SKATE LIKE A GIRL, SAN FRANCISCO

Pacifica Skate Date & Press

2012-01-03T20:51:00.000-08:00

On December 28, 2011 the crew went out to Pacifica for the last skate date of 2011. Here's some footage and press from the day.

Click here for the full article on Pacifica Patch by Gabriela Segovia-McGahan.

Goteblüd + Crass + Escape Route

2011-11-05T13:18:00.000-07:00

Symbol by Dave King Show!!!

Info >>> TONIGHT, NOV 5, 6-9PM & TOMORROW AFTERNOON, NOV 6, 12-5PM!!! <<<

I'm really excited about two-day "Symbol by Dave King" events happening at Goteblüd this weekend. I'm particularly insterested because the show is about design and Crass—one part what I do now and one part nostalgia. I remember listening to Crass back in high school and their symbol was one of the first things I ever made when I took my first highschool screenprinting/intro to graphic design class (naturally, I made it a patch). It's crazy to think that the designer of this iconic logo will be sharing the original sketches of a symbol that has been replicated and recognized by people all over the world. Btw, on Sunday, don't forget to bring your skateboard or any flat surface you want stenciled by the designer of this iconic logo himself!

Photo courtesy of docpop

So for those of you who aren't in the know, Goteblüd is an independent zine shop/gallery (soon to be zine and paper ephemera library) with a great selection of both rare/vintage zines. Goteblüd is ran by a dude named Matt who I met at the SF Zine Fest back in September—he's super cool, supportive and even bought multiple copies of our Escape Route zine!

A couple weekends ago, I took the girls to "the secret zine place" after a morning skate sesh at Potrero skate park and lunch at Casa Sanchez Restaurant. I often refer to Goteblüd as the "secret zine place" just because it's kind of hidden away in a cozy little space on Valencia between 18th and 19th St. in the Mission (between Paxton Gate Curiosity for Kids and Mission Bicycle).

Casa Sanchez Special

We spent a good few hours just browsing the zines and having Matt droppin some zine knowledge on us. He was also generous enough to share his box-full of uniquely, hand-made acquisitions from the NY Zine Fest from the previous week. Goteblüd has some pretty cool stuff and the first time I went there, Matt and made a trade and I scored myself a pretty sweet 1980's skate + hardcore zine! There were also a few more skate zines from the 80s and a few newer ones. There's always a rotation of gems at Goteblüd so you never know what you're going to see the next time you go. Topics range from skateboarding, to music, to politics, to obscure topics, and much more.

Anyways, if you're in the SF Bay Area, come by and support your special local, independent zine shop/library! Also thanks to Needles & Pens for also supporting us and carrying or zine. We really appreciate all the support!

Also, look out for Escape Route Issue #2. Thanks to all our Kickstarter Backers for all the support! Stay tuned!

See you guys tonight! We'll post pics after this weekend, so keep a look out.

Potrero Del Sol Skate Date 10.16.11

2011-10-17T15:53:00.000-07:00

Pleasant, sunny weather with a slight breeze in mid-October makes for a perfect day to skate SF! This month's skate date was held at Potrero Del Sol Skatepark in San Francisco. The session started a bit before noon and a few hours later, we had a solid crew of girls skating all over the park (Nicole, Marie, Erica, Marisa, Amy, Jolie, Gina, Julie, Colleen, Ro).
See more photos on the Skate Like a Girl SF Facebook page.

Purple Skunk Skate Jam Clinic 2011

2011-10-11T00:01:00.000-07:00

This past Sunday, Marie, Colleen, Lucia, Jolie, and Patty from SLAG SF were out in Golden Gate Park at the Purple Skunk All Skate Jam hosting a drop-in clinic for anyone interested in learning more about skateboarding and how to skate. Purple Skunk is a locally owned shop out in San Francisco's Richmond District and they hold an annual jam with all kinds of skateboarding, such as longboarding, slalom, freestyle, and new school. Towards the end of the day we got a little clinic going with girls and women across all ages. Also shout out to Pricilla from SJSU Longboarding Club for teaching us how to slide and to Nicole from Colorado for stopping by for the day. Here are some photos from the Sunday!

SLAG SF Clinics at Purple Skunk All Skate Jam 10/9/11

2011-10-04T21:09:00.001-07:00

SLAG SF will be out at the Purple Skunk All Skate Jam this Sunday 10/9.

What: Stop by and say hello, learn more about SLAG SF, mingle, skate and learn to skate. We will have complete boards and helmets for clinic riders to use.
When: Sunday, October 9, 2011
Time: Clinics will be held informally depending on turnout. We'll be tabling between 11am and 1pm
Where: Golden Gate Park, Middle Drive @ Metson Lake (San Francisco)

Feel free to contact us via e-mail for questions or concerns at skatelikeagirlsf@gmail.com.

Benicia Skatepark Skate Date

2011-10-02T23:47:00.000-07:00

Skaters: Anna, Jolie, Marie. Super fun park! Thanks to Anna, Kate, and Katie from Seattle for coming through!

New Skate Dates for Fall '11-Winter '12

2011-10-02T23:43:00.000-07:00

New Fall '11 and Winter '12 Skate Dates

Come skate and have fun!
-Learn more about Skate Like A Girl and volunteer opportunities
-Meet other female skaters from around the Bay Area
-If you are new to skating we offer free instruction
-Need to borrow a board? We may be able to help
-Need a ride? We may be able to help you arrange a carpool
-All ages All abilities

* Weather permitting only (skate dates will be canceled due to rain)

Starting at 11am:
Oct. 16th: Potrero Park (San Francisco)
Nov. 20th: Sebastopol
Dec 18th:Pacifica (carpool)
Jan. 15th: Berkeley Park
Feb. 19th: Potrero Park

SLAG SF Southern California Tour 2011

2011-07-24T21:41:00.000-07:00

A peak into SLAG SF's road trip down to San Diego and back as well as footage from the Borrego Springs Girls Skateboarding Clinic from June 13, 2011. 7 days. 18 parks. To listen to audio interviews and to download a copy of the skatepark route so you can pack a van and skate down to SD yourself click here.

Photo Bombin'

2011-06-11T17:46:00.000-07:00

One of these is not like the other.
Skate day to Ocean Beach.

Borrego Springs Clinic, San Diego June 13th 2011

2011-06-07T17:44:00.001-07:00

SLAG SF will be touring down to San Diego in 5 days. We'll be hosting a clinic at Borrego Springs. Come join us to skate or learn. We'll have helmets and skateboards available courtesy of Board Rescue.

