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Most of the first we spent exploring Venice and Santa Monica beaches. These photos are of the Santa Monica pier which has a pretty neat amusement park on it and we also saw a 6 year old skateboarder at a skate park right on the Venice boardwalk!
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Edit: One more photo of a dude doing a front flip over a row of kids
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