The Aussies LA skate tour continued this weekend starting off in Long Beach with Amy Caron.

After a quick warm up at Cherry Park Amy took us to another park down the street where Kat got her front rock on.

Amy backside smith.

The girls had been wanting to see the Vans Skatepark, so that was next on our list...after squeezing in a visit to Krispy Kreme where we watched fresh doughnuts being made and ate them straight of the conveyor belt.

Vans Skatepark in Orange, Ca.

Rhianna skating the famous Combi Bowl.

Kat 50-50 down the hubba.

Kat kickflip.

Earlier in Long Beach Rhianna had made a proud 99 cent purchase at a Liquor store, later that night the secret purchase was revealed in all its glory.  Why would a small Liquor store in Long Beach be selling these?  Who buys these things...other than an excitable Aussie?  All I can say is she got her moneys worth, you will be seeing more of the "Jammy-Jams" soon.

I was just going through my computer and stumbled across a 10 min. video I made for "Spectacle: Eleven women from skateboarding present photographs" exhibit in 2003 featuring Amy Caron and Vanessa Torres as youngins.

Ana Paula Negrao was one of the exhibiting photographers.

Work in Progress (2003)

Kat and Rhianna's first trip to Disneyland!  Excitement was taken to a new level.

Mary Poppins is Rhianna's favorite.  Apparently she even punched a boy in elementary school who tried to tell her she wasn't real and couldn't fly.  Weird thing is I've been an annual pass holder for years and never seen her there...but today she greeted us as we entered!

Buzz Lightyear was her second request.

Kat flexing her muscle.

Toontown!

Rhianna had never been on a roller coaster until today, but for some reason I have no roller coaster photos...just sitting on cartoon furniture.

Hanging with Mickey Mouse.

Battling Captain Hook.

We started Sunday off at the LA High School banks.  Nobody can ever believe how much harder they are to skate than it looks in videos.

Rhianna wall ride.

Kat ready to film a line.

Tasha nosestall.

Next we drove by the Hollywood sign for the tourists and ended up at the Bronson banks.

Rhianna getting flippy.

The downside to this spot is the downhill bank to stream.

Jenny's board fell victim.

The LA tour wouldn't be complete without In-N-Out.

Some excited Australians.

Rhianna's face says it all.

About to witness and American 4th of July.

Ooh ahh!

Wheeeee!

Blog Cam 7/4/10

Rhianna Arnold and Kat Williams just started a 2 month trip all around the US and Canada.  They landed in LA last night and were eager to skate, so I picked them up from their Hostel for a day of fun.  It was their first time here and I've never seen anyone so excited to see average things...ice cream truck, news stand, mail lady, Taco Bell, soda cups, every car on the freeway...I think you get the idea.

First stop Garvanza Skatepark in Pasadena to meet up with an old friend.  Kat and Rhianna waste no time and get straight to business.

Jenny Kim, Tasha Hastings and Morgen Lester.

Morgen frontside flipping over the hip.

Next stop, Griffith park ditch.

Rhianna 5-0.

Morgen before.

Morgen after.

Rhianna got a sudden bust of energy and wanted to wrestle.  None of the girls were up for it, so we asked Gabriel to fill in.  He didn't hold back and she got spun over his head, dropped on her head, folded in half and sat on...be he didn't make it out unscathed.

Next stop, new Hollenbeck Street Plaza.

Kat kickflip.

More please!

They tore out the old modular ramps and replaced them with this.

Next, stop LA Skate Palza.

The girls being introduced to American sized sodas.

After a full day of the LA skate tour we dropped the girls off and made plans to meet up tomorrow.  Ended the day following Morgen's motorized chair around Wal-Mart.

Blog Cam 7/3/10

**I'm very sad to say that all the blog cam footage filmed on one of the cameras was lost.  There was some good stuff for this one including Rhianna being dropped on her head.  Rhi, did you delete it???