Venice Beach has always been one of those places where different worlds meet. Street performers, tourists, locals, artists, skaters, and just about everyone in between.
But one recent scene at the iconic Venice Beach skatepark had people doing a double-take: a preacher, standing in the middle of the park, preaching, was calmly picked up and carried out by a skater named Zachary Moore.
A quick video shows Moore walking the preacher out of the park like someone politely helping a guy find the exit at a party he wasn’t really invited to.
There’s no confirmed backstory, and some online are calling it a prank. But for others, it kind of summed up how they feel.
In the comment sections of the clips that made the rounds on Instagram and TikTok, one phrase kept coming up: “Separation of Church and Skate.”
It’s a nod to a classic NOFX song, but it also seemed to speak to something deeper. This idea that skateparks, like skating itself, are meant to be free from outside agendas. Preaching, selling, campaigning. It’s not the place.
One skater chimed in with: “No gods, no masters, no kooks.” Another said: “If he can harass you in the skate park go and skate in the churches.”
Moore hasn’t given a statement, and there’s no official word from the preacher either.
But the clip - however short—sparked conversations across social media about the kind of spaces skaters want to protect.