
What's that? You weren't aware Southern California is big on action sports? Have you ever loooked at a map, asshole? Beaches, mountains, deserts, and Hollywood High are all a short road trip away. A good portion of the "atheletes" are xtreme tools with jacked-up trucks who think they're superior and like to pick fights for no reason whatsoever. These are the dicks who show up at the industry brodeo known as ASR to "get waaaaasted and paaaartty at the Social D show, brah!" instead of intelligently discussing how bad things are in the industry, and asking "What the fuck's with the Volcom booth this year? They have rollerblades!"
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That said, there's also a decent scene of kids who are supercool and into art and music (like Stussy or RVCA, who are pretty much killing it), aren't dirty, and who see chicks as equals rather than just some hot ass for the taking (before you get mad, we are well aware that tons of girls also kick ass at their sports). Interestingly enough, a whole bunch of them are Christians. These dudes defy the hardpartying, ho-fucking stereotype.If you've been living in your mommy's basement and just emailing the dudes at Element stuff like "HI im a 15yrold sick ska8r dude, bam and vallely is a legend, sick, ok here's my vid, sponsor me pls write back," here are a few tips to get you integrated into the whole actionsports world, dude.SKATESkate guys have several distinct types: the punk/metalish dudes who wear those tight Ragdoll Ambiguous pants, the hip-hop guys in their LRG and puffy DCs, the iPath hippie rasta skaters, and the arty types who are super into eS, music, photography, and art. Also: vert vs. street. Etnies has a good contest every year with Goofy vs. Regular at their skate park in Lake Forest. While you're out there, you can go on over and skate the rails across from Captain Cream. Or, Aliso Creek?BMXTons of BMX guys live in Austin or North Carolina and the South, but of course they're all over Southern California too—it's just that for some reason, being a redneck BMXer is just so much more endearing and classic, especially when they wear flannel and Vans. Still, there are a lot of them in Riverside and Corona. There's constant battles between skaters and BMXers at parks, so find some San Diego dry ditches instead.
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