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(helicopter blades whirring)
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(dramatic drum music)
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(exciting music)
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(pleasant piano music)
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- [Voiceover] You've seen
people do pretty much
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everything on a
skateboard at this point.
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Spin upside down
in three circles,
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drop off a helicopter
into a half-pipe bigger
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than anyone ever imagined.
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Jumping over the Grand Canyon.
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Incredible progression, so what
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is there left to do?
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Maybe it's just time to
come back to the basics.
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Sliding down the hill,
smooth, graceful,
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fast, because when
you strip away
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all of the tricks, all
of the window dressing,
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what do you really have?
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Maybe you just have a man
going really fucking fast,
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trying to get a little closer
to nirvana for a second,
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because in that
moment, when the wind
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whipping by your ear
is your only companion,
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and that tiny slat of
wood beneath your feet
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is your only salvation,
that's how you feel,
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like you're that much
closer to paradise.
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(mellow music)
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(exciting music)
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(scratching on asphalt)
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(exciting music)
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- Originally, Cliff
Coleman came down,
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he was sliding up
in the bay area,
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and he came down and
showed his technique
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to a couple of our employees,
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and they went out in the
hills and started sliding
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and then Stacy Peralta
came down and documented it
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and ended up making it into the
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Bones Brigade video in 1984.
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- Here you go.
- Right on Chris.
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Hey we're gonna go
slidin' at four, guy.
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- Alright, yeah, see ya.
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(rock and roll music)
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- SkateHouseMedia
was sort of a project
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company that really
formed organically
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and it's still run not really as
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a legitimate business,
but it's pretty much
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just a bunch of friends
that come together to skate
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and how the media
came into place is
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we were collecting a
whole bunch of film,
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raw runs, pictures, and
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there necessarily
wasn't a sponsor outlet
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to put it out for
certain people or
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necessarily were to shared
or had to be approved
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by a sponsor, so
we're like well,
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let's just create a
little blog website
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and start putting up some
content and sharing it
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'cause at the time,
the rebirth of downhill
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was relatively new, especially
with the new social media
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platforms that
everyone had access to.
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(people talking)
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(crowd shouting)
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- Freshman year of college,
I met my buddy Eric Singer
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and he was from the Valley
down here in Los Angeles
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and we just enjoyed
skateboarding together,
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went on some camping
trips and that's when
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we really learned that you
could skate down these hills
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and mountain roads in
the way that people
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are doing it now, and
we're actually out in
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Mammoth, California,
the first time
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I would say we really
did a significant
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hill on our skateboards
and from there,
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it was kind of
like, wow, this is
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all we wanna do right now.
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When we got back, we
realized that the hills there
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in Santa Barbara
were actually perfect
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and world class for
what we wanted to do.
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(scraping)
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(people talking)
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- We started skating
parking garages and we have
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two minutes of
continuous motion, so
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we start playin' around
with other things,
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it's like, alright let's
slide our feet to the
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front of the board,
or let's grab a rail
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or let's try and put
a hand down or let's
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play with these other
aspects of gravity
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and maybe you turn
really hard and you can
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make these angles within
these certain lines
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or maybe skid your
board out a little bit
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to correct for what would
otherwise be an impossible line
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or we started playing
with our equipment and
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loosening trucks and
experimenting with
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different bushing
combinations and figuring out
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how to make these boards do
what we wanted them to do.
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That's sort of how
we started to realize
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that what we were
doing in skateboarding
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was a little bit unique.
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(scraping)
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- Pretty much we had
set a lot of people
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living in a small little
two bedroom apartment
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and our whole entire
thing was to just
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go out and skate
and explore hills.
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We just rediscovered
some downhill
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skating techniques
that allowed us
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to sake a lot of new terrain.
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(upbeat music)
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- So we had this feeling
that we were kind of
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inventing it as we
were going along.
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We didn't really have the
manual where it's like,
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alright we learned
this trick, now we
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progress to this
trick, it's like well,
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we wanna do this,
but we don't know how
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so let's figure out
how to make equipment
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or develop maneuvers to
make us physically do
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what we know that we
can do, or what we
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think we might be able to do.
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- And we did a college
tour up to Santa Barbara
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and met up with Max
and Eric, and they--
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we'd heard about the
hills up there but we
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haven't really
skated 'em too much
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and we went up to
the hills with them
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and just started
doing some runs.
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I mean, it was just
skating with friends,
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and that takes you a
whole bunch of new places.
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- First met up with Eric Singer
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and Max Myer in the
early days, and they
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kind of brought us
into the community.
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Eric, at the time, had been
ridin' for Arbor and everything
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and he was workin' at
the Arbor store so he
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kinda brought us into the
loop and taught us some of
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the etiquette about goin'
down the hills and stuff.
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At the time we were pretty
ignorant, thought we
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were pedestrians and we had
the right of way all the time
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and that's just
ignorant and just not
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the way things can be done.
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- Really, what got us goin'
out there and learnin'
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how to do these things
is San Marcos road
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and there's a really
wonderful set-- a few hairpins
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on that road that were
really conducive to
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teaching us how to
control our speed, it was
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a safe environment
for us to do it in
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since we could spot the
turns really easily.
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So we would just get
out there, and practice
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as much as we could, we
worked on the hairpins,
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skated some of the
slower sections,
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eventually we transitioned
into being able to skate
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the whole thing
and it kinda just
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blossomed from there.
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- I remember my first time
driving it, I saw those hairpins
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and I'm like, no way.
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It just seems so impossible,
I didn't think a car
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can make it up it, it was
like a roller coaster,
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like the banking and
the dropping, it's just
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(Eric making car sounds)
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It's like a corkscrew,
it seems impossible.
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- It was sort of uncharted
a little bit, like
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it was something that
hadn't been totally sold out
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and exploited yet and hadn't--
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we were just in the
beginning that people were
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still figuring out how
fast they really could go
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and how to do these new
slides and the technology
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was just blooming and
the whole thing was
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blossoming and I just
saw opportunity to
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be a part of something
that was new,
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and I think that really
drew me to it a lot
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and then, just simply,
I love goin' fast and
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in downhill, that's what
I like to do is go fast.
