Last Wednesday we decided to take a motorcycle skate trip to Songdo. It's part of the secret project, or maybe not-so-secret-anymore, that I feel blessed to be participating in. Now, picture this. Saturday morning, nine o'clock and a twelve skaters, seven bikes and one car. A dozen guys of different age and nationality, an awesome bag of mixed skate nuts.
We met up at Timber Shop in Myeong-dong and moved to get coffee as soon as the majority of members were present. We got Phil and Ryan, who pretty much made this trip possible; Brian, Patrick and Martyn, who are riders and writers; Nak the photographer; Luke and Jason who rip on every trip; Korea's finest, Dong Chul; Rajeev and Josh as guests, and me.
Songdo is a futuristig kind of ghost city. A Boston architect, that's what they say, did this design project and built a magnificent miniature metropolis. Everything is modern and smooth, unaffordable and great to skate. There's commercial towers, residential blocks and the everyday downtown area. The difference is, that for such a nice place there's not too many people living there.
We got excited driving into the city, because we saw spots left and right. After a quick lunch we went to work and stopped at everything that looked remotely promising. Of course, we found plenty and worked ourselves exhausted in no time. There's so much goodness in Songdo, you wouldn't believe. It makes you wonder why you haven't put all your energy into skateboarding.
Skating is often a mission nowadays.
Let's get tricks, get a photo, do this and do that. And that's not
necessarily a bad thing, as long as you remember having fun at it. Last
night we went out without cameras, without lights, without bags.
Cruising through the streets of a foreign place with your friends is
probably one of the best things you can experience as a skater.
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