Saturday September 16, 2000 started off mellow enough, I got to the Gentry's house around 11 am and we headed off for the Shaqtacular Event at the Universal Ampitheatre. I guess it was like $1000 to get into this thing and the money went to the Shaq foundation which then was to find its way into the needy. We got there and had some $5 an hour moron security guard yelling at us about crossing some street and getting run over so we did what we always did and kept walking towards him saying "What" "Why" until we got across and told the idiot we were skating in the event and were helping pay his salary and he eventually put his rent-a-cop attitude aside and we shoved past him. Now I had never been to a Shaq event and wasnt aware of the stupid games they played like pass the basketball the a toilet plunger but whatever we were there to skate and one half of the Red Bull ramp was there courtesy of  Spohn Ranch so the session started. The skaters there were Phil Hajal, Chris Livingston and Chris Gentry. After a few celebrity style photos and a shot of Shaq and Butterbean together we decided to head down to behind the Pond of Anahiem were Seth Enslow was going to do a 178 foot jump during some Freestyle Competition in the riverbead.

I had never seen a Freestyle Competition up close so I was anxious to check it out and we again barged into the athletes area telling them we were part of the event to avoid the healthy $25 entrance fee. After running around with the NDX boys, Seth was getting ready to make his 178 foot  jump. We were all kinda standing around while he was getting ready, then he went and checked out the landing and next thing you know he did the jump and nobody was ready for it. Since the crowd wasn't ready, he did it again and we managed to get a clip of that down on the site for you. After eating a little dinner with that crowd it was time for a little break and off to the Soul Bowl.

We arrived at the Soul Bowl at about 10pm and had a little trouble with the non skating moron at the front door who insisted on charging a skater of Chris's caliber a $10 entry fee. After he realized who he was dealing with, we passed through and got in a little skating. Now this was supposed to be a save the soul bowl party but from the looks of the turnout, they are probably tearing out all the ramps as I am writing this. So anyhow the mini ramps were unavailable for skating when we got there because of the band on one side and the little high school mosh pit on the other side so everybody took a couple of turns in the bowl and the next thing I knew the cops were there and managed to arrest somebody so I took a shot of that and left. All in all a pretty eventfull day with the Gentry's I would say..