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- Yeah, just all my
friends skate now too
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and it's just like, if I wanna
hang out with my friends,
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we're gonna be skatin',
that's what I love doin',
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never have a bad
time out on the hill.
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I mean, you definitely
fall a few times but
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surprisingly the
adrenaline rush and the fun
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it gives you is worth
all the pain that comes,
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and it's also awesome just
'cause the more you do it,
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the more fun it becomes,
the better you get,
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the harder you push
yourself, the less you fall.
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So it's just more happiness,
less pain, that ratio
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just starts to shift
and then you're golden.
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(Dave laughing)
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(exciting rock music)
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- Way before I was supposed
to be on one of our
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local gnarlier ends,
I show up there,
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no helmet, just brand new
gloves, all I knew how to do
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was spin in circles to
slow down, didn't even know
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how to pre-drift for
corners or anything and
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I'm skatin' that open
road and these kids
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come up to me, which are
now my local skate crew,
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the Santa Gnarbara
crew, you know,
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they came straight
up to me and just,
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where's your helmet,
you can't be doing this,
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what are you doin', but
they were also willing
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to teach me the ways
and do it properly
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to keep me alive.
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- Someone wanna
spot that, right?
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- Well the biggest fear of
downhill skateboarding is death.
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And there are two very obvious
ways that could happen.
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Collision with a vehicle
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or a rock wall or somethin',
you know, you're goin' fast,
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you hit a solid
object, you can die.
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- Who said downhill
skateboarding is safe?
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(laughing)
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- We know that in the battle
between a car versus us,
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we're gonna lose every time.
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- Mountain roads,
they're mountainous
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so on one side
you've got rock wall,
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other side is cliff side.
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- Saw some kids mess up
and they got laid into
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but it was really driving force
that safety was important.
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- I even get scared driving
up the hill if I don't know
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my buddies are skateboarding
and all of a sudden
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a pack of the homies
come flyin' through while
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I'm just driving with my
girlfriend to go up and
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watch the sunset or
somethin', it is scary.
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- Well yeah, the local
crew, what's amazing is
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you had a small group of
guys and how successful
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they've become in
this sport is amazing.
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Tyler Howell, now he
was one of the first
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Santa Barbara born and
raised kids to become
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a pro skater, pro
downhill skateboarder.
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I mean, he's got the big
sponsors and he gets to
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travel the world
now, from ridin' a
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downhill skateboard,
it's amazing.
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- I've definitely given myself
a beating over skateboarding
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but I'll always come out--
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like I learned when
I was 10 years-old,
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pain is temporary,
glory is forever.
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(laughing)
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(exciting music)
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- Coming out to Santa
Barbara, the first time
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I ever skated any of the
hills, I was just blown away.
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We didn't have anything
like that in Texas.
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You got miles of
downhill with corners
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like I've never seen
or dreamt of before.
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- People take vacations, they
take time off from their lives
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and their jobs specifically
to come skate Santa Barbara
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to skate Los Angeles
and Malibu because
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these are the places
that have been presented
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to them as the holy grail of
what is out there to ride.
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- Yeah, our roads here
are really special.
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We have a lot of fast,
technical downhill roads.
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- Then you come out
here and you have
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corners that are
just dumping grades
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and you really have to
be careful on the runs,
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and you really have to
know what you're doing,
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staying in your
lane and whatnot.
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It's not a jungle gym here,
it's serious business.
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- So we always knew that
it's probably not legal
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to go down these roads
at 50 miles an hour
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and practice our sport on 'em.
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- So there's always been
a little bit of tension
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between the skateboarders
and just the
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general public here
in Santa Barbara.
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Not everybody really
is aware of what we do,
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a lot of 'em are really
surprised when they see us.
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They've never seen
anything like it before.
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- So yeah, we just realized
that with increased presence
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on the hill, there were gonna
be increased repercussions
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so we just wanted to
limit that and mitigate
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our interactions as
much as possible.
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- We had this unofficial
relationship with the CHP
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or all the sheriffs or
all the law enforcement
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on these roads where
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we were respectful,
they were respectful,
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they would come out for
a call, they'd ask us
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to leave and we'd go
and that was that.
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Skate to get busted another day.
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- A lot of 'em will
just think, there's some
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nuts guys just goin' down
a hill on a skateboard,
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they're gonna get
themselves killed.
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They don't think
that we're in control
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or know what we're doing.
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We get low to the ground
and throw our boards
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sideways and they thing
we're just winging it
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on a prayer or somethin',
they don't realize
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we practiced it for
years and years.
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(upbeat electronic music)
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- Then this one guy from
L.A. came and he was
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insistent that everyone's
getting tickets, so I
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told him, all right man,
you wanna write me a ticket,
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that's fine, I'll
see you in court.
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So, I saw him in court
a little bit later
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and the judge ruled in my favor.
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Which was cool.
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- To have a core group of
guys skateboarding these roads
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every single day,
as much as possible,
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I mean we were getting
the cops called
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multiple times every time.
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People, their initial
reaction to seeing us
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go down the road is that we're
tryin' to kill ourselves,
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that we are out of control,
that it is a unsure thing,
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that we're probably
gonna die at some point.
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I think that most people
are calling the cops
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because they think
they're saving our lives.
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If they don't already
understand how fragile
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their bodies are, and
I've lost a lot of skin
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on hills as a kid
on skateboards.
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If you already don't
understand that, come with us
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for a couple ride-alongs
and see the tragedy we see.
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Bodies vs. vehicles, it's
not a good combination.
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Bodies vs. asphalt, it
never works out well.
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- So we're out on the hill,
we're all goin' really fast
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and we come into a
right-hand corner
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we now call Danger Right,
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and it's a corner that's
really weirdly set up.
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You can't see the exit
of it and you can't see
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the entrance if you're oncoming,
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and coming into it,
it's controlled,
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staying in my lane
and everything, and
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right as I'm at the critical
point to where I need to
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throw my board
sideways and shed speed
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to make it through the corner,
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I just see a car
cutting the lane
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fully in my lane,
and all I remember is
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seeing the car, throwing
my board sideways,
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trying to get to the
right side of the road
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and thinking I'm going under
the hood of this car right now.
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Ended up knocking both
my front teeth out,
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gettin' rattled up pretty good.
