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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: whiteley on March 11, 2010, 04:23:14 PM
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we've got a new feature with skate photos from a bunch of different SF neighborhoods, based on an interactive map of the city:
http://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1911&Itemid=27 (http://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1911&Itemid=27)
get some neighborhood info along with photos of daryl angel, jose rojo, josh matthews, russ milligan, brian delatorre, matt field, danny fuenzalida, ben gore and many more.
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This makes me miss the city so much. Dela's ollie over the street gap is sick. You can tell he was flying down that hill and hucked himself over that thing.
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SUCH A RAD ARTICLE! GOOD JOB SLAP!
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SUCH A RAD ARTICLE! GOOD JOB SLAP!
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That was really good. Nice work.
I'd love to visit SF
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God damn, that bs flip at the federal banks is fucked. I need to meet up with some SF slap pals and get at these spots, the only dudes I occasionally skate with are my fellow AAU students and honestly, they're whole mentality is "PARTY FUCKING PARTY."
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God damn, that bs flip at the federal banks is fucked. I need to meet up with some SF slap pals and get at these spots, the only dudes I occasionally skate with are my fellow AAU students and honestly, they're whole mentality is "PARTY FUCKING PARTY."
Yeah, that is fucked. I feel like a badass just for carving over the bar on that thing. Danny Fuenzalida is so amazing.
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favorite article yet, god SF is sick!
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the sun is supposed to be in full effect over the next week or so in SF. This article couldn't have come at a better time.
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super stoked on this. going to check out some new areas in sf next time i roll out there.
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holy fuck this is tight, considering i live here now.
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What's funny is that almost all those spots are either total busts, in super crowded public areas, someone's house or - if none of the above - way less fun/harder to skate than they look.
Which gives you a general idea of what "spots" in SF are like...
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FS Wallride: official skateboard trick of San Francisco
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FS Wallride: official skateboard trick of San Francisco
More like FS Wallride to Hill bomb.
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What's funny is that almost all those spots are either total busts, in super crowded public areas, someone's house or - if none of the above - way less fun/harder to skate than they look.
Which gives you a general idea of what "spots" in SF are like...
sounds like a city to me. ever skated one?
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we should put together something like this for other skate cities.
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Pretty sick article. I love living in SF, and always finding new shit to skate everywhere. For that ben gore photo though, i always thought diamond heights was up off diamond st, like up from glen park but before twin peaks area, idk. So many little neighborhoods, never know where they start or end.
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What's funny is that almost all those spots are either total busts, in super crowded public areas, someone's house or - if none of the above - way less fun/harder to skate than they look.
Which gives you a general idea of what "spots" in SF are like...
sounds like a city to me. ever skated one?
I grew up skating SF, dude - I think I can speak on it. And no, not all cities are the same - that's why SF is so cool, but there's downsides to it as well.
Just thought I'd just offer a little advice to dudes coming in from out of town: those spots you've seen in the videos are gnarly as fuck, and chances are, if you linger for more than a trick or two, you'll with be dealing with an irate homeowner or the SFPD and their "zero tolerance" policy (plus a hefty ticket).
To me the hills are the whole point of skating in SF: bombing through the avenues, hitting different spots for a trick or two and moving on. THAT is what SF has that other cities don't.
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this whole thread makes me feel like a bitch for skating the same spots whenever I'm in SF.
Oh well, I'll be there in two weeks and I'll still go skate Ft. Miley
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There was a website that attempted this kind of thing for New York, but it was pretty bad, just bland snapshots of ledges and banks. The sick spot photos combined with the short descriptions of the surrounding neighborhoods is what is interesting to me. I've never been to SF, but I've always been into studying maps of places since I was a kid, so this thing is great, and I wish there was more.
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So sick, SF is the best
(http://www.slapmagazine.com/images/stories/Features/2010/march/city/images/jimmy.jpg)
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brian delatorre's ollie is amazing.
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Really good article. Can't wait to go to skate SF in the next couple of years. Is there any chance of doing the same sort of article on other places? Like NY or something?
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The Jeremy Reeves, fakie 360 flip at Portola is my favorite though. That trick is hard yet alone over a wall.
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What's funny is that almost all those spots are either total busts, in super crowded public areas, someone's house or - if none of the above - way less fun/harder to skate than they look.
Which gives you a general idea of what "spots" in SF are like...
sounds like a city to me. ever skated one?
I grew up skating SF, dude - I think I can speak on it. And no, not all cities are the same - that's why SF is so cool, but there's downsides to it as well.
Just thought I'd just offer a little advice to dudes coming in from out of town: those spots you've seen in the videos are gnarly as fuck, and chances are, if you linger for more than a trick or two, you'll with be dealing with an irate homeowner or the SFPD and their "zero tolerance" policy (plus a hefty ticket).
To me the hills are the whole point of skating in SF: bombing through the avenues, hitting different spots for a trick or two and moving on. THAT is what SF has that other cities don't.
I agree with you entirely except for the "way less fun" part in your first post. Every hill spot is way more awesome than I imagined. Way tougher than I thought, but so much fun.
And yeah, SF to me is all about going through neighborhoods and just bombing through and hitting the random spots along the way.
To all of you thinking of going out there and skating those exact spots in the hills, don't even bother- just look for a neighborhood that looks like it has some cool architecture, and just bomb around and find your own shit. I have found spots way more fun on my own that have never been in any videos I have seen, and also gone to the "famous" spots just to be disappointed at how bland of a spot it was in person compared to what I thought it would be.
