When we were kids and had nothing but skateboarding on our minds, we’d often find ourselves travelling to new places on family holidays from campsites in southern France over rural villages in the Piemonte district of Italy, by way of simply passing through on the way to someplace else, to suburban cities across the UK to visit far-flung family members and up to sleepy villages on the Danish coast for Easter holidays. Wherever we went, only one question was apparent in our adolescent minds: Where are the best skate spots around here? Google was our friend via skateboard forums with locals sharing their favorite four-step staircases, loading docks with handrails attached to their sides, parking lots with a seven-foot gap from one level on down to the next, a great, long curb behind a supermarket for doing slappy grinds.

Today, we find ourselves posing that very same question yet merely with the subject of skate spots being replaced with that of tennis courts. Upon touching down in any city on planet Earth, one of our first questions will forever be: Where are we going to hit? As a response to this never-ending happening, we’re excited to introduce Where We Hit, a guide to tennis courts in various locations around the world.

For this edition, friend of Palmes, graphic designer extraordinarie and owner of The Courts, the world's most beautiful tennis hotel, Adil Dara guides us to his favorite courts of California.

Pismo Beach Clay Courts

Me and my wife stumbled upon these courts during a trip up the coast. It’s the perfect blend of sport and scenery. You’re basically playing tennis on the edge of a bluff among the sounds of the ocean and coastal breeze.

Shell Beach Road Pismo Beach, CA 93449.

Desert Springs Lawn and Tennis Club

Two grass courts grow in the desert! We get friends together to play on these courts every year during the Indian Wells Tournament which happens right down the street. Hitting balls barefoot in the grass surrounded by mountain views is very nice.

74-855 Country Club Drive Palm Desert, CA 92260.

Riverside Tennis Courts

Most people do not favor these tennis courts but I love to play there at night. They’re right off the 5 freeway which you can hear very loudly. There are 11 hardcourt there which make for a very lively environment.

3401 Riverside Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90027.