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RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY August 4 2009
The other night, I decided to take it easy and just play tennis and have dinner with the homie Gerard. To refresh your memory, he does a lot of photography for CA. We met at the local courts in the valley. Much to our surprise, half of the area was being occupied by what looked like a skate park. Half pipes, grind rails, and a whole lotta kids taking advantage of the space. Later on in the night, we started to understand that this make shift park was more like a community project, led by a younger man who made sure the kids played safe and stayed out of other people’s way. We then saw that their helmets were property of the city of Los Angeles, so it all came together. I tried to learn more about this on laparks.org, but was unsuccessful.
Skating was a huge part of my youth, and seeing kids with an outlet like this is awesome. Remember our tee “People in Manila Don’t Skate”? To refresh your memory again, we released that because I was so deeply moved by the lack of childhood in the Philippines. In one way or another, I promise to rectify that…
I’m going back to the same courts soon. This time, I hope to hold a conversation with someone who could tell me more about this project.
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