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I’ll remember it all…

Benji Galloway Cinco De Margo 2013This weekend was so much fun that we forgot to take any photos or video of our trip out to Port Angeles to skate the really fun skatepark there. It was a super beautiful day and three of us set out to go and skate for the day. For the first part of our day involved an early start to catch the ferry at Edmonds and once we got to the park and some leg stretching Mikhel, Ritchie and myself had a blast skating the park mostly buy ourselves. That park is so very fun that we mostly skated with hardly a break from morning into the afternoon. Skating with friends one of the best things ever.

We then drove to Bainbridge Island to skate the park there and got to skate and hang out with our Oh My Back originator and good friend Andy Caro who hadn’t been skating for months with, of all things, a bad back. It was great to see him skate and we had a good time there. Especially after the shade covered the deep end and our northwestern sun shy selves really started to enjoy ourselves. Burritos and beers to follow and that was our Saturday.

Sunday was Cinco De Margo day which has become an annual event at the Marginal Way Skatepark with tacos, beer, skating and music. It was great to have most of the Oh My Back crew in attendance and skate and witness the absolute ripping going on. It was a great turnout with some surprising out of town visitors as well.

It was an awesome weekend and it was fun to get out and skate with all of our friends. Next time we go on a trip we will try and remember to take a break and snap some photos and do some video gathering. Skating is too much fun sometimes.

Go Skate!!

Solitude

Sometimes not hearing anyone else is a good thing. On my last trip to Orcas Island I had a lot of time in the skatepark and my campsite by the lake on my own. Lost in my own thoughts and my own lines with no one to please but myself. It was a good time and it made me appreciate my skate pals a lot as well because it is truly a great time when everyone gets amped for a session.

Living right now is pretty great from a skateboarder perspective because I can go and skate places like Orcas as often as I can make time to do so. In all the turmoil of the working and political world that we all get caught up in it’s good to know that there isn’t a lot I need to have a good time and make my problems melt away.

Working on more trip photos, videos, shirts and also getting set for more skating adventure.

Get out and skate!