Where: Borrego Springs Skatepark
When: Monday, June 13th 2011
Time: 6pm onwards (clinic is from 6-7pm)

Waiver required the day of for participants under 18 years old. See flyer for more details or contact us at skatelikeagirlsf@gmail.com

Support Escape Route Zine #2 on Kickstarter

2011-04-17T16:24:00.000-07:00

Visit Our Kickstarter Page Here

ABOUT THE PROJECT: We want to print issue #2 of the community based female skateboarding zine Escape Route. Escape Route is a DIY cut and paste community driven zine featuring all female skateboarders. The idea of the zine is to inspire people to skate, properly represent females in the skate community AND show that we're everywhere!!!!! It also seeks to empower young girls & women to grow into strong, confident leaders who promote and implement social equity via skateboarding.

Escape Route will share submissions contributed by female skaters from around the world. Submissions include photos, articles and interviews of skaters, recipes, tour diaries, reviews, directions to skate spots, up and coming skate events, and places to stay/people to contact when on skate trips.

ABOUT PRINTING THE ZINE: In order to finish this project we need to print the zine (this is where you and Kickstarter come in). It will be a 32 page, color, 5.5"x8.5", cut/paste zine. We would like to use a printing company who uses recycled papers/soy-based inks. It'll be about $500 to print the zines. It will also be about another $600 to distribute the zines (it costs about a $1 to ship in the US. and about $3 to ship worldwide) depending where the zines are sent. $50 will go toward kickstarter/amazon processing fees.

PLEDGES: The money pledged to the zine via Kickstarter will go toward paying for the printing services and postage for distributing the zines worldwide. All leftover money (if any) will go toward future issues of the zine. Since this is a volunteer run zine, we are using Kickstarter to pay for the zine and make the zine more accessible to people regardless of their financial situation by not having to charge $ for Escape Route.

If you'd like to be a part of the #2 issue of Escape Route please send in your submissions to skatelikeagirlsf@gmail.com by May 21, 2011. We'd like to have the zine ready to print by May 31, 2011 and ready to distribute by June 2011.

You can find more information about:

Skate Like A Girl: www.skatelikeagirl.com

Issue #1: http://skatelikeagirlsf.bigcartel.com/product/escape-route-zine-1

New Equipment Thanks to Board Rescue

2011-04-15T21:22:00.000-07:00

We are delighted to have received 7 complete skateboards and SuperTool skate wrenches from Board Rescue this past month. A big thank you to the organization for providing us gear to help further SLAG SF's programming. We are currently scheduling clinics and programs for the summer so keep checking in.

About Board Rescue

Board Rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit public benefit corporation. We partner with the skateboard industry to supply skateboard decks, trucks, wheels and safety equipment to organizations that work with children, targeting low-income and at risk youth.

for more information visit http://boardrescue.org/

Join SLAG SF & SFWAR Walk Against Rape

2011-03-23T18:23:00.000-07:00

SLAG SF will be collaborating with the non-profit organization San Francisco Women Against Rape (SFWAR) on Saturday, April 30, 2011. Come out and join us in support of SFWAR’s 6th Annual Walk Against Rape starting at the Women’s Building and Ending at the Potrero del Sol Skatepark. SLAG SF will be participating in the march and providing a skate clinic as well as skating the Potrero Skatepark at the end of the walk. There will be performances and vendors as well for the remainder of the day. Proceeds from the day’s events will go out to the organization’s services that support survivors of rape and sexual assault. The walk will begin at 10 am and end around 1:30pm with activities throughout the day at Potrero del Sol Park. Our clinic welcomes everyone. All ages, all abilities.

Walk Against Rape aims to:

Raise awareness in San Francisco around issues of sexual violence.

Provide a space for survivors of sexual violence to heal and celebrate their survival.

Educate communities about the resources available in the aftermath of an assault.

Raise money for San Francisco's only community based rape crisis center.

Create community around shared experiences of sexual violence so as to not isolate further the experience.

To make visible what has historically been silenced and invisible.

For more information or to register and walk in the march visit sfwar.org

To walk with SLAG SF contact us at sanfrancisco@skatelikeagirl.com

About SFWAR

San Francisco Women Against Rape provides resources, support, advocacy and education to strengthen the work of all individuals, and communities in San Francisco that are responding to, healing from, and struggling to end sexual violence. At SFWAR, we believe that no single individual, organization, foundation, or business alone can stop the epidemic of sexual assault, but by responding as a whole community, we each bring our piece of the solution.

SFWAR is a women of color led, volunteer-based organization that has provided rape crisis services to survivors of sexual assault for over 30 years. As the primary provider of rape crisis services in San Francisco, we also offer support to friends and families of survivors and provide expert advice, training, and assistance to healthcare workers, medical professionals, educators, law enforcement officers and other professionals throughout the city. Our prevention programs have reached young people in classrooms in schools serving every area of San Francisco, and provided information and resources to people of all ages through community programs, social services, and numerous community events. All our services are confidential and free of charge.

Screenprinting Shenanigans

2010-09-14T21:21:00.000-07:00

We made new posters! We went fluorescent-ink-happy and also made a few different color paper runs. They all turned out pretty awesome, but I think our favorite is the mixed "sherbet-colored" one. Thanks to the Levi's Workshop and their awesome staff for hookin us up and teaching us how to screenprint (here's lookin at you, Ed)! Our poster was also in the Levi's closing party in SF and is now in the Levi's Workshop archives! The SF pop-up shop may be gone and off to NY now, but we hope to continue screenprinting here in the Bay Area. Do I foresee screenprinting parties in the future??? Oh, here are a few images from the workshop. Enjoy!

The Rise of Rad

2010-09-01T09:32:00.000-07:00

SKATING & ZINES!!! Couldn't of asked for a better show...unfortunately, "The Rise of Rad: The Influence of the Urethane Revolution" exhibition at the Torrence Art Museum is coming to a close THIS Saturday, Sept 4!

I'm super bummed I've been putting off going to this for so long and probably won't be able to make it...times like these make me wish there was bullet train in SF for us to hop on and be in Torrence in less than an hour (hint hint governor).

If anyone goes, please make sure to drop us a line and send some images our way! Thanks!

Hyphy Tour Memorial Day Weekend 2010

2010-05-18T10:19:00.000-07:00

Join SLAG SF on their tour up to Fort Bragg to help with the city's skatepark fundraiser. We will be touring from 5/28-5/30 2010 Contact us for more information or if you plan on coming. Caravans encouraged! There will be one rental van if you need a ride. First come, first serve. See you on the road! [Click on Flyer for Larger View]

save money

2010-03-18T13:37:00.000-07:00

Hey

This is Staycee from Skate Like A Girl SF.

I started working at a skate shop in S.F. called Purple Skunk. My boss, Lizzie, said I could give all the SLAGSF girls a 10% discount in the store. So, if you want to drop by the shop, let me know when, and I can hook you up. OR...you can shop online and if you order over 75 dollars, you get free shipping..and you can get a discount too for being a part of SLAGSF. So, for more info, just let me know.

