K-Pop & Kimchi Tour Ep 5, Seoul to Busan, South Korea

Words by Josh Zickert: On our last day in Seoul we kept the morning routine on point. Caroline nailed a proper frontside wallride in the Dongdaemun Design Plaza. Bonestalone front flipped off the stairs next to the famed gospel singing superstar.

A gap out to ledge at Jamsil station in Songpa-gu was our next stop, so we jumped on the metro line 8 for about 15 minutes. It was crazy hectic, however time was of the essence so Yiyo got right to it and stomped a perfect back smith. B$ styled a couple flawless nosegrind variations. The Korean pedestrians were stoked to see street skateboarding at its finest up close.

Before jumping on our train to Busan, Salmon had one last sculpture spot to show us in Seoul Plaza called Digital Timespan. Everyone got tricks and Blair snapped a super cool reflective team photo.

Earlier in the trip we lucked out and hopped on a private Mercedes Benz 10-passenger luxury van to our hotel. So we called the guy and he drove us to Suseo Station to catch our bullet train. Just two hours later we were cruzin’ a new city with Salmon’s good friend and ripping skater Cho. Our hostel was even located across the street from the beach!

Our first full day in Busan started out with an hour bus ride to Haedong Yonggungsa Temple which was located on a mountain top over looking the Sea of Japan. It was the perfect adventure for the crew since it was raining heavily. Also it gave everyone a chance to relax.
After a couple hours exploring the temple we got lunch and hooked up souvenirs at the famed Gukje Market.

Cho had arranged a demo at Cruza Skate Park so we jumped in a few taxis and spent the next few hours rippin’ at Busan’s premiere indoor park.

The crew was starving so Cho & Salmon lined up the perfect team dinner down the street from our hostel at Gaemimip Seomyeon. Before the night ended we hit the beach and boxed our hearts out on the Dragon Punch game.

Thank you AriZona Iced Tea for giving us this opportunity to skate the world together as a team. South Korea is simply amazing.

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