He knows their names. He can Ollie over a couple of stacked-up milk crates. He moves with that languid intensity peculiar to surfers and skaters. Gonzales works at Go Skate, too. Manz shakes his head.
Street skating's the best.
We usually go late at night. A discussion ensues about cops, the cost of tickets, the sketchiest places to skate. If they take something away, they should give us something. When I ask where the girl skaters are, Max and his friend Tyler, who wears his Independent shirt and buzzed hair like he's been skating 10 years instead of two, give the question some consideration. Then they name some of their girl friends who skate and shrug.