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Have you ever stopped to really think about the impact of GO SKATEBOARDING DAY?  While obviously it’s to promote our sport (yes, I think its now a widely respected sport), I also think that it’s a nice reminder for us to just go have fun and be free, with no limits, no constraints, etc.

Being that we are based out of Oceanside, our gang took the liberty to spread thy message of bamboo all around Southern California.  Team 1 consisted of Nick and Jen, Team 2 was Brian, Uli, Stephen, and Heather, and Team 3 was Dana, Alex, and Jessee.  The rest of us just rolled down the local street…

Team 1 recap: The Orange County/LA Team

Jen went to Venice, completely packed, a lot of crazies, met some guys that own a clothing company that were interested in getting bamboo skate decks – we like people who want our decks!!  Nick hit three parks in Chino and Rancho Cucamonga!!

Team 2 recap: Uptown Team

They hit five different parks, making a big loop starting in Oceanside, heading south to Carlsbad and Encinitas and rounding things out in Poway.  Oceanside Bishop was packed with younger kids, they had a small event going on with Osiris and Chipotle, everyone was really friendly and the head guy even announced that “BambooSK8 is here too!”   Carlsbad was really fun, lots of kids and parents wanting information, Encinitas we stayed at the longest because of the size of the park, they were BBQing and DC was supposed to show up but never did.  We had the kids demoing boards, taking stickers and fliers as well as lots and lots of coupon codes.  We finished up in Poway, which had a lot of skaters that were much older, ranging from about 15 to 25 years old, we definitely pushed the launch party on them as well as having them demo the decks and offered them codes.  We took lots of pictures at each park of both us and the local kids with our stickers and boards.

Team 3 recap: Downtown Team

They ended up hitting four parks starting with Crownpoint park’s Sector 9 event, then Ocean Beach skate park, Washington Street skatepark, and then Embarcadero Marina Park.  Embarcadero was the most busy, the interns were swarmed with kids wanting stickers and fliers.  They video taped a lot of the events and will edit and post those soon.

Overall Go Skate Day was a total success – just having fun skating and promoting the skateboarding culture.

PHOTOS COMING SOON!