April 11th, 2009

Usually when we go skating, it’s pretty straight forward. We meet up, get in the car and go skate somewhere. Usually. This last Saturday was a bit of an exception. Mike was down to skate. He usually just films, but this time he decided to actually skate with us, which is ironic considering he didn’t have a skateboard. For most people, this huge obstacle would ultimately lead to a day of sitting at home on the internet. However, Mike has a miraculous way of materializing setups. I don’t know how he does it! Homie’s had more skateboards than I can count. The best part about his setup this weekend was he rolled up with brand new trucks without nuts on the end of them! How the fuck are you gonna roll up with no nuts on your shit? I like how Trey described him…”Mike’s a wild card.” So true.

So after watching him stumble through trying to get his piecemeal setup in tact and realizing he had no nuts, we decided to go to Lowes. At the time this seemed like a pretty good idea. We got there and Mike found some galvanized nuts and Trey insisted they wouldn’t work. I found some nuts that I insisted would. After spending four bucks and feverously trying to get his new nuts on his shit, he decided he would have to go with the galvanized and have to return his purchase. Somehow, between walking to the car, and walking back into the store, he managed to lose one of the nuts he was trying to return, as the cashier pointed out. Once again, for most people this would mean retracing their steps in hopes of finding said missing nut. For Mike though, his only rational choice was to go back into the store, open a new pack of nuts, take one out, and replace it in his bag, and go back to return it. Despite his brilliant scheme, the store manager was on to his tricks and said there is no way he would return stolen property. Ha! Motherfucker don’t know Mike. After creating a bit of scene over the 4 dollar nuts, Mike was able to hook up some dope ass galvanized nuts on his shit and after almost 2 hours of trying to get his shit together to skate, we were on our way.

Our goal was to skate the school off Euclid Sam and I skated last weekend. When were driving on the 94, Sam spotted the spot with three benches in a row that people do manny combos on. We were hyped to skate it and were there for pretty much the whole day. We filmed some runs and took some pictures. My favorite was of Sam in the golf cart. From there we went to our usual luncheon spot, Valentines. I was trying to convince the homies we should roll up to Costco to get some bomb ass hotdogs, which led to a heated debate whether or not they also sell veggie dogs. Trey said no way, Mike said absolutely they do. In fact, he claimed the homies on the pushcarts be slanging them shits too. I’d have to see that to believe it.

So after we finished our shit, we rolled out to some spot in the hood. I guess it was Sherman Heights area, to skate a ledge that was on a hill. Sam said you could do a grind on the ledge then bomb the hill. I was expecting some crazy ass San Francisco style hill, but in fact it was more of a gentle slope. Whatever, it was fun. Until the homies rolled up. Literally, some vato fucks rolled up. One had a skateboard and the other two did not. These fucks were probably no older than 17. I was a little confused by their presence cause one had a skateboard. I was like, alright, they’re probably just being inquisitive on whether we were pro or whatever. Not the case. I should've known cause the guy with the skateboard had black wheels. No respectable skateboarder has black wheels. So the fuck in blue went on to tell us “You can’t be skating here fool. This is a new school fool. Can’t be doin’ that shit fool.” I was like, alright cool whatever, we will leave. Then he asked “You gotta dollar or a cigarette or something?” Dumbass motherfucker. Who tells you to leave and then asks for a dollar or something. What the fuck? We were all under the impression after you exceed the age of 21, your cholo worries are over. Apparently that is not the case. We will be in our 30s someday and I bet little fucking 17 year old eses will still be fucking with us. Maybe next time we should go “Falling Down” on them or something. Whatever. They will be in jail in a year or so.