Air + Style

On Saturday I went to Air + Style.

It’s a event organised by the famous snowboarder, Shaun White.
During the event you can watch snowboarders doing tricks and artists are performing, on different stages.

 

On my way to the event, I was constantly stuck in traffic.

Stuck in traffic
Stuck in traffic

 

But I didn’t mind, because it gave me some time to look around and enjoy the view

 

Downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles

 

But on the way to the event my phone, warned me that my battery was low.
And I needed my phone, as a GPS, because i didn’t knew where the event was located.
Or to contact my colleague at the event or how to get home after the event.
So once I saw this screen, I didn’t know what to do.

Dead battery
Dead battery

But I kept on driving, hoping I would find it without a mobile phone.

I succeeded!!
Once I saw the ramp, I got really exited and I was full of joy.

Bought a ticket and went inside.

Ticket Air + Style
Ticket Air + Style
Rose Bowl
Rose Bowl

The search to find my colleague started.
The only clue I had was that she would be on the right side, of the main stage.
But as soon as I saw the main stage and the crowd, I thought it would be impossible to find her.

So I stopped searching and enjoyed the show of Kendrick Lamar.

Kendrick Lamar Performing
Kendrick Lamar Performing
Kendrick Lamar Performing
Kendrick Lamar Performing
Kendrick Lamar Performing
Kendrick Lamar Performing
Kendrick Lamar Performing
Kendrick Lamar Performing

But after a while, I wanted a challenge.
From the moment I saw a bunch of security, I found my challenge.
To get in the VIP area for free.

Challenge accepted and accomplished.

From the moment the Security was looking away, because something was happening, I took the moment and got in.

Here are some picture I’ve made when I was “backstage/in the VIP area”.

VIP Area
VIP Area
VIP Area
VIP Area

But after a while I started to feel uncomfortable, because people from the crowd started looking at me and pointing.
To prevent that the security would kick me out, I walked away from the point where I was standing.

After a while I had to know what was happening.
I saw someone who was pointing at me earlier.
When I asked why she was pointing, she said I was standing next to some famous artists, and I didn’t even noticed it.

After the concert, I walked in the direction of the Snowboard Jump.
And on the way to the jump, I found my colleague.

We even saw Yuki Kadono doing a switch backside triple cork 1620.

Mirella and her husband
Mirella and her husband
Mirella and her husband
Mirella and her husband
The big air
The big air
Ready to jump
Ready to jump
Flying in the air
Flying in the air
Flying in the air
Flying in the air
Flying in the air
Flying in the air
Shaun White thanking the crowd
Shaun White thanking the crowd

 

I was really really happy that I found them, because they had to go in the same direction as me.
Because I didn’t know how to get home, if I didn’t found them.

But before we went home, we stopped in a Japanese restaurant to eat.

 

Japanese restaurant
Japanese restaurant
Mirella and her husband in the Japanese restaurant
Mirella and her husband in the Japanese restaurant

 

After the meal we called it a day and went home.

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