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Over thanksgiving Max and I built a new extension on the mini-ramp. Our first version was about 3′ high off the top deck…way too much speed coming back off that so we cut it down to about 20″. Perfecto!
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With no plans on the horizon, Alex, Amber, and I loaded up the truck and headed north up the 5 late Friday evening to Santa Cruz. It’s a boring drive, filled with traffic, cows, dust, heat, and plenty of gas station scenery. Hence our night time departure. We arrived safe and sound after arguing metaphysics through the well-known theoretical model of Schrodinger’s Cat (for those keeping track, Alex disagrees that the cat can be both alive and dead).
The next morning we headed out in search of waves and found none. So to make lemonade from lemons we hit up Scott’s Valley skatepark. Alex and I ripped around while Amber sat on the Dad bench. Someone asked her which ones were hers, to which she replied “the two 30 year olds”. If you’re in the area check the park out. It had good flow, good pools, and the concrete was poured nicely. All escaped uninjured.
Well the inevitable finally happened. After a quick skate session during the day this holiday weekend Max and I were leaving the house. As I turned from my door I see a police officer walking up. While seeing police officers hasn’t been a rare occurrence in this neighborhood over the past few months, the fact that he was walking with purpose directly towards me told a different story. Low and behold he was called out on a noise complaint due to us skating. The cop was cool about it (as they generally always are out here in San Diego). But this still unnerves me that someone calls the police on me for skating in my backyard and during the day. If I was playing basketball or had a bunch of kids swimming in a pool and screaming, would someone have called the cops? If I was running a chainsaw and hammering would that still have prompted someone to call the police? I think not. Here we encounter the decades old stigma of skating.
Not one to back down, I did some research and am going to assert my rights to my neighbors. Read my handy-dandy letter which I will be hand delivering to my neighbors. More after the jump…
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