24 Hours in Portland for Mixing Skateboard Bid'niss and Pleasure

We're the top status on Delta Airlines, called Diamond. They've got some amazing service for people at that status sometimes. Today, this dude was waiting at the door of the plane with this sign with our names on it to take us on to the runway and drive us straight to our next gate in a hybrid Porsche four door family luxury whip. It's not always that nice, though. One the way back, I sat in the middle seat on a redeye. Oh well.

First order of business was the food trucks downtown. If Paul Wall had a food truck, this would be it.

Food truck arithmetic.

The Grotto is Silas' private facility. It used to be the Department of Skateboarding. Thanks for having us, Silas.

I was a little star struck when Brent Atchley rolled in. Haven't seen him in a while. His push and style are just as you remember. He's got a daughter turning one and has lived in Portland all this time.

It's a nice little setup packed into a tight space here. We're going to attempt the same thing at The Boardr Headquarters.

The editor had to get a cover shot of Clements real quick. We should be at Burnside for this sort of thing.

The skies are grey all day.

We're at the adidas headquarters now where Jam Master Jay's kicks are on the welcome mat.

They all have stand up desks here. We should run that at The Boardr offices.

Reminds me of some other offices in this town.

We're at the wear testing department right now.

Some sort of 3D printed shoe.

In the employee store, they have some serious baby stunna gear.

We had some productive meetings all day today and it's nice to work with a tight crew that gets things done quickly. We'll have more information on what we're up to on March 1st. We've got a few pairs of adidas in stock at The Boardr Store now, too.