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- We've existed in a legal
grey area for a long time
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and instead of taking that up as
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a starting point for
establishing how we can be
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protected by law and
considered by law,
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it's disregarded completely and
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they went straight for the ban.
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It's a bummer but it's kind
of what skateboarding--
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the hand that skateboarding
has always been dealt,
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and what skateboarders have
always had to deal with.
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(people talking)
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- An all-out ban
here in San Bar,
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it was kind of a shock, I mean
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it's not gonna stop me from
skating down the hills.
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Maybe it'll stop young
people from starting
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downhill skateboarding,
which is unfortunate,
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but it doesn't
really make sense.
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- Well my initial reaction
is, as a public official,
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is first thing that's most
important to me is public safety
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and so when I saw the
CHP was recommending this
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and our sheriff's
department also was
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in favor of banning it,
the first thing that came
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to my mind was okay,
this is something
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we need to do to protect people.
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- Our next item before
you this afternoon
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presents a proposed ordinance
for your consideration
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to address a need
and the request
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of the California Highway Patrol
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for more enforcement
tools to deal with
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the increasing popularity
of downhill skateboarding
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on some of our mountainous roads
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in the unincorporated county.
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- And I never thought I
would downhill skateboard.
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I honestly never
thought I would.
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00:25:05,538 --> 00:25:08,573
I thought, those guys
are crazy, they're just--
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they're going so fast downhill,
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00:25:12,078 --> 00:25:13,911
it's so scary, you know?
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00:25:13,946 --> 00:25:16,581
- That's a huge bond to build
there between us for sure,
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is those near-death
moments that we have
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where we look at
each other and we go,
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00:25:20,486 --> 00:25:21,953
wow dude, we almost died there.
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I mean I've had times where
I've felt that connection
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with someone after a run
and I feel a lot closer
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to them because of what
we just went through.
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- Yeah, Patrick
Welsh, he was the main
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kid who'd teach me pretty much
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everything that I know
about downhill skateboarding
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and I learned a lot from him,
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and he's a kid, he's
younger than me but he's
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so enthusiastic
about skateboarding
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and the whole skate scene.
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- I keep skating not as
much for the sport itself
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but for all the people
I've met skating.
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I'm lucky enough to be
supported by companies
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and go around the
world traveling,
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and it's a really unique
opportunity for me
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as such a young kid,
being able to do that.
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(upbeat rock music)
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- I told Pat, I said hey, I know
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you have finals this
week, but would you
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be interested in going
for a quick skate run?
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And Pat can never say
no to a skate sesh.
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- [Voiceover] So going
up there that day,
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how did you feel about
her skating down?
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00:28:15,861 --> 00:28:19,163
- Going up that day, I actually
tried to get her to skate
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00:28:19,198 --> 00:28:23,033
a different place
in the Riviera but
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00:28:23,068 --> 00:28:25,736
she was driving,
I can't drive so
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00:28:25,771 --> 00:28:28,038
she kinda just went
up to Gibraltar.
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00:28:29,475 --> 00:28:32,110
- We had fun, we
had lots of fun,
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I was having great fun and
389
00:28:36,581 --> 00:28:39,983
yeah, Patrick was going so fast.
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00:28:40,018 --> 00:28:42,586
He was going like
50 miles an hour.
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00:28:42,621 --> 00:28:45,323
- Safety with her was an
issue because she doesn't
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know some of the
basic things and
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kind of all over the
place with lanes.
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- How do you mean, you
don't remember the run
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because--
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- Because of what happened,
I don't remember anything
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00:29:03,208 --> 00:29:05,710
that happened from
that accident.
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00:29:05,745 --> 00:29:09,780
My memory from
that day ends where
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I take off from my second run.
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00:29:16,721 --> 00:29:20,725
Yeah, Pat was
there, but whatever
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00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:24,395
he saw or whatever
was the aftermath of
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00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:29,200
me being hit, I think he
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00:29:29,235 --> 00:29:30,635
doesn't wanna tell
me, he doesn't wanna
404
00:29:30,670 --> 00:29:32,636
he doesn't wanna talk
about it, which is okay.
405
00:29:32,671 --> 00:29:36,206
He's probably looking out
for me in that respect.
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00:29:37,476 --> 00:29:39,943
- So after the accident,
went into the hospital
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00:29:39,978 --> 00:29:43,748
and Terra had a
slight brain bleed
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00:29:43,783 --> 00:29:47,385
and some fractures
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00:29:47,420 --> 00:29:50,488
in her skull, plus I think she
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00:29:50,523 --> 00:29:53,925
blew a eardrum and it was
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00:29:53,960 --> 00:29:56,928
pretty shocking
seeing that firsthand.
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00:29:58,798 --> 00:30:01,465
- I remember seein'
her in the hospital and
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00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:04,001
she's all bruised
up, I saw her helmet.
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00:30:04,036 --> 00:30:06,871
She was wearing a full face
helmet with the chin guard.
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00:30:06,906 --> 00:30:09,606
The chin guard was busted
off, it looked like
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00:30:09,641 --> 00:30:12,310
the tire really
went over her head.
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00:30:12,345 --> 00:30:15,480
She's really lucky to be alive.
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00:30:15,515 --> 00:30:18,983
- One of my friends
said he had asked
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00:30:19,018 --> 00:30:21,685
the highway patrol
that had responded
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when he saw 'em at the
hospital and they said that
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00:30:24,023 --> 00:30:27,691
it didn't look good for me,
the outlook did not look good
422
00:30:27,726 --> 00:30:31,228
but I toughed
through it somehow.
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00:30:31,263 --> 00:30:34,265
I think a lot of my friends
were sending me their love
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and I was on a lot
of people's minds and
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00:30:36,835 --> 00:30:38,770
they were sending
me good thoughts, so
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00:30:38,805 --> 00:30:42,006
I powered through it
and somehow I made it.
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00:30:46,845 --> 00:30:49,680
- So I wasn't surprised
when I learned that
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00:30:49,715 --> 00:30:52,616
they were putting in
legislation to ban us
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00:30:52,651 --> 00:30:54,718
on the roads that we
were skating most.
