For those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere, June 21 marks the day of the year with the most daylight. Skateboarders have officially claimed this day as their own holiday and named it Go Skateboarding Day. Even for the lucky bastards that can go skateboarding every day, June 21st should be considered a special day– a day to skate a new spot, skate with different people, and make new friends. Basically a day to do something special and/or memorable. We like to celebrate the holiday every year by taking a mini road trip to a place we haven’t skated yet. The weather cooperated, work schedules open wide, and we charged forth.
We loaded up the van and set off for Whidbey Island to skate the Oak Harbor park. It’s another top notch Dreamland Skateparks creation. Although completed well over a year ago, it has been all but closed to the general public due to its location in a military housing neighborhood. The security has let up recently and we decided to give it a go. We were able to skate all day without incident and left when it got dark. Oak Harbor is one of those parks that is so good that you keep riding well past the point where you know you should stop. If you don’t leave, you’ll find a reason to go back in for more. We got more than we could have hoped for and are fortunate to have the memories of another epic Go Skateboarding Day to think back on from time to time. Here are a few photos from GSD 2011. Enjoy!
