TORONTO
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Finch Parket: long curved ledge over dirt gap. Commerce Court: right downtown. Moss Park: (on friday night) community run indoor park. bring a friend. don’t wander, you’re near the hood. Skydome Banks: of course, and right next to the tallest thing (man-made) in the world! Adrift: Flatground; skip school to miss the crowds at the indoor mini park. Need we say more? Well, we did.
BOSTON
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CHOPPING BODEGA 6 Clearway Street FILENES BASEMENT 426 Washington Street ORCHARD 1562 Tremont Street RAINBOWS 519 Washington Street STEL’S 334 Newbury Street THE GARMENT DISTRICT 200 Broadway EATS ANNAS TAGUERIA 1412 Beacon Street, 82 Somerville Avenue, 446 Harvard Street BUDDHAS DELIGHT 5 Beach Street EL PELON 96 Petersborough FLOUR BAKERY AND CAFE 1562 Washington Street JP LICKS 352 Newbury Street LEGAL SEAFOOD 255 State Street MIKE PASTRIES 300 Hanover Street…
MALIBU
A few months back, Girl Skateboards wanted to hook up a place for Girl/Choc team riders to stay while in Los Angeles. Instead of renting some overpriced dump in Hollywood, they used their connections in the world of real-estate and found a fixer-upper mansion in the hills of beautiful (yet bourgeois) Malibu, just a few minutes outside the city. Recently, I spent a day there (at the Girl Mansion) with Mike York and Chris Roberts, watching them play a game of skate out front while the flooring was getting pulled out. The place came with old, cracked marble floors but they’re replacing them with 100% Canadian hard rock maple. I guess it just seemed appropriate. – Bob Kronbauer
