Meet Adam.
Adam introduced me to two other Skater Profiles, Zack and Match. He’s a Baltimore boy who moved out to LA to start a production company called Boardhead Brothers. He grew up skating and surfing in the East Coast, and like me, moved west to pursue his dreams.
Adam learned about our trip early on, and we kept in touch throughout our travels in anticipation of our time in LA. I was really siked to meet him. He took Matt and me up to a drainage ditch in the Hollywood Hills that goes by many names, but we called it the Bat Cave. The reason being: in the 1950s, a man-made cave was built nearby in order to act as the Bat Cave for the original Batman TV series. Holy Historic Skate Park Batman!
None of the three of us had ever skated a ditch before, and there was a really wonderful joy of discovery in the air throughout our 2.5 hr+ session. There were a lot of sheepish grins after mistakes were made, knowing that the next time around we might get it. I loved it that Adam was willing to take us to a spot that he had never skated, and to in many ways experience the same feeling that I’ve gotten when I check out a new spot.
Adam actually gave me a parting gift: a skate deck designed to showcase the logo of Boardhead Brothers, his production company. He also gave me one to give to Dom Sagolla, my first skater profile, since Adam was inspired to design a skateboard after seeing a project that Dom was working on.
Enjoy the movie, and be sure to check this guy out. He’s got a lot of very cool ideas and will likely be a man you hear from again.
Bitching footage. It’s great that you were inspired by Skate This Art, Adam.
Thanks for the board! Can’t wait to put it to good use.
Gnarly slides, Reynolds!