We are where?

A few months ago, Jax was looking online at his favorite fingerboarding website and saw an advertisement for a "Southern California Fingerboarding Event!" It said, "raffle prizes, contests, food and drink".  The boys were so excited, even if it meant driving an hour to get to this place. We really didn't know much about it, but since the boys love to fingerboard, we thought it would be a fun way to spend some time.
After dropping Zoe off at dance rehearsals, Coop and I headed to meet Mimi, Gramps, and Jax (Nolan tagged along too!). When I showed up at the address, it was not quite what we were expecting! It was an old house, in a rundown neighborhood, with a group of older teenagers in front. Oh my...what Jax gotten us into now?!

 

The boys even had their new fingerboarding shirts on!

The "event" was supposed to have started at 10. When we arrived at 11:15, nothing was happening. After waiting a few minutes, a couple of pickup trucks showed up with some big ramps. So they set everything up, and the kids paid their entry fee, and we headed in!

 We couldn't believe we were in the backyard of this strangers place, but somehow the boys thought it was pretty cool. It turns out that it was "organized" by a couple of the teenagers. At least they were friendly, and were very nice to the boys.

 It started to rain, so they quickly moved the very expensive, wooden ramps into the garage for the fingerboarding to continue in there.

 The longer we stayed, the crowd of teenagers and young adults got a bit shadier. After convincing the boys it was time to leave, we made a quick stop at a Subway (again, not in the best of neighborhoods!) and had some lunch before heading home.

It was a new adventure, for sure! The boys had a good time though, which I guess is all that matters. :)