I didn’t have to push from spot to spot for once as Shouji was kind enough to drive us around in his beemer. Cheers Shoji!
First, we hit up a spot in Motomachi where Yuuji wanted to get a line on film.
He couldn’t get the line before we were moved on by police but we managed to get this crooked photo. This ledge is ridiculously narrow.
ショージは優しくて神戸中をドライブしてくれた。ありがとう! 最初はユウジが元町でラインを撮影されたかった。メイク出来るようになる前に、警察に止められた。でも、写真を撮った。このカーブはメッチャ狭い!
Yuuji Hashimoto, Crooked grind.
I hit the shutter accidentally, honest. 間違ってシャッターを押した。
After that we headed to Sannomiya, got kicked out, and headed to Meriken park. Unfortunately it was too dark for Kenji to film but I got this photo of Shouji nosesliding almost into my face.
その後、三宮に行って、また警察に止められて、メリケンパークに行った。暗くてケンジは撮影出来なかったけど、ショージをNoseslideしている写真を撮った。
Shouji, noseslide.
Then we met up with the others back at Sannomiya, got kicked out by the police again and settled at Center Gai. I was beating Kenji at a game of skate that was ended abruptly by a bit of an altercation with some yankees. After a lot of shouting (and watching bug fall over trying to angrily skate away), Yuuji and I decided to start another game of skate. I was totally winning again before we were stopped by security. Not happy. So in the end we just chilled out and watched disturbing videos on youtube until the first train. Good times.
それから、三宮に戻って、ジョー、バグ、レイフ、椿と会って、警察に止められて移動させられて、センターに行った。ケンジにスケートゲームで勝ちそうになったけど、何人かのヤンキーが通りかかって口論になった。皆はまだ口論してだけど、僕とユウジはスケートゲームを始めた。もうちょっとで勝ちそうだったのに、警備員に止められた。残念だった。最後はだらだらしてyou tubeで変なビデオ見たり、ビールを飲んだりして始発を待った。
Treacherous L.
October 28th, 2010
Great pics as always. I’m now glad I didn’t go all the way over to Motomachi for that curb spot.
And let me point out that by “yankee” he doesn’t mean American. We’ve got a bad rap as it is!
Tim
October 28th, 2010
Wait, those guys weren’t American?
The best bit was when they called Bug “a white dick”! No wonder he fell over.
Treacherous L.
October 28th, 2010
Yeah that still puzzles me. 1) Where did he get “white dick”? It is too obscure for a non-English speaker to put together on their own. People can pick up “fuck you” or “asshole”from movies, but “white dick” is not something you get from the media. 2) Surely he must know what white means. ホワイト is used often enough in Japanese for it to be common knowledge.
Then again the guy was literally a drooling idiot, with food stuck to his face. I was asking him to relax and not escelate the fight any further, to which his response was to screw up his face and yell “Don’t patronize the Japanese!” So clearly this dude was just determined to make race an issue, even though the fight was between two Japanese dudes. Ignorance at its best!
Tomomi
October 31st, 2010
You guys are awesome! I really wanna watch your skateboarding. Where often you guys do sakateboarding?
Tim
October 31st, 2010
Hey Tomomi. We often skate Kobe on Saturday nights from about 8pm. Usually meet at Kobe skatepark (港の森スケートパーク?)then skate around Kobe.
Leiv
October 31st, 2010
I’m not going to lie Tomomi, we definitely are awesome.
Tomomi
October 31st, 2010
Sweet! Thank you for nice responds, Tim and Leiv! I’ll check this park out. Can I ask a question? How can I say… like, I want friends who teach me how to skate. If you guys do it to me, that’s wonderful!!
Treacherous L.
November 1st, 2010
>>If you guys do it to me, that’s wonderful!!
I think so too.