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00:30:54,753 --> 00:30:57,421
When it came up, it was our
chance to prove them wrong
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00:30:57,456 --> 00:30:59,090
and show them that we're not
just skateboard hooligans.
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00:30:59,125 --> 00:31:01,960
it's a way of life, it's
a culture, it's a sport.
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00:31:01,995 --> 00:31:04,661
It's our jobs, it's
everything to us.
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00:31:04,696 --> 00:31:07,665
- Santa Barbara has a
very long and rich history
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00:31:08,968 --> 00:31:11,135
with skateboarding
here in Santa Barbara
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00:31:11,170 --> 00:31:13,470
and it continues to
contribute millions of dollars
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00:31:13,505 --> 00:31:15,740
of revenue to the local economy.
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00:31:15,775 --> 00:31:18,108
- We can effectively
break, slow down, stop
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00:31:18,143 --> 00:31:20,811
and corner efficiently
as any biker.
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00:31:20,846 --> 00:31:23,848
The only time a CHP officer
actually observed us,
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00:31:23,883 --> 00:31:25,783
he followed us down
San Marcus road
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00:31:25,818 --> 00:31:28,051
on his motorcycle
while we skated.
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00:31:28,086 --> 00:31:30,086
At the bottom, he said
that we were in no way
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00:31:30,121 --> 00:31:32,523
obstructing traffic,breaking
traffic laws,
445
00:31:32,558 --> 00:31:34,491
or seemed out of control.
446
00:31:34,526 --> 00:31:37,428
He told us to be safe and
that we could keep skating.
447
00:31:37,463 --> 00:31:39,430
I think if more people
would give us a chance
448
00:31:39,465 --> 00:31:41,765
like that, this
stigma wouldn't exist.
449
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,303
- Very rarely do I
see a story that's
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00:31:45,338 --> 00:31:48,471
as compelling as the ones
that the skaters that were
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00:31:48,506 --> 00:31:51,175
there at the hearing
brought to the hearing.
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00:31:51,210 --> 00:31:53,978
- We may have different
methods of breaking
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00:31:54,013 --> 00:31:57,048
and slowing down, controlling
ourselves as we go down
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00:31:57,083 --> 00:31:59,116
but we can keep
the exact same pace
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00:31:59,151 --> 00:32:01,085
and control as a bicyclist.
456
00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,421
Instead of being reactionary
and instituting a ban,
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00:32:04,456 --> 00:32:08,125
this discussion should
serve as a starting point
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00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:11,161
to keep the topics of safe
use of bikes and skateboards
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00:32:11,196 --> 00:32:13,665
on roadways as a public topic.
460
00:32:13,700 --> 00:32:16,600
- That was pretty much just a
deal done behind closed doors.
461
00:32:16,635 --> 00:32:19,770
I believe Janet Wolf said
something along the lines of
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00:32:19,805 --> 00:32:22,406
the CHP help us out with
so many things and they
463
00:32:22,441 --> 00:32:25,543
never ask for anything so we
really can't say no to them,
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00:32:25,578 --> 00:32:27,445
which doesn't really make sense.
465
00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:29,646
I thought they're kinda
there to uphold the will
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00:32:29,681 --> 00:32:31,981
of the public, not other
government agencies,
467
00:32:32,016 --> 00:32:34,285
but I don't know,
I guess that serves
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00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:36,386
their best political interests.
469
00:32:36,421 --> 00:32:39,023
- Instead of posting signs
that say no skateboarding,
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00:32:39,058 --> 00:32:41,291
post signs that say
caution, skateboarders
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00:32:41,326 --> 00:32:43,626
are present, please
share the road.
472
00:32:43,661 --> 00:32:45,496
- Yeah, I'm really
wrestling with this because
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00:32:45,531 --> 00:32:47,665
I understand that there's whole
business implications here
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00:32:47,700 --> 00:32:49,633
with-- it's great to see
a lot of you young guys
475
00:32:49,668 --> 00:32:52,136
out there getting
involved in business
476
00:32:52,171 --> 00:32:55,540
and creating something
out of really nothing.
477
00:32:55,575 --> 00:32:57,375
It's kinda cool, but
478
00:32:58,676 --> 00:33:01,578
you also have to
weigh the protecting
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00:33:01,613 --> 00:33:04,848
the taxpayers' wallet
if one of you gets hit
480
00:33:04,883 --> 00:33:08,251
that now we're liable, so,
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00:33:08,286 --> 00:33:10,488
I will hear what my
colleagues have to say.
482
00:33:10,523 --> 00:33:12,856
- I like to go into every
meeting with an open mind
483
00:33:12,891 --> 00:33:14,925
but generally you review
the materials and you
484
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:16,726
kind of feel where
you're gonna be at,
485
00:33:16,761 --> 00:33:19,963
and then I kinda listen to
the testimony at that point
486
00:33:19,998 --> 00:33:21,898
and that's actually
what changed my mind.
487
00:33:21,933 --> 00:33:25,301
- Safety, most of the
folks talked about safety.
488
00:33:25,336 --> 00:33:28,371
I saw a skateboard I
probably couldn't afford
489
00:33:28,406 --> 00:33:30,040
but I think some of
these folks that are
490
00:33:30,075 --> 00:33:32,476
going down this hill don't
have all the special equipment,
491
00:33:32,511 --> 00:33:34,711
don't have the special
boards and so forth.
492
00:33:34,746 --> 00:33:36,446
The roads are way too narrow.
493
00:33:36,481 --> 00:33:39,983
- In the end, the liability
wasn't on our side.
494
00:33:40,018 --> 00:33:41,685
- Supervisor Farr?
495
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:43,153
- Thank you, Madam Chair.
496
00:33:43,188 --> 00:33:45,923
I just wanna say that
they have been very polite
497
00:33:45,958 --> 00:33:48,860
and respectful and I
appreciate that, but
498
00:33:48,895 --> 00:33:52,163
they have also been
inconsistent as a group.
499
00:33:52,198 --> 00:33:54,565
I know that a number of
the comments we received
500
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:56,933
at the hearing and then
also since then, have
501
00:33:56,968 --> 00:34:01,005
talked about don't ban
it, put up more signs,
502
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,741
stripe the road, make
everybody stay in their lane
503
00:34:04,776 --> 00:34:08,178
and yet, if you go online,
it's easy to find their
504
00:34:08,213 --> 00:34:11,315
Youtube videos
advertising these roads,
505
00:34:11,350 --> 00:34:14,518
showing them weaving back
and forth across the roads.
