Freewheelin' Page #2

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- [Camille] Stacy and his friends took

a lot of weekend trips together.

California's such a big place

and there was still deserted beaches

with fantastic waves and no surfers,

empty hills to ride,

spots that you can have all to yourself,

but you've got to go out and find them.

- Hey, Tom.

- Hey.

- [Stacy] Let's go man, ready to go?

Got your junk?

- Yeah.

- [Stacy] Need any help?

You taking this?

- Yeah.

- [Stacy] Where we going?

- Let's go the T bowl first.

- [Stacy] All right.

Is that big giant bowl?

- Yeah.

- Right on, skating safari.

Let's go, let's be on it.

- [Camille] They took a weekend safari

up the coast to San Francisco.

Stacy and two friends

that he rides with a lot,

Kenny Means and Tom Sims.

They stopped off here and

there, wherever it looked good.

(water flows in distance)

- Yeah, it's pretty good.

- Oh, it's cold too.

- Not bad.

- Did we get all those things of water?

Give me the water.

- Hand me your stuff, Tom.

- [Camille] They're really good friends,

but they all ride differently.

Even their equipment's different.

Tom rides a big board,

like the big wave surfers,

and he makes skating look a

lot like riding a big wave.

Kenny's the only guy around

who rides roller skates like this.

His style's really radical.

He's been doing it a long time,

13 years, and he's really hot.

(adventurous music)

- [Stacy] What happened, Tom?

- Well, I hit a rock down there

and it snapped the axle clean.

Even though they're heat-treated axles,

I think it was just too

much, too much torque for it.

But I'll have to stick

a new truck on there,

another stick.

(spirited piano music)

- [Camille] The further

you go up the coast

away from LA, the more

beautiful the countryside gets.

(adventurous music)

Feels so good to be on the road

Not a care anywhere too slow me down

- [Tom] I guess the main reason I ride

a longer board is 'cause I've always lived

in really hilly areas

with lots of mountains,

back in New England and

now in Santa Barbara.

And so I ride a longer board

so I can maintain

control at higher speeds.

Alive, alive

Alive, alive

There's no place that I'd rather be

It's all so clear when

I'm here, no city streets

Just the greens and

yellows of summertime

I've got my friends

here to keep me in line

It makes me feel free and alive

- [Camille] A friend of Tom's owned

a private ranch further up north.

It's a genuine California paradise,

long rolling hills right down to the sea.

They knew they'd have it all to themselves

without any cars, the perfect place

to get in some high speed runs.

(adventurous music)

- [Kenny] I guess I've

gone over 50 miles an hour.

It's sorta scary, but with my feet apart,

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