On monday we went to Wet 'n' Wild warterpark in Orlando. its ment to be the best one but tbh it was a bit small with only a few good slides.
We went to have a look at Vans skatepark in Orlando but bike night was Tuesday night so we decided to hang about for another day to ride it. spent a boring day doing laundary, then watced The Expendables to kill time till bike night. Vans skatepark is fairly sick, fully air conditioned in an indoor shopping mall so amazing to ride compaired to the 95degrees F outside! Rode for about 4 hours, left at 10 and drove halfway to Miami before finding a hotel.
Wendsday morning and we got to Miami Beach for about mid day. Such a nice beach and the water is as warm as being in a bath! Most people there seemed to be English or european, as the American holiday season is over. Checked into a Hostel on Miami beach and signed up for the club night they were heading too. Lex didn't get into the club, and after finding it was $20 (£14) for 2 beers I left to go to some other bars with Marta, a Polish girl who was also staying at the hostel.
Thursday we drove all the way down to Key West. Was a boring long drive and theres not much there, but we can now say we ahve been to the southern most point of the US. We drove all the way up therough the Everglades to Naples before checking into a hotel. unfortunatly we didnt see any Aligators, although I was sleeping for most of the drive.
We wanted to ride Naples skate park on Friday, but as with all the parks in Florida they are not just open access like public parks in the UK. Naples park was fenced off with access to the park through the community center and when we tryed to go in we were told that it was a Skate day an no bikes till Sunday, even though there was only one kid in there on a skateboard. So frustrating as it looks like the most amazing park ever!
We headed on up to Tampa to stay with Kate (former PHd student of my dads) who had just moved into an amazing new appartment overlooking the sea in a gated community.We headed down to 4F Bike park in Bradenton, FL, on Saturday. It's a fun indoor park with some cool features that is about 6 months old. All the locals there are really cool meaning that the atmosphere makes it a really enjoyable place to ride. no pics of this but got some good gopro footage which will go in the video when i eventually finish editing it!
That evening we headed out in Tampa n had quite a good night although I got a bit too drunk towards the end :S.
Sunday was the flight to Milwaukee to meet up with Joe again. We spent Monday and Tuesday getting a sneak preview and ride of the new Rays Bike Park which opens there in November. Trek are keeping it all under wraps until opening and so we couldn't take any photos or video. Although it's not finished it is looking absolutly amazing and the stuff we did ride was the best wooden features I have ever riden. I'v already had a look at plane tickts to maybe go and spend a few days riding it in January after my exams if anyone wants to come?
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