Ethan Vinograd pitchin’ it toeside at the top of a ridiculously steep run in Laguna Beach. I’d planned to go take some runs with lil’ homie after we’d finished shooting. We got this shot and I told him I’d meet him at the bottom of this run and we’d drive over to some other hills.
When I skate this road, I’m doing standup slides all the way down. Laguna OG Evren Ozan–dubbed “The Feather” by Striker for his smooth, light-on-the-board style–does two or three slides into the corners. Kevin and James did tons of slides in the video they made on that hill.
I came around the last turn, a left bend that dumps into a 20% straight-away, and found Ethan pulling himself out of the bushes. Dude tried to shralp down the whole run without sliding, took a bad line at the fastest part, and got all scraped up. Kids these days are gnarly…