the sunshine state

had an opportunity to go to key west last weekend. it was a blast down and back kind of trip to the keys - on the way down we stopped in bradenton - 13 hours from oxturd - where the new team pain park is located with the idea to get sleep for the night - but ultimately to get to skate the new park the next morning - it's fucking fun and fast with a snake run kind of action from one end to the next where there's a pocketed vert wall area - next to the river that flows through from the ocean... the trip was fun - but the drive back as always was a killer. driving with one thing in mind - home. with fun memories to share.

the team pain park!

lurkers suck. they make things like this required. 

then we stopped in beautiful sarasota to check out the beach...the birds was crazee

toes in the sand! i love the ocean!

then we hit key west later that day and the rest is history - it's a beautiful place - the southernmost tip of the united states. not sure i'll ever make it back down that way - but it was worth the crazy drive and back to see my beautiful sister get married to an amazingly sweet man.

built to shred!

so funny when i think back to running into this guy for the first time, i knew he didn't fit in here either... the more we got to know him, the more we realized he was a lot like us. and for once, someone said "oxford sucks, man". there's nothing like validation in a friendship. nothing. that's when you know it's not just you, sometimes, it is the place that you're in. and you don't fit in. so we don't fit in together.





pat got us a gift to bring smiles to our faces. in just a few hours, we had a new ramp to skate...you rule, dude!! and even though his knee keeps him from destroying it like i know he would, seeing us laughing    and smiling was good enough for him.

Thanks Toby....

Wrex Cook Skateboarding

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