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Eastern Skateboard Supply. Wilmington, NC. this morning we woke up in the building by the kona park at 9. we had to hurry on the 6 hour drive to wilmington, NC. we arrived at ESS. reggie greeted us and took us to the private skatepark. after 5 minutes everyone was sweating a lot. he took us to the location where the premiere was going to be held and had lunch (pizza). for dinner he took us to a real tasty restaurant that served a great carne asada burrito. wilmington is an awesome beach town. stickers were passed out to all the kids who were at the under 21 premiere, those kids went and sticker slapped all the light posts around the store. when the first premiere was over, the younger guys went back to the park to film. the second premiere was for 21 and older. we skated the park for nearly 5 hours. lightning storms were blasting outside. when the 2nd premiere was over we got picked up and went to Sleep Inn where reggie supplied us with 4 rooms!

Kona Skatepark, Jacksonville, FL. today we left tampa at 10:30 and went on a quick drive. we had brunch at bob evans. the restaurant is like an ihop or dennys. pretty darn good. we arrived at kona skatepark at 3:30. a bunch of skating went down. we also met up with ben hatchell and his buddy doug. there was a big ol snake run where the end was filled with water and we were skating it, than shooting out of the run early. donny griffin, from the animal chin video, showed josh some cool lines. after josh, ben and jordan took some runs saying that it was pretty insane. we had some lightning storms today too. we heard before we got here, a tornado started to form but than disappeared. kona has been really cool to us with free drinks and a bbq lunch. were staying at a pretty big trailer across the street.

Skatepark of Tampa. Tampa, FL. we woke up this morning and had some food from sonny’s bbq. we drove for a while and got to tampa at about 4. we explored two beaches before the premiere. josh found two horseshoe crabs mating on one beach. after enjoying the beaches we left to tampa skatepark. we met up with ben hatchell and his buddy. boo dropped in on the half pipe for the first time. we seshed the street area for a hour. when the premiere started there was a crew of guys who came to watch. when it was done, there was skating again in the street section. all the guys were killing it. SPOT paid for dinner at rock n sports bar and grille. it was way too tasty.

PLUS Skate Shop. Ft. Walton Beach, FL. this morning we woke up at 7:45 to have some free breakfast. after we ate, we went back to sleep. we woke up at 9:15 and got some more food. the van left the hotel at 9:45. we drove to florida and got some mickey d’s. when we were done eating, there was an anol crawling on the wall. after that, we did a photo shoot by a beach with a cool background. isaiah stepped in glass and cut his foot. when we arrived at the shop there were marble ledges and a really sick bowl/halfpipe. the skaters that were there were stoked. also, today we saw an alligator.

Skate Spot. Layfayette, LA. jason is the shop manager. he was super cool. the park was really awesome! a lot of people showed up but they didn’t cheer that much, guess they didn’t know they could. De Ville was giving skaters two stickers, if they put one of them on their helmets. there was a big game of skate dice and the winner was an older guy. after the premiere, jason had dinner ready for us made by his wife. she made jumbalaya and it consisted of rice, sauce and sausage. he gave us as many drinks as we wanted, which was really sick. also there were very tasty cookies.