035: L.A.: El Porto

Posted on November 27, 2008
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happy thanksgiving from L.A. where I found a living stereotype of city surfing. LAX airport nearby. container ships, oil rigs, power and sewage treatment plants literally right there, water pollution postings, and styrofoam cups and frito lays bags floating by, people cruising the bike path, skateboards, rollerblades, beachcruisers. not to mention small, junky surf. but had to get wet, and at least water was warm. waist high, with maybe some bigger funky reform type things to share with a surprisingly large (given the shit conditions) and culturally diverse crowd.

some kid wiped out on a skateboard bad on the hill in the parking lot and had to be carted off on a backboard via ambulance. ouch. then a 15 minute drive took an hour and fifteen on the way back to thanksgiving dinner with friends. welcome to L.A., where they have crystal chandelier streetlights a few blocks from crack addicts living under the overpass.