santa cruise of the century
Holy fucking trip. I'm not really sure how to write about this trip, so I'll just break it down by key people and places.
Ultimate Kurt
I've gone on several power trips with Kurt and I'd say that he's the best travel companion around. Dude just needs a good "breakfrist" in the morning and the opportunity to flirt with a cute and slightly overweight waitress to be happy.
Special Edition Love and Hate
Loves: Government Center by The Modern Lovers. "They got a lotta lotta lotta great desks and chairs, uh huh, at the governemnt center."
Hates: Having said "I took a hardcore bite out of that asparagus, bro!" with absolute sincerity.
Kennewick
The tri-cities area is a cluster fuck of highways and it's easy to get confused while navigating through the area, which is what happened to us. The only real landmark I know in the area is the Fred Meyer in Kennewick because it has my favorite wallride spot ever. And, I got that shit backside and frontside.
Irrigon
The skatepark in Irrigon is a nice little distraction on the way to Portland. I played on the bump to rail while Kurt found lines in the bowl and caught the eye of the tiniest junior mint who wanted to have his baby.
Battleground
We stayed with one of Kurt's friends in Battleground who lives right across the street from the skatepark. The park was completely saturated when we were there, which really sucked because it is one of the most amazing parks I've ever seen.
Lincoln City
It was pissing rain in the Portland area and everything was soaked up until we got to Lincoln City. I'm really glad we got to skate this park because so many people have told me how sick it is. This place is pretty gnarly. Watch Beauty and the Beast, that thing Tony Trujillo frontside grinds is fucking ridiculous.
Reedsport
We meandered down the coast and stopped in Reedsport to eat and skate. We camped a little bit south of Reedsport next to a lighthouse. We took a little walkabout down to the beach in the dark and found some other Montana dudes and a porcupine, no whales.
We spent next day driving to Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz
I stopped carrying my camera around in Santa Cruz because I wanted to focus my time on skateboarding. The Santa Cruz park was a lot of fun, nothing was too gnarly there but I think I could skate there everyday and not get sick of it. I wanted to skate Derby more than any other park on this trip and it didn't disappoint. The skatepark in Scott's Valley reminded me of the Billings park and I was having a great time until school got out. Sunnyvale was a lot of fun too.
When we were done skating we would hang out on Brandon's porch and drink beer and smoke stuff. I'm hoping Fletcher's blog can fill in more details about what we did in SC.
Brandon
In case you didn't already know, Brandon is fucking awesome. He's living in a cool house, in a cool town, with a cool motorcycle, and he still has the best kickflip.
Kurt McGrane
Kurt learned wallrides on this trip, which is great because that's my favorite trick and Kurt is my favorite person.
Fletcher
Fletcher is Fletcher. Dude still cracks me up, especially when he starts messing with people.
Klamath Falls
On our last day in Santa Cruz Brandon decided to come back to Montana with us since he had nothing to else to do on his spring break. This was great because it meant that we got to spend more time with Brandon and we would have one more driver to help out on the 19 hour flog back to Missoula. The only notable stop we made was in Klamath Falls. We had to jump a fence to get into the park and it started to snow on us after about 20 minutes. It was a good opportunity to stretch our legs before we had drive all night.
We got to Missoula at about 8 AM and fell asleep as soon as we got to my house. We got up around 1 PM and met Chris and Treavor at the skateshop, ate at The Bridge, and then skated at 52 for a couple hours. We hung out at Chris's place for a little bit and then Kurt and Brandon moved on to Helena.
The whole trip was a lot of fun and I feel broken, but I can still walk, which is exactly how you should feel after a skate trip.
Ultimate Kurt
I've gone on several power trips with Kurt and I'd say that he's the best travel companion around. Dude just needs a good "breakfrist" in the morning and the opportunity to flirt with a cute and slightly overweight waitress to be happy.
Special Edition Love and Hate
Loves: Government Center by The Modern Lovers. "They got a lotta lotta lotta great desks and chairs, uh huh, at the governemnt center."
Hates: Having said "I took a hardcore bite out of that asparagus, bro!" with absolute sincerity.
Kennewick
The tri-cities area is a cluster fuck of highways and it's easy to get confused while navigating through the area, which is what happened to us. The only real landmark I know in the area is the Fred Meyer in Kennewick because it has my favorite wallride spot ever. And, I got that shit backside and frontside.
Irrigon
The skatepark in Irrigon is a nice little distraction on the way to Portland. I played on the bump to rail while Kurt found lines in the bowl and caught the eye of the tiniest junior mint who wanted to have his baby.
Battleground
We stayed with one of Kurt's friends in Battleground who lives right across the street from the skatepark. The park was completely saturated when we were there, which really sucked because it is one of the most amazing parks I've ever seen.
Lincoln City
It was pissing rain in the Portland area and everything was soaked up until we got to Lincoln City. I'm really glad we got to skate this park because so many people have told me how sick it is. This place is pretty gnarly. Watch Beauty and the Beast, that thing Tony Trujillo frontside grinds is fucking ridiculous.
Reedsport
We meandered down the coast and stopped in Reedsport to eat and skate. We camped a little bit south of Reedsport next to a lighthouse. We took a little walkabout down to the beach in the dark and found some other Montana dudes and a porcupine, no whales.
We spent next day driving to Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz
I stopped carrying my camera around in Santa Cruz because I wanted to focus my time on skateboarding. The Santa Cruz park was a lot of fun, nothing was too gnarly there but I think I could skate there everyday and not get sick of it. I wanted to skate Derby more than any other park on this trip and it didn't disappoint. The skatepark in Scott's Valley reminded me of the Billings park and I was having a great time until school got out. Sunnyvale was a lot of fun too.
When we were done skating we would hang out on Brandon's porch and drink beer and smoke stuff. I'm hoping Fletcher's blog can fill in more details about what we did in SC.
Brandon
In case you didn't already know, Brandon is fucking awesome. He's living in a cool house, in a cool town, with a cool motorcycle, and he still has the best kickflip.
Kurt McGrane
Kurt learned wallrides on this trip, which is great because that's my favorite trick and Kurt is my favorite person.
Fletcher
Fletcher is Fletcher. Dude still cracks me up, especially when he starts messing with people.
Klamath Falls
On our last day in Santa Cruz Brandon decided to come back to Montana with us since he had nothing to else to do on his spring break. This was great because it meant that we got to spend more time with Brandon and we would have one more driver to help out on the 19 hour flog back to Missoula. The only notable stop we made was in Klamath Falls. We had to jump a fence to get into the park and it started to snow on us after about 20 minutes. It was a good opportunity to stretch our legs before we had drive all night.
We got to Missoula at about 8 AM and fell asleep as soon as we got to my house. We got up around 1 PM and met Chris and Treavor at the skateshop, ate at The Bridge, and then skated at 52 for a couple hours. We hung out at Chris's place for a little bit and then Kurt and Brandon moved on to Helena.
The whole trip was a lot of fun and I feel broken, but I can still walk, which is exactly how you should feel after a skate trip.
