You session for like two hours and then the little bud-
dies offer you a ride to San Pedro High, the school that's
in contention for the title of Ledge Land USA. Pulling
up to the front, you realize the kids weren't lying when
they said your old-school ass would love this place.
Ledges are everywhere; big and small, on flat ground,
down stairs, or going straight off, and they're all the
color beige! Yeah! Another two hours of slash and burn
and you're beat, so you make your way up Gaffey
towards the house of mud, making the mistake of
attempting to bomb 26th Street down to Pacific
Avenue while en route. Fifteen seconds of sketchy 4-
wheel slides and one severe bail-out later, you're sit-
ting on your ass on the corner of Pacific inspecting
the large chunk of flesh missing from your left hand
and pouting over your 97a's that have taken on a
more angular shape since descending the hill. But it
seems lady luck is still with you, for coming up
Pacific you spot none other than Sean and his com-
padres Tony and Paul, headed for 32nd Street in a
van loaded with amps and drums and guitars. Tony
pulls over, you hop in, and Sean tells you on the
short ride to the house that a rock show is about
to go down in the backyard. At that, you just lean
back against an old bass amp in the back and
think, "Damn, that's the exact same thing he said
last night." Yep, that's Pedro for ya. -Andy Harris
Other stuff to check out:
Nader's Furniture Mart wall: Crazy bank to
slanted wall set-up with much grinding and wallie
fly-out possibilities. Very fun.
LA Public Library on 9th Street and Gaffey:
Long and low handrail, probably 10 steps, square
for grinding. Ollie over it and into the parking lot
if you're the man. Plus fun ledges and curbs.
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Clockwise from above: James Craig gives the tables of 7th Street school
some of that Daewon Song that they've been missing. Frontside bluntslide.
It takes a special dude to take off his shirt and wear it as a hat. Marcus
Bandy is that special dude. Topless bar ollie.
Andy Harris scuffs up the wall of Nader's furniture store
A tall ledge gets the gouge from Larry Moore while its little plastic broth-
er gets straight dissed.
Bobby Puleo slaps this bench up at 7th Street school with a fakie 5-0 to
frontside half-cab out.
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