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From action sports to eclectic shopping, the arts, and culinary gems
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Costa Mesa, California has a bit of it all. Just a mile from top-rated beaches
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In this Southern California destination, you can combine cuisine and fun. Here are just a few ways to experience Costa Mesa
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Take a skateboard lesson with Joey Lopez of Shreddy. Academy. So it seems like a very California O-C thing to do, right
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It's definitely more prevalent here than anywhere else. It's because, like, I mean, it never rains here
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It's always sunny Southern California and there's skate parks everywhere. I mean, it's definitely like the birthplace of skateboarding
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Learn the basics in a private lesson or with a group. Next, head to Wahoo's Fish Taco, a Costa Mesa institution started by Wing Lamb and his brother
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Southern California is the mecca for action sports, so basically all the parts. brands are started or originated or headquarters in Southern California. It's all here, and we
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happen to be the food for the entire industry Wahoo supplies the X and top surf competitions and is beloved by locals My next stop is Gunwale Ailes which brings to market easy drinking carbonated pale
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ales, unfiltered hoppy beers, and more. Tropo Roma that comes from the dry hop of the hops
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Yeah, this is great. Good. Get eco-friendly at the camp, where top retail stores and restaurants all promote environmentalism
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and the local community. Yeah, very important for us to stay away from
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chain stores. You know, we call it localization, personalization, customization, as opposed to
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homogenization. Finally, dine at Baco restaurant where celebrity chef Amar Santana brings the Spanish
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Claire to Costa Mesa. When you walk into the restaurant, you get to pick the steak that you want
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to eat, and then we get to cook it over wood. I mean, what doesn't get better than that
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Enjoy dessert at the straw for retro award-winning boozy milkshakes. Make for a very sweet end to your time in Costa Mesa
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Donkey Kong. This one is prepared with bananas, cookie butter, chocolate chips
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topped off of the canoli shell, as well as chocolate wafer. Mmm
