Turn On It, Tune Out, Drop In

SW WIND 20 TO 25 KT.
WIND WAVES 5 FT.
W SWELL 7 FT AT 13 SECONDS.
TONIGHT SW WIND 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS TO 25 KT DURING THE EARLY EVENING.
WIND WAVES 4 FT... SUBSIDING TO 2 FT AFTER MIDNIGHT.
W SWELL 8 FT AT 11 SECONDS.

If you're old enough you'll remember Greg Weaver, aka "The Cadillac Kid". He became the face of Cadillac Wheels probably about 1973 or 1974. Prior to the advent of polyurethane wheels, we skated on what we called clay wheels. They weren't really clay, but they really would come to an abrupt stop if you hit anything...a piece of gravel, a cigarette butt or a crack in the sidewalk...the wheels also had an annoying habit of melting and softening if you bombed downhill beyond heir tolerance.

But with Cadillac Wheels and Tracker Trucks, all that changed. Suddenly, you could carve hard without sideslipping, you could skate down sidewalks and cut into driveways without fear of hitting and expansion joint, and the increasing popularity gave rise to skate parks...one of the first being in Carlsbad; which, although primitive in comparison to today's parks, was pretty cutting edge and radical stuff back then.