#Slomo san diego trial

As such, we have launched a petition asking San Diego leaders to allow Slomo to do his thing. One man alone on the boardwalk is safe social distancing and he would be an inspiration to the thousands of people walking, running, swimming and surfing along the more than 2 miles of coastline. To many, Slomo is just a strange old man balancing on one skate with his arms outstretched, a huge smile on his face, brightening the day of all those he slowly, and I mean slowly, rolls by. But to true locals, he is a sign of normalcy and the personification of San Diego's laid back beach atmosphere. If he wants to go out, get exercise and sunshine while being the icon he is, the city should allow it. He already had taken to skating with headphones at Dana Junior High School in Point Loma. He began to see slow-motion gliding to music as a portal to religious ecstasy. He moved into a 'monastic' studio a half-block from the boardwalk and took to skating the length of the boardwalk seven days a week.

Kitchin wondered if his obsession with oceanfront skating might be the manifestation of a psychological breakdown, fueled by the heady essence of the boardwalk. Years later, those fears have dissipated into the morning mist. He spends his days writing, creating art, mixing music and, of course, dressing in the Slomo outfit and skating for hours into the cosmos. Kitchin uses the Slomo character as a sort of meditation device/social experiment. Kitchin's philosophy of ' the Zone,' is where Slomo lives and where he meditates on eternal questions. Kitchin has embraced the stardom of his Slomo alter ego.

#Slomo san diego trial

His Slomo T-shirts, bumper stickers, postcards and self-published books – ' The Trial of Slomo,' ' Slomo and the New World,' and ' Portraits in Slomovision' – once sold briskly at the Swings n' Things at the Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach (as well as on ). He is the loved mascot of the beach community although most people do not know anything about him.