...so little time to write. (I guess that's a good thing!)
Today's the day, I believe, when my nephew Alex Squadrito--a member of the Chief Coast2Coast crew--makes it to the group's west coast destination: Venice Beach, CA. Well over a month ago four "kids" straight out of college embarked on a cross country skateboarding adventure in an effort to raise awareness and money for wounded special ops soldiers overseas. The 3200+ mile long venture is a tribute to the father of Shayne Carlson (the leader of the Coast2Coast crew), William "Chief" Carlson, who has killed in Afghanistan in 2003.
Starting off in their college town of Wilmington, North Carolina on June 17th, Shayne, my nephew Alex, Erin Rhodes and Kris Wahl hit the interstates in an attempt to board/skate/[fill in appropriate verb here!] a minimum of 40 - 50 miles a day. Their goal: reach the beach by July 25th. So they're two days off...who's countin' anyways?! Shayne was interviewed last week on ESPN's First Take. Here is a video of his appearance:
An interesting related article on the growing phenomenon of longboarding appeared in The Times last week.
My sister Claire, mother of Alex, flew out to California this morning and plans to meet them as they roll to the finish. Congratulations one and all! Nice going! Now take a much needed dip in the Pacific!!!
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In order to catch up, I may post another topic very soon. (Then again, maybe I won't! We'll see.)
-Marty
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