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#AwayDaysTeamTour came to San Diego August 21st – well a little north they came to the Transworld HQ in Carlsbad. Click all the links & pictures to see tons of rad shots & videos.

Custom obstacles were built by Surf Ride, Sun Diego Board Shops, Pacific Drive Skateboard Shop, Active Ride Shop, & Asylum Skate Shop with the adidas skateboarding team & TransWorldSkate staff.

Huge thanks everyone that built the obstacles & to Cairo who did so much of the organizing and testing.

my favorite obstacle – maybe the gator

As for the team – Tyshawn Jones, Miles Silvas, Pete Eldridge, Daewon Song, and Dennis Busenitz were there. They were all watching, skating & cheering stuff like Ryan from Active Redlands

of course there were product tosses

and free shoes – well you had to work for the shoes – which Isaac from Asylum Skate Shop did – he won a years free supply of adidas shoes for this 100 foot rail slide!

Till next time – the next stop for #AwayDaysTeamTour is east coast – keep it stylish on & off the board – and if you see me land a front shov it’s all thanks to enwhytj – he has a lot of patience.

above moments with @pete_eldridge @miles_silvas @silasbaxterneal from the final West Coast demo of the #AwayDaysTeamTour. The San Diego stop showcased #bringyourbuild features from local skate shops for everyone to skate.

UPDATE 9/8/16

Full recap of the West Coast #AwayDaysTeamTour is live!

Of course I loved this picture in Transworld Away Days Team Tour San Diego

Earth Day 2016 – April 22nd – was a huge celebration at the Active Ride Shop in Costa Mesa. It was the launch of the etnies x Element collaboration and I got to sit down with both skaters – Julian Davidson & Nick Garcia – to chat about their new collections.

Above I’m with Eric from Active Ride, Don from etnies, and my filmer Courtney. I knew Courtney was a huge etnies fan (the IG gives it away) but I didn’t know she’d be there so I was super pumped because it meant I could blog & make videos. Look below for links to the video. So yes to all those who wonder if I come to an event with a plan. Nope, I really go to events and what happens is what I blog about. At least for me if you plan to much you lose spontaneity – I want to live and blog about the moment.

Both etnies & Element are environmentally conscious. Five years ago, etnies started the Buy a Shoe, Plant a Tree reforestation project – 1 million trees later this new line will plant many more. Starting with everyone who attended the launch.

Yes – everyone, not just skaters, who turned out to the event received a Redwood sapling to plant . Change starts with one person and really gets moving as more get involved.

There was skating outside and inside the store.

The Element No Board Left Behind was also going on.

I’d heard about the No Board Left Behind but actually seeing it happen and watching people ride their new cruisers – super stylish. It’s a program that’s good for the environment – recycle don’t add to a landfill plus it’s super good deal – you buy a new Element deck (which you needed anyway because your deck was thrashed) and Element reshapes your old deck plus gives you free wheels, trucks, bearings, & bolts.

Above my last memory of the event – Julian thanking some skaters for stopping by. I’m grateful to skate – immensely grateful to get to blog & share skateboarding and love that I continue to meet people with such positive vibes.

Julian has my favorite piece in the new collection – Jameson Bomber.

And it looks like their favorites were the boards.

Let me know what your favorites are.

Interviews with Julian & Nick

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