506
00:34:14,553 --> 00:34:16,686
- All right, any
further discussion?
507
00:34:16,721 --> 00:34:20,123
Very good, we'll have a
roll call vote on A32.
508
00:34:20,158 --> 00:34:21,791
- Mr. Adams?
- Aye.
509
00:34:21,826 --> 00:34:23,326
- Mr. Ravanino?
- No.
510
00:34:23,361 --> 00:34:24,728
- Mr. Carbahol?
- Aye.
511
00:34:24,763 --> 00:34:26,096
- Miss Farr?
- Aye.
512
00:34:26,131 --> 00:34:27,231
- Miss Wolf.
- Aye.
513
00:34:27,266 --> 00:34:28,431
- Passes four to one.
514
00:34:28,466 --> 00:34:29,666
- Okay, thank you.
515
00:34:29,701 --> 00:34:31,068
- Like I said, a lot of
us are always gonna go
516
00:34:31,103 --> 00:34:33,703
down the safest route,
that's just the way
517
00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:35,371
government works, we
wanna protect ourselves
518
00:34:35,406 --> 00:34:37,608
and insulate ourselves
so I understand why.
519
00:34:37,643 --> 00:34:39,610
- Especially young adults,
they wanna know why.
520
00:34:39,645 --> 00:34:42,180
They want the why
question answered and
521
00:34:42,215 --> 00:34:45,616
the why is your life
depends on us to
522
00:34:45,651 --> 00:34:48,018
put these laws in
place to protect you.
523
00:34:48,053 --> 00:34:51,421
The motoring pubic in
most of these roadways,
524
00:34:51,456 --> 00:34:53,790
they're not expecting
a skateboarder to be
525
00:34:53,825 --> 00:34:56,126
coming down at maybe
30 miles per hour
526
00:34:56,161 --> 00:34:58,395
around a corner, and
while there are some
527
00:34:58,430 --> 00:35:02,065
skateboarders who could
safely negotiate those corners
528
00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:06,236
and come to a stop in a
reasonable amount of time,
529
00:35:06,271 --> 00:35:09,206
we have to account for
every level of skateboarder.
530
00:35:12,511 --> 00:35:14,278
- Where I grew up
in Vancouver, you
531
00:35:14,313 --> 00:35:15,680
could skate down the hill.
532
00:35:15,715 --> 00:35:17,281
Sure, somebody
would be pissed but
533
00:35:17,316 --> 00:35:18,815
it's really not their place
and they kinda know it,
534
00:35:18,850 --> 00:35:21,485
so they just let you go
and do your own thing.
535
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,688
So yeah, it was a big
change, but of course
536
00:35:24,723 --> 00:35:27,591
just a big pleasure to be
part of a small community
537
00:35:27,626 --> 00:35:29,160
again and see it growing.
538
00:35:29,195 --> 00:35:33,163
(upbeat rock music)
539
00:37:46,865 --> 00:37:48,831
- Santa Gnarbara
event's really special.
540
00:37:48,866 --> 00:37:51,635
It's really cool seeing
all these people come
541
00:37:51,670 --> 00:37:54,705
support our local
crew at our hills
542
00:37:56,075 --> 00:37:58,741
and it's really great
seeing something that won't
543
00:37:58,776 --> 00:38:01,845
get shut down that
we can just have fun.
544
00:38:03,515 --> 00:38:05,481
- [Voiceover] You wanna give
a little recap of the day?
545
00:38:05,516 --> 00:38:07,150
- I would love to give
a recap of the day.
546
00:38:07,185 --> 00:38:08,751
- [Voiceover] Looks like
you got a little bit of
547
00:38:08,786 --> 00:38:10,253
a carnage all over yourself too.
548
00:38:10,288 --> 00:38:12,456
- The first Santa
Gnarbara outlaw race,
549
00:38:12,491 --> 00:38:15,025
people were flyin' off the
cliff and people weren't
550
00:38:15,060 --> 00:38:17,026
wearing the proper
equipment or not knowing
551
00:38:17,061 --> 00:38:18,461
what they should wear.
552
00:38:18,496 --> 00:38:19,830
- What I learned today.
553
00:38:19,865 --> 00:38:21,465
- [Voiceover] Always
ride McGeown trucks.
554
00:38:21,500 --> 00:38:23,233
- Always ride McGeown trucks.
555
00:38:23,268 --> 00:38:24,935
Makes you stable as hell.
556
00:38:24,970 --> 00:38:26,803
Don't enjoy the ride.
557
00:38:26,838 --> 00:38:27,938
- [Voiceover] Don't have fun.
558
00:38:27,973 --> 00:38:29,940
- Don't have fun, but stay safe.
559
00:38:29,975 --> 00:38:33,643
- And then you come to now
the races are legitimate.
560
00:38:33,678 --> 00:38:36,480
- Tom was very instrumental
in going through all the
561
00:38:36,515 --> 00:38:39,183
paperwork and making sure
everything was permitted.
562
00:38:39,218 --> 00:38:42,118
- It was just a really
well put together event,
563
00:38:42,153 --> 00:38:45,321
everybody had a great time,
and it showed a lot of
564
00:38:45,356 --> 00:38:47,425
the people who maybe hadn't
visited Santa Barbara
565
00:38:47,460 --> 00:38:50,526
that there's a real special
place here for skating.
566
00:38:50,561 --> 00:38:54,365
(upbeat guitar music)
567
00:38:59,738 --> 00:39:02,038
- It's hectic so far,
oh my God I can't even
568
00:39:02,073 --> 00:39:03,973
get a second to
help the boys out,
569
00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:07,376
but it's going good,
everything's coming together.
570
00:39:07,411 --> 00:39:09,880
We got the hay here, the
port-a-potty man's come through,
571
00:39:09,915 --> 00:39:11,815
missing one more block of hay.
572
00:39:13,718 --> 00:39:16,120
Just runnin' around as
fast as I can right now.
573
00:39:18,656 --> 00:39:20,623
- [Voiceover] He's takin' care
of business, that's for sure.
