Slab City skate trip with Reese Salken & Shawn Hale

Leaving Los Angeles behind, we packed up the van with skate lords Reese Salken & Shawn Hale and headed deep into the Sonoran Desert. Our first stop was a DIY skatepark at the famed Slab City, a community built by squatters and drifters within the California Badlands. Decommissioned and uncontrolled, Slab City has no building codes, no electricity, no rubbish pickup and no laws: a misfit’s dream come true. After a session at the Slabs we ventured to Salton Sea, a once booming tourist town that’s now nothing short of a desolate ghost town, wrapping up a tripped out road trip we’ll never forget. Featuring Shawn Hale @hale & Reese Salken @yungsulk Video by @caltravisoaks Check out the full shoot by @nparko Nick Parkinson in the blog below: https://afends.com/blogs/behind-the-brand/slab-city-baby