Oh, and if you want us to sell something that you can't find anywhere else, or if you would like us to carry a product = decks, trucks...etc. let us know the size you like and brand...

-stace

THE ZINE IS READY!

2010-03-17T22:34:00.001-07:00

Email Skatelikeagirlsf@gmail.com to learn how to grab a copy. You can choose a b&w copy, or color copy (which costs a bit more 'cause it's color)

type (zine) in the subject

-stace

ZINE

2010-03-12T21:17:00.000-08:00

For those of you who didn't know...

The zine is coming along very nicely!
I think it may be done either tonight or Sunday night. We still do not have a name for it yet, so your suggestions are highly appreciated.

If you would like to help with the printing of the zine, you can go here:
www.firstgiving.com/skatelikeagirl

All the donations made in Made in March will go towards the Skate Like A Girl S.F. Chapter!!!

So, PLEASE...Let all your friends and family know.

Thanks!

-stace

P.S. Skate Date tomorrow in Santa Cruz! Wooo! Hope it doesn't rain!

Riding Dirty

2010-01-19T23:39:00.000-08:00

Thanks, Jo, for sharing!

ridin dirty from Jo Lambert on Vimeo.

2009-11-27T23:10:00.000-08:00

Sebastopol Baby

2009-11-21T21:00:00.000-08:00

Finally! A North Bay SLAG Skate Date with some North Bay steeze. Jessica charging the tranny.
Julia getting crazy. Why are Canadians so rad?

Elraya zips through the pocket. Mad flow.

Yeah E Lilly! Nice to skate with you again sucka!
Oooops, sorry.
Officer poop face writes $75 tickets for these two for no helmets! What a bummer. The cop said they were the first people he saw so he wrote them up... I think Julia was the one to reply, "yeah, two hot chicks, of course they were the first people you saw!" He didn't write up any of the guys... Then Erica L asks him "what happens if we don't pay it?" and he says, "A warrent will go out for your arrest." "Oh, I'll give you my real address then." Then he says "I should arrest you right now." "But you won't because you're really really nice?" He just re-wrote the ticket.
He was determined....
Skating was fun so whatever.

SLAG Skate Date in Sebastopol Nov. 21st

2009-11-20T22:00:00.000-08:00

SLAG in NYC Halloween

2009-11-20T21:38:00.000-08:00

"Where the Ladies At?" Halloween skate jam was a convergence if SLAG, GRO, Skirtboarders and more. We represented SF, Portland, Seattle, NYC, Montreal, Sweden, and beyond. Hope you can come next time around!
The Brooklyn Banks

SLAG in NYC Halloween skate jam

2009-11-20T21:16:00.000-08:00

PinataLocal rippers
Tic tac races and other games

Larena Lima switch frontside flip (?)
Skate in your costume!

SLAG IN NYC "Where the Ladies At?"

2009-11-20T21:02:00.000-08:00

Time square
Happy Halloween
Super cheap breakfast
Backyard mini-ramp sesh: Fred from Skirtboarders ripping it up

FINALLY! YEAH! A SKATE DATE!!!!

2009-10-12T10:47:00.000-07:00

Jolie Rollie Polie of SLAGSF Presents...

A SKATE DATE AT ROOSEVELT SKATE PARK!!!

DEAR & YONDER MOVIE PREMIER IN SANTA CRUZ TOMORROW!

2009-08-13T21:47:00.001-07:00

August 8th EPICness (VVC premier/skate picnic)

2009-08-01T10:24:00.000-07:00

Don't miss out on the Dear & Yonder movie premier at Potrero Del Sol skatepark. This is an all female surf movie created by Villa Villa Cola, and featuring female skateboarders as well. Bring your skateboard and skate the park with some of the featured skaters along with the SLAG crew. The premier will showcase local bands including a set from the Bay Area Girls Rock Camp, Black Blow, and Thee Oh Sees. Bring a picnic and enjoy the good times. The movie will be shown on a large outdoor screen at around 8:30.

BE THERE!!!

SLAGSF all ladies skate jam at the Log Shop in Pacifica, Ca.

2009-07-27T15:14:00.001-07:00

JULY 31ST! BE THERE!

EV B., MARISA DEL, & RACINE AT WALLENBURG...OH AND A LIL BIT O ELISSA TOO

2009-06-20T12:17:00.000-07:00

HOT mag- an online version?

2009-06-19T21:17:00.000-07:00

I do have the sofeware but I have never used it. I have an appointment at Apple tomorrow for them to install it on my computer but I don't think they explain how to use it. I can give you the disk to intall if you want. Also I went to 510 skate show today to show them the mag, ask if they want to advertise, and leave a donation box, but the own, who was really suportive of us, thought the mag as a hard copy was a really bad idea because everything has gone didgital. Even Slap mag is now only online. He said it would be easier, cheaper, and reach more people if we put out and online mag, and then more people would be willing to buy ads online. He gave me some sites to check out.

Let me know what we should do, I want to help with it.

P.S. the owners wife also skates and they have a two year old daughter so I invited them to the Moms skate thing and they put out flyers in there store. I'll post the links he gave me when I find the paper.

Good News I do have a Adobe InDesign CS3 layout program

2009-06-17T21:35:00.000-07:00

Hey,

So I just checked my softwear package and I do have a good layout program. It's Adobe InDesign CS3. I'm gonna make an appointment at Apple to have it installed on my computer but if someone else wants to borrow the softwear for the Zine thats cool too. Let me know.

LIz

SKATEDATE MCINNIS SKATE PARK

2009-06-13T18:19:00.000-07:00

4 HOURS OF SKATING FUN

Wow, we got a picture of Staycee. Sweet huh?

Just part of the routine.

If only you could see what trick I'm doing.

Nice shades.

Where are all the North Bay skater ladies? We learned that Marin county isn't the hot spot for female skaters... and it wasn't the usual turnout for a SLAG skate date, but lots of good things went down. Beth and the blunt, Erica's disaster practice, and some 50-50 action from Stace, just to name a few.

Video includes some daring doubles footage with Beth and her fellow Canadian skater.

JUNE AND BEYOOOONNNDD

2009-06-06T20:33:00.000-07:00

THE LOWDOWN.
-The designs are finished for the Caltrans-Deboce skatepark, thanks to SFSA, yeah!
-Beth moved here from Canada and has been skating it up. We're stoked. Go Beth!
-SLAG has been skating with after school programs.
-GSG was epic, check out the videos on www.thesideproject.com
-Angie got into Aviation School, congrats! We are going to miss her!
-Lots of girls skating SF after GSG!
-Unfortunately, SLAG Pdx's Kristina N. tore her ACL at 3rd and Army kickfliping the gap. Gnarly.
-Tara is learning to drop in!
-Evelien B. flew up and attempted Wallenberg with 3 other ladies! Check it out on our blog.

WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS:

June 6: LADIES JAM @ THE RANCH
Raise Hell at the Ranch, 18907 Lone Tree Rd, Escalon Ca. What's going to be there? A Bowl competition, stair and rail best trick, and a girls jam. Sign up at 10am. Competition starts at noon. Includes BBQ, raffle, and after party. H.O.T. zines for sale for $3!

The H.O.T. new Zine: (Hate On This)
H.O.T. is hot off the press, literally. There will be copies sold for $3 at the Raise Hell/ Ladies Jam on June 6th at the Ranch. A date will be announced for the release party in SF shortly. If you want to secure a copy you can send an email and I will give you the address where you can send $5 to get one in the mail.
Have yet to hear about H.O.T.? Visit http://hateonthismag.blogspot.com/

June 10th: SLAG SF Meeting
4pm in San Francisco. Share your ideas and learn more about whats going on with SLAG. Send an email for the exact location if you can attend.

June 26: CLINIC & SKATEBOARDING MOMS @ Lake Cunningham
Clinic at Lake Cunningham skate park.
We will be teaming up with the skateboarding mom's Skate-o-Rama, skating, and throwing a clinic. Event is free to all ladies. Participants must sign a waiver and minors must have a parent or guardian present to sign for them. Bring your own pads and helmet if you have them, the park has limited rentals.

June 13 SKATE DATE, NORTH BAY
Come skate with other gals in the Bay Area at Mcinnis Skatepark starting @ 1pm. Smith Ranch Rd, San Rafael, Ca.

June 27-28: SLAG in PRIDE
We still need some volunteers for the 27th, let us know if you can help run the donation buckets. Skate in the parade with us on the 28th, bring a costume if you like!

July 17- Aug 1: WEST COAST SUMMER TOUR
SLAG WEST COAST SUMMER TOUR!!! From Seattle to San Francisco. Come caravan with the SLAGgers!!! We'll have a vanload full of female skaters!!! ANNNNND ladies' events and competitions scheduled in cities and towns along the way. We will be hitting spots off of the main route such as Lincoln City and the Ranch. Nothing like rolling up to a skate park with a dozens of lady rippers to skate with! Schedule will be sent out soon. Following the west coast tour, will be another from Seattle to Winnipeg! Contact us for more details.

July 31: LADIES JAM @ THE LOG SHOP
This will be the final event of the west coast summer tour. Come skate the log shop ramp in Pacifica (free of charge) BBQ, enjoy live music/ DJ. Bring your friends, skate and celebrate!

Aug 8: VVC VIDEO PREMIER & DEMO @ POTRERO
Dear & Yonder movie premier and skate demo will be free @ Potrero del Sol. Villa Villa Cola is coming out with a new movie, which is an all women's surf movie. The movie includes female skaters. Come skate and watch this epic and inspiring film. Some of the stars will be skating at the park.

Check out our SF Blog: (Duh, you're on it right now).
Let us know if you'd like to be a contributing writer.
http://skatelikeagirlsf.blogspot.com/

Join us on Twitter
Want to skate with the crew more often? Stay posted. www.twitter.com/SLAGSF

Add us on myspace and facebook as well
myspace.com/skatelikeagirlsf

Cris Cole Kills Wallenberg

2009-06-01T12:20:00.000-07:00

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Wallenberg

2009-05-31T17:33:00.000-07:00

Eveliene; charger!!!

Watch at your own risk of getting motion sickness... this I filmed about 20feet up in a tree, with my arm extended out to the side, and it was windy. Plus the footage is from a crappy digital camera, partially zoomed in... and after uploading the quality is even worse. If you are able to see what is going on (which you probably can't), the girls chucking their bodies down the four block are Marisa Del Santosin the blue, Evelien Bouilliart in the pink pants, and girl whose name I'm pretty sure is Racine Hopkins in the red. All of them charging, getting back up despite the swellbows and heal bruises, and going again and again for the $1000 prize. So close.

The Day Before Wallenberg

2009-05-31T17:20:00.000-07:00

Evelien scoping out the 3-step.

Hmmm.

She lands it clean third try.

Then she makes us a Belgium feast: Potatoes, chicken, and applesauce.

After the dinner of champions Evelien crashes out in my closet while Angie, Staycee and I eat mango ice cream and do pull-ups.

Pacifica

2009-05-31T17:06:00.000-07:00

Evelien flies up for Wallenberg. We meet up with Beth, Kenna Tara and Angie to skate Pacifica.
After an hour all the guys leave and we have the park to ourselves.

Tara learns to drop in! Yeah!!!

GSG!!!!

2009-05-31T16:53:00.000-07:00

The first annual Girls Summer Gathering at Ripon skatepark.

Lacey Baker wins the $75 grand prize for the game of skate. Can't say we were surprised but Morgan had her lead for awhile.

Vanessa and Amy stand off.

Amy raffles off prizes.

Lisa (aka everyone's idol) gets some footage of Evelien.

Silk screening.

2009-05-19T09:43:00.000-07:00

watup fools,

its avi8r (jumped over a fire for this aka) and the leader of this blog can shut me down if you want after this posting. I feel like this blog place is gettin a lot more attention lately and that is so chill.

neways today ima sk8 but first ima go b a banana in san ramon california. peace out.

i also wanna contribute to the blog when im in oaklahoma so let me know if u peps feel thats cool, cuz ill do it and s***. i leave soon july 6 2009 dogs. let me know less ya'll feel it has notn to do with slag sf. ill write bout my experience with the females sk8rs i meet. iono if u guys care ill keep up in this blog. im not lookinfor your sympathy, if you don't want to hear me then i won't do it, but i wanna do it so let me know wat u guys want??

Game of S.K.A.T.E

2009-05-11T21:49:00.000-07:00

This was at the Palo Alto skatepark, Max and I had met up with Amy and Van to do a little skating, and of course discuss GSG. If you are wondering what GSG is, check out the flyer a couple posts down... you must go! Yes YOU! Ok, so about the game of s.k.a.t.e... Well ironically I landed this kickflip, and it was fairly clean, so this punk kid gets all up in my business trying to get me to play him a game of s.k.a.t.e. Yeah, I'm sure thats happened to you too, like every time you go skate the park. Fortunately for me, Amy stepped in... she wasn't skating when this kid rolled up with his friends, I think she was texting or something. Anyways, the kid is sort of scoffing, because his ego doesn't fit inside his skin... he's probably the best out of his little group or something, Idunno, maybe the best in Palo Alto or something. Somehow things get turned around tho, and he's challenging Amy, so she's like "May I Erica, may I have this dance?" and of course I hand it over to her. Obviously he doesn't know anything about female skaters, otherwise he would have realized who he had just challenged, which makes it all the more better. The kid is about to get his butt whooped. Maybe he thought that she was somebodies mom or something, it was mother's day. Anyways, Amy hands her camera to Van so that she can choreograph the game. Then she grabs her board and starts off easy, with a no-comply, then transitioning into kickflips and heelflips before hardflips. The kid didn't know what hit him. He lost track of his letters. Even the gang BMX bikers fell silent. After getting worked, he slumped to the far end of the park and stopped invading our space. "Well that sure shut him up didn't it?" Yeah, she'll rub it in if they ask for it.