574
00:39:20,658 --> 00:39:24,228
(upbeat guitar music)
575
00:39:30,501 --> 00:39:32,903
- So we're trying to
minimize the space between
576
00:39:32,938 --> 00:39:35,538
the hay bails while
maximizing the amount of
577
00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:38,008
space covered by hay bails.
578
00:39:38,043 --> 00:39:39,643
So you kinda gotta
think about the angle
579
00:39:39,678 --> 00:39:41,145
the skaters are
gonna be comin' in at
580
00:39:41,180 --> 00:39:43,280
and making sure there's no
gaps between everything.
581
00:39:43,315 --> 00:39:45,248
- Dave is a pro at this.
582
00:39:45,283 --> 00:39:48,885
- I guess, it ain't
my first rodeo now.
583
00:39:50,221 --> 00:39:53,323
(people talking and laughing)
584
00:39:53,358 --> 00:39:55,625
- Cold beers sound
really good right now.
585
00:39:55,660 --> 00:39:57,060
It's all I can think about.
586
00:39:57,095 --> 00:39:59,296
- [Voiceover] Beer?
- Going back to the camp
587
00:39:59,331 --> 00:40:00,663
and drinking beer.
588
00:40:00,698 --> 00:40:02,198
- [Voiceover] So where
are you guys from?
589
00:40:02,233 --> 00:40:04,501
- From L.A., Venice area,
590
00:40:04,536 --> 00:40:07,403
just kinda vacationing out here,
591
00:40:07,438 --> 00:40:10,540
enjoying the mountains,
it's the best.
592
00:40:10,575 --> 00:40:12,441
- Yeah, the way we have
it set up, we kinda
593
00:40:12,476 --> 00:40:14,578
have it almost like
a domino, so if they
594
00:40:14,613 --> 00:40:16,746
hit one bail, they're
gonna hit a couple.
595
00:40:18,183 --> 00:40:20,918
Ideally, they'll hit one
and that'll slow 'em down
596
00:40:20,953 --> 00:40:23,286
and they'll just keep
hitting a couple.
597
00:40:23,321 --> 00:40:25,388
It'll let 'em slow
down enough to not be
598
00:40:25,423 --> 00:40:28,491
too dangerous but I mean,
if you hit it wrong,
599
00:40:28,526 --> 00:40:31,261
you could go sending with it.
600
00:40:31,296 --> 00:40:33,130
- Ready for a good time.
601
00:40:33,165 --> 00:40:37,100
- The people in it are so
special and it's probably
602
00:40:37,135 --> 00:40:40,003
the one thing that has
kept me in it the longest
603
00:40:40,038 --> 00:40:41,538
is that the people
I've met through it,
604
00:40:41,573 --> 00:40:44,106
and we share that
special bond that
605
00:40:44,141 --> 00:40:46,776
we can't all really explain
but we know it's there.
606
00:40:46,811 --> 00:40:51,181
(dramatic rock music)
607
00:40:57,221 --> 00:40:59,423
- Let's make it happen,
everyone get ready.
608
00:40:59,458 --> 00:41:02,025
Stage up and let's take
our first run of the day.
609
00:41:02,060 --> 00:41:04,228
(crowd cheering)
610
00:41:04,263 --> 00:41:08,265
(dramatic rock music)
611
00:41:14,973 --> 00:41:18,341
It's all started right now,
long ass weekend begins.
612
00:41:18,376 --> 00:41:22,378
(dramatic rock music)
613
00:41:34,225 --> 00:41:35,791
- Wow, it's lookin' good,
I mean it looks like
614
00:41:35,826 --> 00:41:37,861
we got about maybe 200 people
615
00:41:37,896 --> 00:41:39,330
spread out throughout the hill.
616
00:41:39,365 --> 00:41:42,265
- Our chief officers
informed us to come on out
617
00:41:42,300 --> 00:41:44,568
and just assist in any
way that we can today
618
00:41:44,603 --> 00:41:47,871
so we're lookin' forward to
seeing how it all goes down.
619
00:41:47,906 --> 00:41:50,473
Hopefully everybody can
do it safely and have fun.
620
00:41:50,508 --> 00:41:53,143
- Well the first time I
saw it was from a GoPro,
621
00:41:53,178 --> 00:41:55,245
Thomas going down hills
with GoPros, those were
622
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,213
the first time I saw
the films and I really
623
00:41:57,248 --> 00:41:58,715
didn't wanna ever see it again.
624
00:41:58,750 --> 00:42:00,483
I said I don't wanna see
you doin' this sport,
625
00:42:00,518 --> 00:42:02,151
I don't like it.
626
00:42:02,186 --> 00:42:04,488
One year he had three
different broken bones,
627
00:42:04,523 --> 00:42:06,756
I just didn't support
it until I got involved
628
00:42:06,791 --> 00:42:08,825
and then I see
that it is a sport,
629
00:42:08,860 --> 00:42:10,961
and it's a sport that people
have a lot of passion for
630
00:42:10,996 --> 00:42:12,896
and love, and they're
very good at it,
631
00:42:12,931 --> 00:42:14,765
and I now have a
lot more respect.
632
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,533
I don't just see danger.
633
00:42:16,568 --> 00:42:18,068
Yes, it's dangerous.
634
00:42:18,103 --> 00:42:22,071
(dramatic rock music)
635
00:42:25,376 --> 00:42:27,645
- It's fast, it's really fast.
636
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:30,780
I'm gonna have to tighten
my trucks a little bit.
637
00:42:30,815 --> 00:42:32,750
I'd say two or three times.
638
00:42:32,785 --> 00:42:34,618
Oh this isn't the worst.
639
00:42:34,653 --> 00:42:38,555
(dramatic rock music)
640
00:42:44,730 --> 00:42:48,031
(scraping)
641
00:43:19,398 --> 00:43:21,098
- [Voiceover] Ladies,
what do we see here?
642
00:43:21,133 --> 00:43:25,168
- We see a nice little
first degree sidewalk burn.
643
00:43:25,203 --> 00:43:27,103
It's a first degree
because I don't see
644
00:43:27,138 --> 00:43:30,106
any white meat.
- [Voiceover] Nice.
