Venice Beach and the Skateboard Douche!

August 1st!!! stoked about my birthday being in just 5 days! This was our last riding day and for the occasion we headed off to Venice Beach (mainly for the skatepark). Ali told us ahead of time that serious skateboarders are there, and you'll easily face getting kicked out of the skatepark if you show any signs of being a snake (even if by accident). Also also said all the backflippers should do one in the park. A lot of people from the public watch inside the skatepark and it'll get the grumpy skaters to back off. Venice Beach is famous for all the chicks (aka: the Cali Gally) that hang out there. I'm sure all the riders got a decent look.

The skatepark was awesome! It was just the Razor UK team for a while but later grew a bigger scootering gathering. The guys from Addict showed up as well as Ali, John, Cary and Jason from Razor USA, Tyler Bonner from Madd USA and even Josh Toy showed up (OG, ex-Team Razor rider and current rider for Scooter Zone) I was pissed because not long after the sesh started, some skateboarder kid got in my way when I bar to whipped some gap which caused my leg to have these constant "spasms" whilst walking or doing anything. I did get a bit of footage of the other riders but then the camcorder battery died which sucked.


It was weird since the title "Our First American Friends" was inspired by the song by Tubelord which was based on the Beach party they had over there- For us it was a beach sesh, having all those riders there made it so legit!

Whilst on the beach, Sam bought this awesome can of Red Bull, which is actually a secret storage compartment (for ANYTHING) ;) It has the weight of a real can and even shakes like a can would! Cool right?

Now I have to tell you about the skateboarding douche. Early in the day he came into the park wearing what looked like a Winnie The Pooh outfit. He was skating round the park seeking attention from everyone and telling them to demand pizza. Eventually he left the park for a few hours. He then came back in regular clothes and tried to kick out all the scooter riders in the park (imagine how attentive Addict was to his statements) He then went round telling everyone to donate some money so that he could buy pizzas for the skaters in the park. The bastard got away with 5 dollars so I'm hoping that people caught onto the idea that he was just begging.