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Here's the story.Myself, Ian St. Aubin, John Sturge and special guest Adam Cassidy left Vancouver international airport with San Francisco in our sights. Aubin had flown in from Toronto a day earlier to try and grab a couple clips here in Vancouver before heading to SanFran. He pretty much got er done which you would expect. Big Daddy rarely fails. The next morning Big Daddy who was leaving a few hours before us woke up a little late for his flight which is the way big daddy rolls. He made it though. I on the other hand I woke up with a really cool hangover and met Sturge (TM) at the bus stop on Granville to take one of the best rides of my life to the airport. Duffel bags , skateboards, hangover, toooo many people on the bus, too many stops. Never again. Puking was close. We were supposed to meet up with Cassidy at the airport but his ass was a no show. M.I.A. Another thing, try to avoid going on an international flight severly hungover. The security picked me out quick and didn't like the look of my face. I was quickly contained in a little room getting searched. I don't think they were stoked on the whole skateboarding thing. Then they found an exact-o knife in my bag and had a few questions for me. I'm beet red , sweating bullets, and begging them to let me on the flight. Eventually they let me through.
Get through security and still no Cassidy. Finally board and Cassidy is done we figure. Nice little flight and land in SF , search for big daddy , not hard to do. Have ya met the guy. Aubin greets us and has the airport dialed. Change up some money and get going to the city. Hop on the BART and get er done towards our hookups house right in the mission which was rad. Big ups to Eric and Tom who let us crash for a bit and showed us some spots and some nice burrito joints. Later that nite we get a call from Adam who had got on a later flight cause he missed ours. He's over in the east bay with Chloe and Julien who also get a shout out . They also hooked us up out in Concord County and showed us sick spots and another amazing Mexican joint with probably the best burrito I have ever tasted. The TM layed down some nice clips while out there.
Basically after some poor sleepin conditions we peaced out to a hotel , not just any hotel. Big mentions go out to the Hotel Tomo. Right in the heart of Japan Town . the next 6 nites there led to the best part of the trip. It was close to downtown, had a Plaza right next to it which served for some good footage and due to the fact that we all slept good every nite in a clean and comfortable environment we got er done in streets everyday from there on. There was the usual skate in the streets all day, like 10 hours a day lurking through SF. Got to look at the famous spots , Hubba Hideout, 3 up 3 down, Pier 7, Wallenberg and just the hills and layout of the place was amazing. The usual hi jinx went down that would when you mix Big Daddy , myself , Sturge and Deeetzy together. Everyone got super good clips and made it out without any injuries in the USA. Basically we Got er Done.

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