A first-person vlog-style transcript of a YouTube video by TJ LaFaver documenting arrival and activities at the 2023 Venice Beach PAINKLLR CrossFit event. The speaker describes setting up at the beach, casual interactions with friends and attendees, small informal competitions (e.g., handstand race), and repeatedly confronting personal fears (ocean swimming, snakes). The tone is informal, humorous, and conversational.
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I might have to put my two weeks notice in.
What's up guys? We're here at Venice Beach. We're here a day early. It's at the painkiller event that's happening tomorrow. We're going to unload the jeeps and get set up. Shut off. Shut off. Shut off. Shut off. Grab the fucking foreskin. Just kink.
Bro. Man, this beach is crazy.
Take a little swig in there later.
Mm mm mm.
Stanky leg. Oh stanky leg. Oh, stanky leg. Oh my stanky leg down.
Bag it up girl. I'm back it up. Come on girl. Back it up. Come on, bag it up.
He got a point. 20 bucks is 20 bucks. I'll do the watermelon. I got some watermelon. What you get mango? I got mango.
Cuz we're the best friends.
You ever skated before, buddy? Hell no, I didn't. But we going to.
I'm sorry guys. I think mine are broken, bro.
I'm going try and do a speed lap.
Oh yeah? I might not do a speed lap now.
I'm done, bro.
What do you think Sal's gonna do? Well, Sal can't do it, so he ain't got to say. I'll give him clearance to talk. If Sal puts on a pair of skates and he roll with weights.
Can I try one?
You might remember.
Here we are.
No comment.
You ever been in the ocean? No, I've never been in the ocean. Never will. I learned today. Well, two things. They're sharks, it's cold and I can't. Well, I can swim, but I'm not. I'm not proficient. I think tell you one thing, I am not doing this shit at all. On all these trips you face your fear. So we're gonna get you to face your fear this trip. You're gonna get in the ocean. You're gonna do a little swimmy swim. I just stomped on some little kids castle because I'm frustrated.
Dog. There is no.
Fudging way I am getting in here tomorrow.
Uh oh. All right, she's calling me. What do we need to do? Shark. Shark. Do you need me to go save somebody? I'm okay. Good, cuz I can't swim.
What are you getting all this for? I got to be prepared for tomorrow. You see those waves out there.
Right now? We're setting up. We just got here. It's about 7am this morning. I don't know why I'm looking at your ugly ass. It's a little cold out here though. You see it? Noises. I'M gonna watch this one. Okay. Hey, girls, would you guys like me to take a photo of the both of you? Okay. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, for sure. Get set.
Before we get rocking and rolling, Mason's going to lead us in a 5K. Let me go show these boys how to run. You know that's what I do best. All right, we're going to do one more walking stretch. Just like two down and back is dynamic.
Switch halfway.
Bro. I'm already warm. It's 90 degrees outside. We doing way too much of this. All right, let's roll. Three, two, one. Let's go.
Yep. Yep.
Dog, it's too damn hot to be running out here.
Oh, yeah. See how long you keep this up, buddy?
Oh.
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I take a look at my life I realize there's nothing left. Cuz I've been blasting and laughing so long that even my mama thinks that my mind is gone. But I ain't never crossed a man that did deserve it. Me be treated like a punk. You know that's unheard of. You better watch how you talking and where you walking that dog's pooping.
Hey, how's it going? I'm Heather.
Chad. What the.
This is seriously one of the coolest CrossFit competitions I've been at before. Just because of the scenery, the vibe, the people, this food makes me want to do CrossFit again, bro.
So we have four different flavors. Raspberry, blue. Raspberry. Yep. Of course. Cherry, lime. Come on.
And that good, though. That's fucking good.
Okay, so I'm gonna fill this bag up with a couple things and 100 bucks and see if somebody can beat me right now.
Look at him.
What's up, everybody? How you guys doing today?
I have about $300 worth of products. Six people will compete. We're gonna do a handstand race. Okay, we got one. Come on in five more. Okay, we got another one. Okay, come on, let's go. If you win, you take it home. If nobody wins, we'll.
Sam.
Good job, guys. Thank you, guys. Thank you, guys. That was fun. Undefeated, baby. Call me. Flew with me with it. You look a little hot. It might be time to go take a dip in the ocean to cool off, bro.
I forgot about. I gotta do that. Really? We're conquering fears. We're battling fears. I did that last time. Can we replay where I was vomiting?
Okay. That's terrible. The great whites only come about 20ft from shore.
That's the. I'm talking about. Are you scared? Actually, no. Like, genuinely, I don't. I don't do. I mean, you see how fast it's moving, bro? Yeah. Like, we'll stay shallow. Oh, I will guarantee you we're gonna stay shallow. Oh, my God. Oh.
That was a snake. Oh, I thought that was a snake.
See that fear? That's my fear, bro. Yeah. See what you just did? You just melted snakes. Yeah. There's got to be somewhere a reptile shop around here that we can. Oh. Make it even. I truly cannot. Oh, well, what do you mean? What do you mean? That is my favor. It won't bite you. This is. I just told you my phobia. No. Oh, it's bad. Oh, it's bad. I can't even look at him on tv. This is stupid. It's so dumb. You need to put sunscreen on so you don't get burnt. Obviously, I. I don't know how to tell you this, bro, but.
For black people, don't burn, bro.
Why. Why does nobody else have floaties? All right, here we are at the water. Chaz, I seriously don't want to do this. Where are my goggles? Look, we're out here facing fears. Whoa. Look at that. Look at. Look, Chaz. Look, this is my commitment. If you catch a wave, I'll hold a snake. Oh, dude. Even if we get one to come to the.
Get one to come to the office. You. I will hold one, dog. This is so stupid, man. This is perfect. This is so stupid. Again. And get in there. You're a big boy. I'm proud of you. You're a big boy. Jesus.
We're good. Stay right here. Stay right here. Fight it.
Max is going under. Dive and go straight under.
Stay right there.
Where's jazz.
Bro? This is so.
Wait, you got butt water in your mouth. All right, hold on. Salt water, bro. It is.
Oh, disgusting. Fast forward. We are here in Missouri. Mason made me a bet as see you can guys just saw. He has no clue that we just brought in a. I believe that's a boa constrictor. I don't know. Whatever. It's a snake. He doesn't like him, so we're gonna go sneak up on him. He went to the bathroom, so now we gotta go. Creep.
I got you, playboy.
Oh, no. Okay, wait. Please wait. Let me adjust. Yo.
Hey, Razer. Wait, bro, I wasn't ready. Wait, please. I'm so sorry. Yo. No, bro, wait. Stop. I got to fish myself.
Hey, he's. He's. Okay. He's touching my. Okay, okay, stop. Back up. I'll come out. Yo, the ocean's not as bad as this. Yo.
And Joe, okay, sit down. Relax. Okay.
No, hold hand, hold hand. Okay. Oh, my God. 9, 8, 7, 6. Okay. Okay.
That's wild, dude. Mason, he's got some real issues he's got to take care of. All right? See? Look at that. Okay. That shit sucked inside.
Oh, he's about my neck, bro. Take him off my neck. Oh, yeah, he's just a little cute little guy.
Frank. Oh, his name is Frankie.
Okay. It's not that bad. It's not that bad.
Okay. Okay, well. And that concludes the video, guys. Make sure you, like, comment. Subscribe. Subscribe. Push the notification bell, and we will see you guys next time.