We took a break from skating and watched the gang of BMX bikers, noting which one was the alpha. I think we agreed it was the redhead who kept blowing bubbles with his gum. One kid named Dykky had mad style. We thought the kids were just teasing him but then realized that that was really his name. Shortly after we headed to Redwood City park.

PACIFICA SKATEDATE!

2009-05-09T22:57:00.000-07:00

OUR SKATEDATE WAS AT THE PACIFICA SKATE PARK TODAY!

Here's a pic of the peeps, although we're missing a few who showed up shortly after.

We had live music by Chantelle Tibbs

We had free pastries donated to us by Carla Bauer!!!!!

We also had free stickers and drinks provided by Angie (who went into every skate shop in order to get it).
Here's Angie's sister Giovanna saying "WASSSUPPP???"!

Here's SF Slagger's Angie and Tara

Here they are again..soooooooo photogenic they are!

Nice Kicks ya got there Tara.

We had Canadians Beth and Jessie

Jessie

Beth

Jessie with a noseslide

S.F. Slag's Erica and Beth

We had two New Zealanders Karli and Jo

an Aussie guy (Chantelle's second guitarist), a couple of central valley peeps, and ladies from all over the Bay.

Jolie with a tail stall

We're soooooooooooo lucky! We had a bunch of skating going on, and even taught some newbies how to skate.

Thanks for coming out everyone and bringing all of your friends!

BTW!!!!!!!!

PACIFICA

2009-05-02T21:06:00.001-07:00

Not only do we skate together, but we're also our own support group. Hahaha. No, really, that's so freaking cool.

Tara being tough

Liz with a nose stall dropping in switch!

Erica messing around on my crutches

Angie likes to laugh

...at Tara

Modesto Children's Fest

2009-04-25T14:51:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who came and helped out with making the Modesto Children's Fest a great success today! BIG THANKS to Erica, Stacey, Carley, Angie, Megan, Max and Amie!!! Stay tuned for pics!

Thanks!
Ladonna

----------------------------UPDATE----------------------

OUR NEW TABLING BANNER

2009-04-24T23:18:00.000-07:00

Woke up, drove to 2 minutes to Erica's house. Got ready to skate!

Went to Skate Pacifica with Tara and Angelina. Forgot to twitter our movements. Ooops.

Angeline and Tara talk to the kiddies and help them along.

Just a video of Tara and Angie. Crazy how much Taras progressed over the span of one month.

Talking about Tara's show that we attended

...Made by un amiee de moi. It's for tabling!!! And also, our two banner models...Max and Erica!

EMAIL UPDATES: Stay Tunned

2009-04-23T22:09:00.000-07:00

Children's Festival Saturday April 25th:
Come hang out with us! We will be tabling, talking to parents and children about SLAG/skating, demonstrating tricks on plywood (the festival is in the grass), and having a good time.
10AM - 12PM (Set-up is at 9:00 AM)
MJC West Campus
2201 Blue Gum Ave
Modesto, CA (Briggsmore/Carpernter exit off 99-right onto Blue Gum)

SLAG Meeting April 29th
Want to get involved? Come to our next meeting, PLEASE! Holler if you can come and we'll give you the exact time and location (afternoonish in SF).

SLAG Visioning Meeting May 2-3rd:
Coordinators/Directors from Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco will be meeting in Portland for the Visioning meeting. Let us know your thoughts on SLAG SF and if there is anything you want us to bring to the table.

Next skate date May 9th 1pm:
Pacifica skatepark. Skate and hang out with us!
Want to skate with us more often then once a month? Add us on twitter and we'll let you know when we are heading to the skatepark.

LGBT Pride June 27th & 28th:
Yes, we are still skating in the pride parade and want you to join us. We could also use your help working at donation/beverage booths. If you've already expressed interest in volunteering, you will be hearing from us in the next week for the time slots available. If you haven't contacted us but are free to help out, LET US KNOW! Thanks! There will be loads of fun.

Hate On This Zine:
Stay tuned, the mag will be out soon. Want to get involved? More info? Check out the new link http://hateonthismag.moonfruit.com

Online Mag from the UK wants your submissions for xsport-magazine:
Contact: Beki@xsport-magazine.com
Message:
"...I came across your website and wondered whether you or you know of anyone that would be willing to contribute an article to the magazine. The whole point is to promote what women are doing in sport so the article could be based on anything from competitions right through to fashion of the sport.

The article has to be 2000-3000 words long and any photographs that come with it must have the correct permissions..." -Beki

Check out our blog
http://skatelikeagirlsf.blogspot.com/
Updates on Mexico clinics / Chica Riders and more.
Want to be a contributing writer? Let us know.

Keep skating!!!

SILKSCREENING IS FOR SUMMERS

2009-04-23T22:06:00.000-07:00

Ohio is for lovers as to Silkscreening is for summers.

Today was the day for Skate Like A Girl San Francisco to get off of our behinds and get some important stuff done...like make some silkscreens for some SLAG shirts!

We Emailed Thuy last night to find out if it was o.k. if we utilized her Thriving house. She replied by morning today, or maybe even by last night...and said she'd be there throughout the day and that we were pretty much welcome to go there.

Erica and I planned to start the day off early, and get to the Thrive house as fast as possible. What time we arrived has kind of drifted from my memory, but maybe around 9ish? Maybe 10ish? We rode our bikes there, and Sean welcomed us at the door.

A lil fatigued and a bit sweaty, we made our way in and we were quickly greeted by Thuy. After our "hello's" we went down stairs to start on some business.

Took me a while to figure out those darn APPLE computers (being the windows gal that seem to be), and quickly learned..well, not really all that quickly..learned..that the printer wasn't the printer that the Skoach handbook I was trying to print on was the printer that I needed. Luckily, this guy..who's name I dont remember, came in and performed some magic on my personal laptop and the apple computers at the thrive house...

I should go...type more later..

KAISER'S NOT THE ONLY THING THAT THRIVES

2009-04-21T14:53:00.001-07:00

Yesterday, Erica, Max and I were invited to an exclusive BBQ at the Thrive house cause we're basically super duper awesome like that.

This time around, I wanted to make sure we took some great pics to share with ya'lls.