645
00:43:30,141 --> 00:43:32,141
It's a good old first
degree one, yeah.
646
00:43:32,176 --> 00:43:33,510
Your first run?
647
00:43:33,545 --> 00:43:35,645
- Yeah, it was last run.
648
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,148
This run, it was
great, this run.
649
00:43:38,183 --> 00:43:40,483
- Ready to get back on the hill.
650
00:43:40,518 --> 00:43:41,951
My butt is--
651
00:43:41,986 --> 00:43:43,453
[Voiceover] Goin' bigger,
better, badder right?
652
00:43:43,488 --> 00:43:46,390
- Exactly, my butt feels
like it's got new skin on it.
653
00:43:46,425 --> 00:43:50,460
(upbeat rock music)
654
00:43:57,035 --> 00:43:58,901
- It's pretty nice.
- It's gnarly.
655
00:43:58,936 --> 00:44:02,806
- Sick course, way better
than last year, way better.
656
00:44:02,841 --> 00:44:05,641
- We drove down
from southern Oregon
657
00:44:05,676 --> 00:44:07,911
to San Francisco and
then drove down here
658
00:44:07,946 --> 00:44:09,980
the rest of the way with a
buddy of ours in his truck,
659
00:44:10,015 --> 00:44:13,216
so altogether nine and
a half hours of driving
660
00:44:13,251 --> 00:44:15,318
or something, but
totally worth it.
661
00:44:15,353 --> 00:44:16,453
- Good trip.
662
00:44:16,488 --> 00:44:18,221
- My friend Zoe actually
introduced me to
663
00:44:18,256 --> 00:44:19,956
downhill skating and
I've been skating
664
00:44:19,991 --> 00:44:21,591
for about five
months in general.
665
00:44:21,626 --> 00:44:23,726
I'm pretty stoked but
a little bit nervous.
666
00:44:23,761 --> 00:44:27,798
(intense rock music)
667
00:46:09,366 --> 00:46:11,568
- [Voiceover] The guys
bomb in that last corner,
668
00:46:11,603 --> 00:46:14,436
slidin' out and hittin'
people and knockin'--
669
00:46:14,471 --> 00:46:16,906
everybody flies on
top of the hay bales.
670
00:46:16,941 --> 00:46:19,710
It's a dangerous situation.
671
00:46:19,745 --> 00:46:21,678
- You can catch the bus--
672
00:46:21,713 --> 00:46:25,681
(people talking)
673
00:46:29,855 --> 00:46:31,721
- It's kinda rough
today, honestly I'm not
674
00:46:31,756 --> 00:46:33,190
feeling very good right now.
675
00:46:33,225 --> 00:46:35,891
That last transmission
is really just not beuno,
676
00:46:35,926 --> 00:46:38,428
that's not what I
want happening at all.
677
00:46:41,866 --> 00:46:44,868
I'm just kinda thinking about
how we can fix it down there.
678
00:46:44,903 --> 00:46:46,670
This is the problem
when you need to have
679
00:46:46,705 --> 00:46:48,705
a new course and
a lot of guys and
680
00:46:48,740 --> 00:46:50,506
you're tryin' to figure
out how to run buses
681
00:46:50,541 --> 00:46:52,808
and fit 120 people at the
bottom and pick 'em up
682
00:46:52,843 --> 00:46:55,111
and do everything
efficiently, it's really hard.
683
00:46:55,146 --> 00:46:56,446
It's really hard.
684
00:46:56,481 --> 00:46:58,248
- I think it's great,
it's kinda scary.
685
00:46:58,283 --> 00:46:59,616
(woman laughing)
686
00:46:59,651 --> 00:47:01,050
- [Voiceover] You got
the whole family here?
687
00:47:01,085 --> 00:47:02,851
- Yes, I'm so excited
to be here and watch
688
00:47:02,886 --> 00:47:04,921
but I've never seen
them actually race.
689
00:47:04,956 --> 00:47:07,423
- First time.
- First time, but it's got--
690
00:47:07,458 --> 00:47:08,991
- Fingers crossed.
- Fingers crossed
691
00:47:09,026 --> 00:47:10,526
there's no major injuries.
692
00:47:10,561 --> 00:47:12,661
- So I got bumped by Jasper.
693
00:47:12,696 --> 00:47:15,398
He shoved me off the road.
694
00:47:15,433 --> 00:47:17,733
And yeah, that's about it.
695
00:47:17,768 --> 00:47:19,670
- [Voiceover] Where's
the road rash?
696
00:47:19,705 --> 00:47:23,040
- I got it on my arm, hip,
697
00:47:24,308 --> 00:47:26,676
stomach, yeah.
698
00:47:26,711 --> 00:47:28,978
- I need you guys on the line.
699
00:47:29,013 --> 00:47:32,415
Moe, Rica, Jasper and Louie.
700
00:47:32,450 --> 00:47:34,383
- Pretty good man.
- Are you from fuckin' Sweden?
701
00:47:34,418 --> 00:47:35,585
- Yeah man.
702
00:47:35,620 --> 00:47:36,986
- Damn dude, you're
really out here.
703
00:47:38,423 --> 00:47:40,790
- I'm probably the
oldest guy out here.
704
00:47:40,825 --> 00:47:41,725
- [Voiceover] What age?
705
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,260
- 44.
706
00:47:43,295 --> 00:47:44,426
- [Voiceover] Tell me again
when you started downhill--
707
00:47:46,398 --> 00:47:48,431
- 10 years ago,
five years downhill.
708
00:47:48,466 --> 00:47:50,966
So back in 2010, I
started downhilling.
709
00:47:51,001 --> 00:47:52,468
- [Voiceover] Your body
takes it just fine huh?
710
00:47:52,503 --> 00:47:53,670
- I can handle it, I'm okay.
711
00:47:53,705 --> 00:47:55,205
I was actually broken
off 10 months ago.
712
00:47:55,240 --> 00:47:57,073
Broken femur three
places, broken shoulder
713
00:47:57,108 --> 00:47:59,876
but Kevin's my
inspiration so I'm here.
714
00:47:59,911 --> 00:48:01,378
All right, let's do this.
