Recorded on 4/6/2026 at 06:19 PM PDT
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[00:00:00.070 --> 00:00:00.890] lesson okay a [00:00:00.890 --> 00:00:02.170] little geography so [00:00:02.170 --> 00:00:03.220] this is uh we just [00:00:03.220 --> 00:00:04.210] walked up ocean [00:00:04.210 --> 00:00:05.380] park boulevard [00:00:05.380 --> 00:00:06.070] right there [00:00:06.070 --> 00:00:07.370] and it runs east [00:00:07.370 --> 00:00:08.300] west so if you get [00:00:08.300 --> 00:00:09.170] on that road right [00:00:09.170 --> 00:00:10.010] there and start [00:00:10.010 --> 00:00:10.690] going east [00:00:10.690 --> 00:00:12.170] um you'll go and i [00:00:12.170 --> 00:00:12.860] think you can get [00:00:12.860 --> 00:00:14.010] all the way out you [00:00:14.010 --> 00:00:15.770] know to definitely [00:00:15.770 --> 00:00:17.350] to the la border [00:00:17.350 --> 00:00:17.630] for [00:00:17.630 --> 00:00:19.480] sure anyway um back [00:00:19.480 --> 00:00:20.820] in the day there [00:00:20.820 --> 00:00:22.510] used to be a pier [00:00:22.510 --> 00:00:23.930] here there was the [00:00:23.930 --> 00:00:25.690] ocean park pier so [00:00:25.690 --> 00:00:25.930] this [00:00:25.930 --> 00:00:27.410] road actually [00:00:27.410 --> 00:00:28.440] extended out from [00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:29.830] the road there out [00:00:29.830 --> 00:00:31.070] um and there was a [00:00:31.070 --> 00:00:33.160] pier here but uh [00:00:33.160 --> 00:00:33.650] like i said [00:00:33.650 --> 00:00:34.890] santa monica's had [00:00:34.890 --> 00:00:35.860] its ups and downs [00:00:35.860 --> 00:00:36.840] and uh it kind of [00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:37.950] fell on hard times [00:00:37.950 --> 00:00:39.040] and the pier i [00:00:39.040 --> 00:00:40.460] think it fell [00:00:40.460 --> 00:00:41.190] into the ocean at [00:00:41.190 --> 00:00:41.980] some point it just [00:00:41.980 --> 00:00:42.450] became too [00:00:42.450 --> 00:00:43.300] dangerous and they [00:00:43.300 --> 00:00:44.140] didn't maintain it [00:00:44.140 --> 00:00:44.780] so they tore [00:00:44.780 --> 00:00:46.280] it down sometime in [00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:47.920] the 70s i think um [00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:49.110] that was kind of [00:00:49.110 --> 00:00:50.590] back when this area [00:00:50.590 --> 00:00:51.790] was all known as [00:00:51.790 --> 00:00:52.440] dog town [00:00:52.440 --> 00:00:54.220] and this is dog [00:00:54.220 --> 00:00:54.940] town so this is [00:00:54.940 --> 00:00:55.930] kind of where [00:00:55.930 --> 00:00:57.300] skateboarding uh [00:00:57.300 --> 00:00:58.540] really was uh you [00:00:58.540 --> 00:00:59.320] know born [00:00:59.320 --> 00:01:00.830] and invented right [00:01:00.830 --> 00:01:01.730] here in ocean park [00:01:01.730 --> 00:01:02.670] santa monica so [00:01:02.670 --> 00:01:04.190] yeah like i said it's [00:01:04.190 --> 00:01:04.880] had its ups and [00:01:04.880 --> 00:01:05.590] downs but [00:01:05.590 --> 00:01:06.570] it's got a ton of [00:01:06.570 --> 00:01:07.710] history and it's a [00:01:07.710 --> 00:01:08.770] really cool spot [00:01:08.770 --> 00:01:10.010] great vibe out here [00:01:10.010 --> 00:01:11.140] you're into you [00:01:11.140 --> 00:01:12.270] know la and [00:01:12.270 --> 00:01:13.750] and the beach [00:01:13.750 --> 00:01:14.770] culture and just [00:01:14.770 --> 00:01:16.780] beach history uh santa [00:01:16.780 --> 00:01:17.660] monica has a [00:01:17.660 --> 00:01:18.960] definite spot in [00:01:18.960 --> 00:01:22.930] that story yeah