Skating in P.E.

My P.E. teacher is so cool. Part of our warm-up is to run 2 laps on the blacktop. My friend Luke and I asked her if we could skate the laps instead of run them. She said it was okay with her if it was okay with the principal, who said yes too. So today in P.E. Luke and I got to skate 2 laps on school campus!

Louie Lopez at The Berrics

We've been watching Louie Lopez for quite a while, and he never ceases to amaze us. This next video shows him at The Berrics (a private skate park for pros in Downtown Los Angeles) doing a One-Footed Smith Grind. He's so smooth and makes everything look easy!

Click here for a link to the video

Invisible RIDER video

In the awesome Yeah Right video, which is one of our personal faves, there was a clip with invisible skateboards. This video keeps the board and shoes, but not the rider! It looks amazing. I have no idea how they made it, but it could easily be an ad for Adidas shoes.

Skate Park Review: Monrovia & Duarte, CA

These are two good skate parks right next to each other that can be visited in the same day. They are both located right off the 210 Fwy and easy to find. Click here and here for addresses of both.

Monrovia

Positives: The Monrovia skate park has both vert and street. Duarte has more vert. What's good about these parks is that they aren't super advanced, but they aren't super easy either. They are both good for doing tricks. These are two decent skate parks within three minutes of each other! Plus, they are both free.

Negatives: The only negative is that because they are unstaffed, people come with their bikes, scooters, RC cars, etc. and it can get a little chaotic. Like in this picture, taken at Duarte:

Who would like?: All levels

Stars (out of 5): 4

These are from the Monrovia skate park

and these are from the Duarte skate park

Slow Mo Video

Everything is better in slow motion. Especially skate videos. Enjoy.