We were a bit late getting to the house cause I had Erica take my online traffic school test for me which took longer than we expected. After racking our brains, were off on our bikes 45 minutes after the invite time. Luckily the party didn't start till we got there (only cause we were the party). We were greeted by a tall male figure who's name was so out of the ordinary that I literally forgot it 5 seconds after he told me.

Anyway, 20 minutes later and Thuy arrives with some food. Thuy offered me a tour of the house and while Sean, with his I Heart San Francisco Skate Club shirt, offered me a glass of lemonade..or more like handed it over. So yeah..I was like..um ok..and went with it. Cool house btw. I'd type out all about the house, but I feel lazy and I think I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves. THanks.

A cool stove , oddly placed.

Beverage room?

Deja

The Stairway to the computer room

Computers!

You can play GuitarHero in the same room!

Laundry

Video/book room

Big Meeting area room

The "Princess Room" where kiddies can play dressup.

Her humble chambre. Complete with a comfy red "Therapist" couch.

Nice view of her room

Smaller office room.

View from the roof.

Arts n crafts in the "big meeting area room"

Stairway with cool pics of some Thrive house partners and such.

Checking out the Photos

Reading a Skate book that's put out and givin away for free!

They match their own pants. Cool

The Thrive House

2009-04-17T20:21:00.000-07:00

Met with Thuy and Shawn at the Thrive House. The Thrive house partners with organizations serving urban youth. Thuy and Shawn run San Francisco Skate Club, an organization focused on creating a positive and safe environment for kids to skate. They run some of their programs out of the Thrive house, as well as managing the schedule there. Thuy offered us (SLAG SF) an opportunity to use the space for meetings and such. They are both super supportive and offered some great tips... everything from budgeting to the best place in SF to get stickers made. We look forward to partnering with them in the future.

CORY'S GALS

2009-04-15T20:03:00.000-07:00

Went to help Cory teach girls how to skate at an after school program that he runs. After biking there, I hit the little girls room then we were off meeting the ladies.

They showed us their lil stretch routine and we answered questions in a circle and tried to not get blown over by the wind.

One of the girls learned how to do a rock n roll fakie on a small kicker ramp.

We also had a "skate switch" racing contest. The winner received a t-shirt. Two girls tied, and went into a sudden death situation, but then it was kind of iffy the way they made it to the finish line, so we had them "rock paper scissors" for the win...oh yeah..I mean Rochambeau.

-s

SKATEDATE 4.11.09

2009-04-12T23:53:00.000-07:00

SLAG Goes to Mexico City recap

2009-04-12T19:45:00.000-07:00

Nancy Chang and I (Erica Harris) went to Mexico City to team up with Chica Rider and give skate clinics. Paco and Paloma who run Chica Rider were the greatest... the greatest tour guides ever and great people overall. We were honored to be their guests and to forge the friendship. We were also joined by Micaela, from Poseiden, who helped with the clinics and visioning of future partnerships. The skate scene in Mexico is going off.We ate lots of street food, tortas, tacos, smoothies, and of course fresh fruit. The mangos are to die for, you can peel and eat them like a juicy banana. I ate as many as my system could handle, which was a lot. We also ate tongue and grasshoppers.... more on that in another blog... the link is below
There are so many girls skating in Mexico city. The level of enthusiasm is amazing. Everyone is charging and not afraid to try new tricks. They pick things up so fast and are uninhibited. We have a lot to learn from the Mexican skaters. We were stoked to hang out with the girls, teach clinics, and also skate with Mayra Gallegos and Renata Ruiz.
Charging!
Quick breather after hours of skating... I didn't have much left I could teach so I resorted to freestyle.
Clinic: This is only a fraction of the girls. Mexico has the most colorful parks I've seen.
Hairless Aztec dog (zoloitzcuitle). Its skin is a little oily and bumpy. These are a hit but I wasn't really into cuddling with it.
Random bowl. This thing wore me out.
Near the central plaza.
For a more detailed blog on this epic trip click !HERE!
You might also check out the blog on the SLAG website blog or the Chica Rider website.

We hope to return to Mexico City, and see some girls from Chica Rider in San Francisco soon!

MEDFORD MAYHEM

2009-04-11T13:44:00.000-07:00

THERE WILL BE A LADIES JAM!!! IT'S GOING TO BE SO RAD! BBQ, PRIZES...GOOD STUFF! LET'S TRY TO MAKE THIS ONE!!!!

FOR MORE INFO, CONTACT ME AT LADONNAWILLIAMS@GMAIL.COM

THANKS,
LADONNA

COPY & PASTE AS TO NOT GO TO WASTE

2009-03-28T23:48:00.000-07:00

Hello Great Citizens of the World!
I hope that you're all doing well.
Here are the latest updates:

April 1st:
Hate On This (H.O.T.) zine submissions due. Send in your pictures, stories, poems, cartoons, coupons, adds, donations... whatever you've got. You can also purchase a subscription to this epic work of art. Contact: sub.slagmag@gmail.com

April 11th:
Skate Date, Treasure Island, San Francisco Avenue D and California: 1pm.Come skate Treasure Island with us!

April 25th:
Hang out with SLAG at SAEYC's Annual Children's Festival, Modesto Join the fun, SLAG SF will be heading out to Modesto Jr College children's festival. We will table, demo, and talk to children and parents about SLAG. The event will be held in the grass but we will set up some plywood so practice your flip tricks and freestyle... or just come hang out. We might hit up a park after the event. Contact Ladonna if you can make it, have any ideas on activities to do with the kids, or would like to help make fliers, brochures, or anything else to pass out at the event.Ladonna- ladonnawilliams@gmail.com
Cell: 209-502-0044Details:10AM - 12PM (Set-up is at 9:00 AM)
MJC West Campus
2201 Blue Gum Ave
Modesto, CA (Briggsmore/Carpernter exit off 99-right onto Blue Gum)

June 27th & 28th:
San Francisco Pride
Let us know if you would like to skate in the parade on Sunday or can volunteer at a donation booth on Saturday.

Check out the new V.O.T. teaser trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6LQsG7szCg

Check out our new blog
... let us know if you'd like to contribute:
http://skatelikeagirlsf.blogspot.com/

--
Erica Harris
Skate Like A Girl
SF Program Coordinator
http://www.skatelikeagirl.com/

Santa Cruz

2009-03-26T22:41:00.000-07:00

Today we actually set our alarms so that we could drive to Santa Cruz and skate early (well, at least I {Erica} had to set my alarm). Tara called me at 7am sounding like a dog that had just gotten its voice box removed. After discussing whether she should visit the ER, we came the conclusion that she should not be driving to Santa Cruz let alone skating. I ended up driving my temperamental Acura Integra, that doesn't always start and occasionally and pops out of 5th gear.