715
00:48:01,413 --> 00:48:05,148
(exciting rock music)
716
00:49:16,086 --> 00:49:20,090
(people cheering)
717
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:51,186
- Third place, where's
my third place (mumbles)?
718
00:49:51,221 --> 00:49:54,056
Patrick Welsh,
Santa Barbara local.
719
00:49:54,091 --> 00:49:55,991
Santa Barbara local!
720
00:49:56,026 --> 00:49:59,095
(cheering and applause)
721
00:49:59,130 --> 00:50:01,698
Let's hear it for
the amateur class.
722
00:50:03,268 --> 00:50:05,301
First place in the pro division,
723
00:50:05,336 --> 00:50:07,403
where is Alex Charleston?
724
00:50:07,438 --> 00:50:10,773
(cheering and applause)
725
00:50:23,421 --> 00:50:26,221
- The ban of downhill
skateboarding in Santa Barbara
726
00:50:26,256 --> 00:50:29,191
really reminds me of the ban
of downhill skateboarding
727
00:50:29,226 --> 00:50:32,228
in Malibu that happened
in 2006, and really
728
00:50:32,263 --> 00:50:35,598
it's not the entire
community of Malibu
729
00:50:35,633 --> 00:50:37,833
or Santa Barbara coming
together because of
730
00:50:37,868 --> 00:50:41,638
this crazy problem of
skateboarders in the street.
731
00:50:41,673 --> 00:50:44,273
It's generally one
or two residents that
732
00:50:44,308 --> 00:50:47,143
are up on city council
and they're sick and tired
733
00:50:47,178 --> 00:50:49,611
of skateboarders going
past their house.
734
00:50:49,646 --> 00:50:52,315
They like riding bicycles
instead of skateboards
735
00:50:52,350 --> 00:50:55,051
and so they wanna
alleviate themself
736
00:50:55,086 --> 00:50:57,020
of what this issue is.
737
00:50:57,055 --> 00:50:59,388
- We've all pretty much
dedicated a big part
738
00:50:59,423 --> 00:51:01,423
of our lives to this,
you can tell us that we
739
00:51:01,458 --> 00:51:03,726
can't go skateboard, you can--
740
00:51:03,761 --> 00:51:05,961
I don't care what
penalties, you can tell me
741
00:51:05,996 --> 00:51:07,696
you're gonna throw me in
jail if I go skateboard,
742
00:51:07,731 --> 00:51:09,031
I'm gonna go skateboard.
743
00:51:09,066 --> 00:51:11,735
- Downhill skateboarding
for me has done--
744
00:51:11,770 --> 00:51:14,270
it's probably been the
most powerful driving force
745
00:51:14,305 --> 00:51:15,738
that I've had in my life.
746
00:51:15,773 --> 00:51:18,841
- Slowly but surely, it's
comin' back to me and
747
00:51:18,876 --> 00:51:22,878
I can actually do
some toe side slides.
748
00:51:22,913 --> 00:51:25,115
I practiced some
the other day and
749
00:51:25,150 --> 00:51:27,783
they worked out for me,
so I'm pretty happy.
750
00:51:27,818 --> 00:51:31,755
Maybe one day I will
come back to going fast.
751
00:51:31,790 --> 00:51:33,956
- The people who I bomb
hills with, I trust
752
00:51:33,991 --> 00:51:36,760
my life with them, it's
like, I don't know,
753
00:51:36,795 --> 00:51:38,928
it's just when you
have that relationship,
754
00:51:38,963 --> 00:51:40,730
it's just hard to
walk away from.
755
00:51:40,765 --> 00:51:42,965
- Yeah that's where I've
had a lot of the best
756
00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:44,566
feelings in downhill
skateboarding is just
757
00:51:44,601 --> 00:51:46,368
kinda hangin' out with
friends in secluded areas
758
00:51:46,403 --> 00:51:48,205
where you just kinda
feel like you're the
759
00:51:48,240 --> 00:51:49,940
king of the world,
you're overlooking at
760
00:51:49,975 --> 00:51:53,210
a huge empty valley and
it's like this is mine.
761
00:51:53,245 --> 00:51:54,310
(laughing)
762
00:51:54,345 --> 00:51:57,613
- Skateboarding has always
763
00:51:57,648 --> 00:52:00,216
given me a glorious feeling,
and I never cared about
764
00:52:00,251 --> 00:52:03,118
that pain that I had
to pay at the time,
765
00:52:03,153 --> 00:52:04,855
and it will always be that way.
766
00:52:04,890 --> 00:52:06,355
I'm sure I'll tone
it down some day,
767
00:52:06,390 --> 00:52:07,923
but I'm gonna skate forever.
768
00:52:07,958 --> 00:52:10,026
- Skateboarding is
supposed to be illegal
769
00:52:10,061 --> 00:52:12,428
in my eyes, it
wouldn't be fun if
770
00:52:12,463 --> 00:52:15,065
we weren't out there
breakin' the rules.
771
00:52:15,100 --> 00:52:16,800
That's what it's supposed
to be, it's supposed to be
772
00:52:16,835 --> 00:52:18,768
against the grain, it's
supposed to be counterculture,
773
00:52:18,803 --> 00:52:20,370
it's supposed to be different.
774
00:52:20,405 --> 00:52:22,271
If it's not pissin' people
off, it's not really
775
00:52:22,306 --> 00:52:24,306
all that fun, and you
know we don't go out there
776
00:52:24,341 --> 00:52:26,075
to piss people off,
we're respectful.
777
00:52:26,110 --> 00:52:28,110
We're probably the most
respectful people on the hill
778
00:52:28,145 --> 00:52:31,513
but in the end, I
think some of us
779
00:52:31,548 --> 00:52:33,316
really enjoy being outlaws.
780
00:52:33,351 --> 00:52:37,620
(dramatic music)
781
00:55:21,151 --> 00:55:25,288
("Apocalypse Cow" by SeepeopleS)
782
00:55:30,528 --> 00:55:32,595
- [Voiceover] Put
it in your mouth.
783
00:55:37,035 --> 00:55:38,568
(laughter)
784
00:56:23,180 --> 00:56:25,381
- Oh shit, poor little guy.
785
00:56:25,416 --> 00:56:27,350
Life's rough for a mouse.
58793
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