USA Trip 2025. Part 5: Sunday funday! By BdJ

Feb 01, 2025

Written by Bart de Jong

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We were going to take it chill on Sunday as there was no need to get up early to follow the day program. We had no schedule and that was perfectly fine. With the sun shining once again (we could get used to that) we decided to go for a run on the beach to start the day. We did breakfast (cereal) in the hotel room as it had a fridge and a coffee machine with unlimited cups. It's not uncommon to pay $50 for breakfast for two in this area. Shit's expensive. Must be the sunshine tax.

We had not been to Huntington Beach just yet so we decided to cruise over, park the car, walk main street, watch some surfing from the pier, do some shopping, watch cars and grab lunch at Sancho's. The Masterpools happened to be at the same place. Lots of flatland riders had made it to Newport Beach for the One Love jam.

We tried our luck by going to the flatland spot (a day late) to see if anyone was still there. Robert Moeller (GER) had made it over as well and we made a plan to meet up for some beers. He was staying at a beach house a 3-minute walk from our place. Such a coincidence.

We spent some time handling emails, do some social media and make plans for the next day.Breakfast with Mike de Wit, shopping in Los Angeles and then up to visit Scott Blatt (WMI) in Santa Rosa Valley. It's the area of the fires so we were hoping he would be okay. A visit to One Industries was planned for Tuesday and we were also going to see where the LA28 Olympics are going to be held (for BMX and Skateboarding). Although plans were loose, we still had to prepare something. After a couple of long days it was time for an early night.

BdJ