New Orleans (pronounced N’awlins or New Orlens by locals, the only time that a hard E is correct is while singing “Way Down Yonder In New Orleens” or Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleenz)) is the birthplace of Jazz, a major US port city, important in river transshipment, naval logistics, and the illegal drug trade. New Orleans is located at the mouth of the Mississipi River, just south of where the river splits off into Lake Pontchartrain, which forms the northern city limit and a unique ecosystem because of the salt water boundary. The Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest bridge in the world. New Orleans is unique in the United States for many reasons. It shares more in common with european cities and Montreal than most other American cities, and both historically and liguistically has more in common with other port cities like New York than other cities in the South (the local Y’at accent shares similarities with Brooklynese). The architecture of the Vieux Carre, or…
OUR LA SKATE INSTRUCTORS Stephen A. from New Orleans, Louisiana! Mr. Stephen believes that teamwork makes the dream work! If your dream is to become a professional skateboarder and be sponsored someday or just want to learn some tricks whether it is tricks on the flat ground or vert he can help you out! Mr.