I picked up Angie at SF city college and headed south. Soon we were in Santa Cruz, standing around Skate Works skateshop, sipping coffee with Kenna, pitching add space to Bill, and scoping out new trucks since mine were ground down through the bolts. We left Skate Works and headed to the Santa Cruz skatepark.

The park was pretty empty and we had an epic session. Sandy came and took some footage. The sun was shining and everyone was happy... that is until the ranger showed up (apparently they give tickets if you don't wear helmets there). After that the park cleared out and everyone left.

Of course we headed to Derby, and enjoyed more blissful skating in the sunshine. A couple other girls met us here. There is some water warehouse on the other side of the fence from the snakerun, and some dude handed rejected gallon jugs over the fence to Kenna so we were all ample hydrated.

After about an hour of skating Derby, Kenna had to leave to buy a PC power cord, since her dog had chewed one up that morning. Bummer.

Angie and I also left so I could get a falafel and she could get taco bell or something. After that we found ourselves downtown at Pergs coffee shop sitting outside. We decided to people watch for a bit but Angie was blatantly double taking everyone so it was best that we hit the road. On the drive home we recreated the phonetic alphabet with inappropriate words so that the next time she is flying, she can call the air traffic control tower and make the radio operator choke. Well, we thought it was funny.

**Erica didn't have any pics so this stick figure reenactment/dramatization will have to do**

3RD & ARMY NANEEENANEEE

2009-03-21T22:04:00.000-07:00

DISCLAIMER:
(This blog is going to be typed in the form of me chitchatting to a friend and will also include poor grammer, poor spelling, HEAPS of parenthesis, and a lot of nonesense that doesn't really have anything to do with anything ie; possible nonskateboarding related tangents and occasional rants)

Yesterday Angie, Erica, Tara and I (Stace) had one of our SLAGSF meetings.

I made the drive from Stockton to check out a few housess, play music, and skate. Erica let me catch a ride with her to the meeting which was cool cause she knows S.F. better than I do.

We arrived at the meeting place (a petite cafe). We purchased some Blue Bottle Coffee (and hot chocolate)...which made it's effect on Erica..and is apparently so great that people line up a ways just to get a taste of that good ol cup o Joe. Twas my first time being there...not that you needed to know that.

Anyway, back to business. We purchased our drinks and set up our meeting at one of the empty tables. We talked about the up and coming Pride Parade, our new Zine (Hate On This), and some other big topics that I dont want to type about because they're so BIG THAT THIS PAGE COULDNT HANDLE IT ALL...kinda sorta.

After the meeting we made our way to 3rd and Army in S.F.. AKA: The place where I managed to get my forehead cut open with a skateboard. Skateboarding for several minutes, I checked my pocket to see if money had fallen out...then my reciept did. I tried to dive for it before the wind could blow it over the edge into the water, but as luck would have it...I'm not lucky. I ended up freaking out because the thought of a paper (which belonged to me) littering what the aquatic life like to call home, would keep replaying in my head and annoy me. Yes..soooo dramatic..but not really..cause there's a bit of an exagerration going on. So, Angie jumped down and got it for me. AND praise the board ...she managed to get herself back up to civilization. Yeehaw! I thanked her, but she kept the reciept. I don't really know why, she must like numbers, or little tiny papers or something. She said that she went down and retrieved the reciept for me to make up for that one time she witnessed Amie A's skateboard fly toward me and hit me in my cute, perfect, blemish free, innocent face. A THOUSAND THANK YOUS ANGIE! A THOUSAND THANK YOUS!!! Just kidding. All the way kidding..not half.

Tara worked on her carving...which was super cool because she just learned how to ride up obstacles. KER AZE EE!!! I dont know all of the skateboarding tricks but there were pleanty of great stuff going on. You can watch the video below.

This has nothing to do with anything...but whatever. The next day Erica came with me to check out this house and on the way I caught a glimpse of what I like to call a Bride...caught in the headlights. This rare spectacle can only be seen mostly on sunday's prancing around churches and courthouses. But BEWARE...they don't like to get their wedding gown dirty. Mucho Moola. Mucho gusto senorita bonita!

WARNING: MAY CAUSE MOTION SICKNESS

Btw, making the video above on my friend's computer, inspired her to skate. More like watching Tara inspired her to skate. Pretty cool huh??

-S

AD SPACE/LADONNA'S/STOCKTON SKATE SPOTS/ FROMAGE AND BAGUETTES/ IONE / MEXICO SHMO

2009-03-19T20:10:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone!

Staycee here from SLAGSF. This blog will be updated periodically by either me or some other S.F. slagger to let ya'lls know what's going on with the organization.

DISCLAIMER:
(This blog is going to be typed in the form of me chitchatting to a friend and will also include poor grammer, poor spelling, HEAPS of parenthesis, and a lot of nonesense that doesn't really have anything to do with anything ie; possible nonskateboarding related tangents and rants)

Yesterday, Erica H.(Slags director/coordinator), made a visit from S.F. to the Central Valley in order to meet up with Ladonna and I for some Slag related business. A couple of weeks ago I asked Erica if she would help me talk to some of the skate shop owners here in Stockton, Ca. You could say I get a little nervous. Yes, say it right now "I get a little nervous". She came our way to help me in the Socializing With Shop Owners Dept.. A dept. in which I need an enourmous amount of practice in....thanks...

We made our way to the first shop and gushed about how awesome Slag is. We also made it a point to talk about how they should support our zine. Went pretty darn well I must type. Erica ended up buying a blank for what she thought was cheap (compared to S.F. ) for 22 buckaroos and we were off to the next skate shop. We went in with a good amount of enthusiasm. Enthusiam which kinda faded but not really, but really did. We ended up getting some numbers of people who the owner thought could help us out. Heck yes! The third shop was an in n out job. No, not the burger joint. What I mean is...we didn't need to give the guy some pitch about us. He basically took the paper about our ad space and understood his duty. THE DUTY TO DUTY ON A SKATEBOARD. So, yeah..he didn't need a pitch from us being that most of the time we had have one to explain how we're trying to get the female skateboarder's voice out there, and how it doesn't matter if they are great or suck at skateboarding..as long as it's what they like to do. You know????????????????????????????????????????????? Yes, you probably do...if this is what you choose to read.

After all that jazz, we went for a bike ride to kill some time before Ladonna got out of work. I took Erica on this trail that I like to ride. Porqoui?/Por que?/Perche?/Why? Well, the view is superb, there aren't that many pedestrians around and because there's less chance of getting hit by a semi since the bike trail is on a levvy and all. Spell check...

