This past weekend I visited the “ghetto by the sea.” Venice, California is both gorgeous and grungy – projecting a bad ass reputation best exemplified by the rowdy Lords of Down Town-like skateparks and basketball courts that line the coast.

Now, I’m back in my cubicle with a wicked sun burn and some heat rash on my neck and all I keep thinking about is taking off for the Mexican border to chase waves, eat burritos and sip on tequila.

For now, thank god for surf videos and the perfect combination that is Nat Young surfing Ocean Beach with Glass Animals’ Black Mambo plucking in the background.