State # 12: Washington

Circa 1997

Once upon a time I was snowboarding at Killington during a particularly miserable icy, rainy week. It happened that some dudes from Washington were in town, and after they watched me cut across a trail to ollie a twig, they suggested that perhaps I should make a trip out to Mt. Baker for some real snowboarding. After that initial visit I was hooked, went to college in Bellingham, snowboarded at Mt. Baker and skated the plethora of concrete parks around. I once saw Pearl Jam play in Seattle, just because I could, and made it a point to check out the high school where they filmed 10 Things I hate about You in Tacoma. I’ve literally been to every corner of this state that’s accessible by major highway.

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