Riding our bikes on the trail for a good...I'd say or type... 10 minutes? We decided to take a detour. Why you ask? No need to ask my darlings...I'll tell you..it's because my curious mind wanted to wander off into the unknown...to the wilderness and back....AND since Erica is pretty tough (at least I think so)..I figured if I needed to, I'd take her and push her in front of me if any danger came our way. So, anyway, a little ways down this walking trail looking thing(such an empty word that I really don't like to use but I'll use it anyway) we came across two mounds of dirt. Erica suggested it was for dirtbikes or bmx bikes or something. I, on the other hand, suggested to ..........skate it. I looked around and found two sheets of plywood and dragged them over to the dirt piles to make it skateable. We ended up making a makeshift quarter pipe complete with a 2 inch gap, short run up and all. We managed to drop in on it eventhough doing so was uber sketchy. It was the kind of sketchy where you might think to yourself right before dropping in, "Um...I duuuuuuuuuunnno about thisssssssssss"and maybe even picture yourself biting it hard and getting splinters in the palm of ur hands or even in the face.....but then you'd ignore it a second later you say "Oh well, whatever" and just do it!!-Then feel glad you did later. We goofed off a bit then put everything back where it came from. Do unto others right?

We hopped back on the trail and stopped off near the water. We played with baby snails, seaweed and cat tails? Erica likes baby snails. So, you should definitely give her some for her birthday. Then free them the next day so they can be with their family so they won't be so sad all the time. So, yeah...I skipped rocks and tripped over them as well and we were off again to finally meet up with Ladonna.

On our way to Ladonna's place, we found out that her car was not working so well. She had to have Frank come by her work to pick her up..and also have this out of shape guy who was a heavy breather (since he was out of shape) help jumpstart her ride.

We drove to Ladonna's house and waited patiently for her. Erica popped out a bag of organic corn chips or some crazy sounding food of that sort and let me get the first handful (being the germaphobe that I am) and we ate our little brains out. Erica had her car door opened and noticed this plant right next to the car. She told me the name, but I forgot. I mean come on ... like I'm really going to remember it (I'm Staycee). She's like a plant genius. If you ever go camping be sure to take her. She'll save your freaking life she will...so you wont end up like the guy from Into the Wild and eat the wrong plant and starve to ...yeah. Anywhoo...the lady tried to get me to stick myself with it. Apparently it's a plant that has little pokeys(I just made that word up) on it and it'll stick you. I was like "oh, HECKS NO SUCKA ! I'm not crazy!"(only less ghetto). ..but she insisted... but yeah..no...not doing it. She said it's one of those things one would have to experience...crazy Erica h right? j/k. She makes me laugh...literally.. with all the things she tries to get me to do....anywhoo(rhymes).

About an hour or so later, we up with Ladonna at her house. Time....hmmm..around 6:30? I pretty much forgot. Je suis desole.

Erica went through a couple points about the direction of Slag and the up and coming events. Ladonna updated us on the zine and everythang else that had to do with the zine's progress. I, on the other hand, basically watched the Ladonna's cats run around and turned my focus to how warm the cats forehead was to the touch and admired it for that........................for realssssssss...but only for a short period of time. I dunno, the cat had me tranced for some reason and I had A.D.D. or something for like...a second. Just a second though. Uno momento...une moment....

Anywhoo...

Drove back to stockton around 9 and felt pretty hungry. We couldnt decide what we wanted to eat. Erica said she didn't care, but just not hamburgers (or something around those lines) and not Weinersnitzel. Quickly after stating the words that she stated, I remembered that the Weinersniztel right off of 99 had a pretty cool spot to skate. My cousin took me there a year or so ago. It's really rough...I think I may go back when I become rich or something and fix it up when nobody is around. There's just a lot of asphalt whereas if it were concrete..that would be such and awesome spot. Anywhooo...check it out if you find yourself in Stockton just passing by. It's off the Hammer Lane exit. Theres this weird bank that you can ollie into. It comes at you fast, and at the bottom there are lots of little pebbles..so it might be smart to bring a broom. There's also a really skinny manual pad and a ledge. I'm not really sure if the ledge is grindable. Perhaps with a little wax, it could be. I think it's the kind of concrete where it breaks easily. Not too sure what that kind of concrete is called exactly.

We were feeling a bit tired before that..so skating the Hot dog place woke us up a bit. We left and made our way again. We started conversing on how once again..we were hungry, but we still couldnt decide...so, I pointed out a skate spot that was located right off the street we were driving on. So yes...we went and hit up another spot. This time, the spot was Lowes Hardware and supply. It used to be a nice spot until the poops put skate-stoppers on the ledge (not that it would stop any creative skater..or any skateboarder for that matter from enjoying it). Erica found herself squishing a waterbeetle and mourned over it's loss for a good 2 seconds then got over it. FYI, she's also like an insect genius as well. She loves her some bugs. AND NO, Not the car kind.

After skating Lowes...and ducking over trucks for a quick hour...we decided that we couldn't hold off our hunger any longer...so we looked for places to eat and ended up at Safeway since everything else was basically closed.

I was talking about how I wanted to eat some French food earlier in the day, and Erica wanted me to get some Fromage for us to eat. I didn't want to because she wanted to pay for it..and the cheese was like ...expensive..but she did a handstand in exchange for me picking some out. We get kicked out of the store and they tell us to never come back again because Erica did a handstand and fell all over the olives breaking 5 jars and hitting an old lady in the face with the back of her foot. No, not really, that last part didn't happen. Erica leaves to use the restroom..and on her way out I scare her and I laugh in her face..and we both get over it cause it's late and we get our Baguettes and camembert and nuts and head out of the grocery store.

We were having trouble deciding whether or not we should camp out at the Ione skatepark, or stay at my house and sleep. So, I cut a paper into two halfs and wrote a large "I" on one, and an "I" with a circle and a slash threw it (like those no smoking signs) on the other. I had Erica look at the ceiling while pointing at one of the papers I was switching around frantically to confuse her. She chose the latter.

Watched 3 episodes of the Sarah Silverman Program (The "I'll be back...I'll be black...I'll be white black", the "where's myblanket? Where's my blanket? Oh, there it is" and the Cookie party/cough syrup episodes) and ate our baguettes with the Camembert.

Erica and I fell asleep quickly and didnt wake up till around 8am. Then we decided that we should get our butts to the Ione skatepark..and that's exactly what we did.

We arrived at the Ione skatepark around 9:40 or something. Upon arriving at the entrance, I noticed a sign that read "Reward for Park Assassin" or something..which to be totally honest...freaked me the heck out. I was pretty much paranoid the whole time picturing someone preying on us...and targeting us right before we leave...taking aim and taking us out. Buuuuuuuuuuut since I know that I get super paranoid for no reason (minus the sign at the entrance) and I think of the worst case scenarios...I kinda forgot about it and we made it out alive to skate it for another day. YAY!

...oh yeah..and just fyi, Erica ran over a medium sized spider with her skateboard while carving....weird.

-S