Day 4 (Monday): Got up and Forrest packed up his goods. Drove to Odyssey so Forrest could get the tour from B Dubbs before he had to return home. Peaced out and had Forrest give me a ride to Tip on his way to the airport. Kicked it at Tip again with Barney, Nate, and Fano till Eddie Little Jeff, and BFC arrive. Went out and shredded the ramps for bit. I got loose on an air and landed int he OTB crabwalk and went down on knee and shoulder. Eddie went down and ended up rippng his already ripped jeans again. They were defintely done for. Headed back to Eddie's to kick it. BW came by to pick me up and everyone decided to head over to Hometown Buffet for dinner. Back to B Dubbs for nightly Discovery Channel session.

Day 5 (Tuesday): Eddie and crew went over to Brookhurst so so I rode the 6 blocks down the street to thte park to meet them. Vince and Jesse were now with the squad so you it was gonna be good. Everyone had ridden Brookhurst for awhile already when I got there so we soon left for the Fullerton park. Everything there is under 4 or 5 feet but it's still pretty dang fun. There were quite a few skaters there so we left after a short but fun session. Headed back to Eddie's. Went over to Civic for quick session. It was too dark for Eddie and Vince to shoot myspace photos so I pulled a feeble to 180 out over the ledge and to rollback down the wedge and then we bounced. Eddie loaned me the Escort wagon to drive home so I dipped out and went to bed.

Day 6 (Wednesday): After getting snaked on the early shower by one of Ben's roommates I drove the wagon back over to Eddie's to meet up with everyone. We called up Robbie and decieded to meet him at the Long Beach park. LB is pretty darn sweet! Big bowl with a huge punk wall that is still airable and 2 clover bowl style extensions as well. There are also a couple wallrides and even a big subbox. The street section is big and dialed as well. Multiple rails, stairs, ledges, wedges, and even a big hip. Everyone had a fun time there and then we went to grab a bite. Super Mex was our destination and the grub was good. Since we were in the area, we made one more stop at Tip to ride the ramps. It was just our crew there and everyone had a good time. Then back to Eddie's, where I realized that I was going to miss out on the Etnies session tonight. BW and Rich were already there and said it was a really fun time. After the sesh they came by Eddie's to pick me up and we went to Del Taco to eat and talk about Goods. Peaced out and went back to Ben's to get some rest for my flight tomorrow.

Day 7 (Thursday): Last day of the trip. B Dubbs went to work in the morning and I got to pack and get ready for departure. Ben came back at lunch time to pick me and my stuff up. Headed over to Chipotle for lunch where we ran into the rest of the Odyssey crew, Jim B, Nuno, Chris, and also Kevin McAvoy. Ate and headed back. Boxed up my bike and tools to be sent back to Goods and then watched a bunch of demo videos at Odyssey. Good stuff. Peaced out at 4:30 and headed toward the John Wayne Airport again. Stopped by Sbarro for a final meal and proceeded to the terminal. Said my goodbyes to B Dubbs and headed in. Get on the plane and prepare for take off. During this flight there is a girl on the opposite side, 1 row up that is definetly muggin' me the whole flight. Obviously looking right at me a bunch of times. Let's just say this one went like all the rest, blown opportunity #3. Haha! I don't know, the mono must have affected me or something, but I was definetly slacking in girl department this trip. Either way my trip was a ton of fun and it was awesome to get to hang out with a bunch of friends from Oregon in a new place doing new things. Time and money well spent indeed. Big shout out to B Dubbs for the spot to stay and the fun times, I'll be back!
Peace-Slodogg

posted by pdxbmx @ 11:36 AM