Meet six-year old, Asher Bradshaw:
One of my favorite places on earth is Venice Beach's relatively new skatepark. What I love is not just the sheer physical grace of the structure, but the spontaneous, unspoken, human order it upholds. Somehow, no one ever pushes in line, everyone is welcome, there is no hierarchy among the grizzled boomer skate-rats and the ten-year-olds. And much of it happens in silence. It's a Hayekian's dream (yep, nerd/poseur alert).
And then there's the almost universal affect of the skaters. With almost never a smile, the skaters wait in line, and an easy-going, furrowed cool permeates the concrete playground – interspersed with some occasional silent fist-bumps or a shout that a loose board is in the zone. Pure beauty.
And by the miracle of the web, it is available all the time, with this live-feed video stream. Enjoy.
The Dish 