Hey @tonyhawk. Remember signing this kid’s head at X Games Ventura? The @vcstar is working on a story that remembers you competing in the vert, singing with @thedownhilljam and this forehead autograph. DM me if you’re available to talk.

#XGamesVentura

Here’s what I’m waiting for: the first women’s vert finals since 2010. It starts at 4 p.m.

There are so many people here it is hard to walk. I think attendance is higher than 15,000. #xgamesventura #venturacountyfairgrounds

I have a new favorite. Everything out here is crazy. Moto X High Air is crazy squared. #xgamesventura @SN_Galang

Brady Baker, the rookie who dreamed of competing in the X Games since age 5, wins gold in BMX dirt. #XGamesVentura

Big crowd gathered for the women’s street skateboarding today. It is the first of nine finals today. #XGamesVentura ⁦@vcsjoecurley⁩

Tony Hawk is in the house, in a green hoodie, as part of the broadcast team for women’s street skateboarding. #XGamesVentura @vcsjoecurley

I think I see my future: Bacon-wrapped hot dogs. #XGamesVentura @vcsjoecurley

The only way to start the day at #XGamesVentura. These guys are insane. ⁦@vcsjoecurley⁩

Gates just opened for the day. Parking lot looks open but it is sold out for the day. People without reservations should park offsite or take the train or bus. #XGamesVentura @vcsjoecurley

Today is Women’s Day at the X Games. First 300 women get a free gift bag. #XGamesVentura @vcsjoecurley

Shuttles run every 15 minutes.

The biggest day of the X Games begin. About 40 people were waiting for free shuttles at the Pacific View Mall in Ventura. Two shuttles came. Everyone got a seat. #XGamesVentura @vcsjoecurley

Owen Youngs, 7, of Ventura, took advantage of the X Games free interactive X Fest on Friday. He learned to bodyboard, cycled his way through an obstacle course and made his way to the medical tent for a bump on the leg. Worth it? Definitely, Owen said. “It was fun.”

Second observation: Among the things that can be found in abundance at the X Games are television cameras and security guards. Both are everywhere. #XGamesVentura

An observation: In the middle of the men’s skateboarding street event on Friday, dozens of people were clustered in front of a big screen watching the video event while the real thing was happening 100 yards away. #XGamesVentura @JournoWes

Big crowd turned out for the men’s skateboarding street elimination event. Ventura native Curren Caples had a tough first run. #XGamesVentura

Brady Baker, who has dreamed of the X Games forever, won his first X event ever — an elimination heat in BMX dirt. Baker, 20, of Sacramento, is known locally because he sometimes trains in Thousand Oaks. #XGamesVentura @vcCheri

Fairgrounds parking lot is about 75% full. The lot is already sold out for Saturday. #XGamesVentura @vcstar @vcCheri @JournoWes