Pretty sick article. I love living in SF, and always finding new shit to skate everywhere. For that ben gore photo though, i always thought diamond heights was up off diamond st, like up from glen park but before twin peaks area, idk. So many little neighborhoods, never know where they start or end.
Pretty sure it is. That area that its on in the map is like soma/mission/potrero hill.
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i would love to skate san francisco to bad its 11000 kms away , if i smoke enough sherm il make it there
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I hate leaving that place whenever I'm heading home. Adrian's big flip... was really fucking big... good shit. Humidity skateshop in NOLA did a spot map for a while. I wouldn't mind making a really comprehensive one for Baton Rouge.
...and skating in SF is fucking dope! I haven't been hip up by cops over there, but the security guards that kicked us out were pretty typical. Also, as an outsider, once you've rolled around some of the hills you respect footage of them a LOT more. A lot of them are so steep that they just don't make sense. Love that place.
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I heard that Hunter's Pt. was really sketchy...but also heard that gentrification was going on. Is there a new area that is getting worse?
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brilliant
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cant wait to get back there next time im going to cover the entire city on board
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Man...I had no idea that bump to barrier was in Hunter's Point.
Great little interface article. It highlighted a lot o spots that I have never seen before.
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So sick, SF is the best
(http://www.slapmagazine.com/images/stories/Features/2010/march/city/images/jimmy.jpg)
I don't care how cliched it is to frontside wallride. That picture is fucking sick. Doing that trick feels amazing.
I've never skated SF, but I'll be there in the Summer for a couple weeks all by myself. Can't wait to skate. I've heard about how gnarly those hills are.
I always think of this clip when thinking about bombing a hill in SF:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa85I_5rWBg
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Nice article. The Excelsior district is so sick ton's of spots and little things here and there. My moms still lives out there and im a head out there Saturday and I think I might just cruise around there. This really makes me miss the city.
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Pretty sick article. I love living in SF, and always finding new shit to skate everywhere. For that ben gore photo though, i always thought diamond heights was up off diamond st, like up from glen park but before twin peaks area, idk. So many little neighborhoods, never know where they start or end.
it is, that was a design mistake. i'll get josh (j south, our designer) to reposition. thanks for pointing it out.
Really good article. Can't wait to go to skate SF in the next couple of years. Is there any chance of doing the same sort of article on other places? Like NY or something?
possibly NY, but we just did that big city-wide article a couple months ago...
gipper has the right approach, you'll have way more fun just cruising around the city and finding what you find. that's how it should be skated. it's cool to skate famous spots, but more fun to just go. and yeah, your first experience with SF hills will be a mind opener. once you get past them being scary, they are so much fun. still gotta be careful though, hill slams hurt a little...
I heard that Hunter's Pt. was really sketchy...but also heard that gentrification was going on. Is there a new area that is getting worse?
SLAP office is basically in HP. during the day it's fine if you just go about your business. at night, you don't want to hang out. people still get blasted and stuck up pretty much daily. we see funerals going several times a week up on 3rd street. it is in the process of gentrification, but it's slow. gonna be hard to get more upscale people to move in out here, not only because of the crime but because the water and soil is toxic due to the proximity of the old naval shipyards where all kinds of nasty stuff went into the ground and water for decades. but it does consistently have the best weather of anywhere in SF, and you get really nice views of the bay, downtown and the bay bridge when you're up on the hill in the projects. plus the oldest skatepark in SF is smack dab in the middle of the projects too! as far as other bad areas, there's plenty- the tenderloin is no picnic- but HP is probably the worst overall.
sean young clip--
here's that same hill bomb, but in the rain:
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That wallride is that much better cause it is Jimmy Cao. Never even know that guy to any wall ride. And it is kind of cliche but nice that Alcatraz is in the background as well. Postcard shit for sure.
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SLAP office is basically in HP. during the day it's fine if you just go about your business. at night, you don't want to hang out. people still get blasted and stuck up pretty much daily. we see funerals going several times a week up on 3rd street. it is in the process of gentrification, but it's slow. gonna be hard to get more upscale people to move in out here, not only because of the crime but because the water and soil is toxic due to the proximity of the old naval shipyards where all kinds of nasty stuff went into the ground and water for decades. but it does consistently have the best weather of anywhere in SF, and you get really nice views of the bay, downtown and the bay bridge when you're up on the hill in the projects. plus the oldest skatepark in SF is smack dab in the middle of the projects too! as far as other bad areas, there's plenty- the tenderloin is no picnic- but HP is probably the worst overall.
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When the last time you skated the Dish? Everytime im on the city I want to skate it but memories are real sketch from getting chased by thugs and bottles thrown by dealers getting jacked up on the 44. HP is the worse or maybe Sunnydale? but tons of spots there but you gotta be aware of your surroundings.
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it's been a hot minute since i skated the dish, probably at least five years. i've been lucky there, never any hassle other than little kids riding motorized scooters like lunatics and throwing stuff at each other. to be honest, i don't know if it's worth going up in that mess just for the dish. you're kinda pushing your luck. the publisher here at high speed got the rear window of his car shot out driving through last year!
for anybody who doesn't know what the dish is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-PQjKVuGUM
starts at 1:58. this is 25 years ago, before crack and glocks added to it's luster...
and here's where it is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EAvqpM2cXU
that's a trailer for a super heavy documentary made 5-10 years back. i can look out the window right now and see the projects about 10 blocks up the hill...
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Yeah I guess your right. Shit is sketchy there and the cops never go there. I did watch that documenrty called "Straight outta Hunters" which was pretty raw and shows how harsh HP is.
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Yeah I guess your right. Shit is sketchy there and the cops never go there. I did watch that documenrty called "Straight outta Hunters" which was pretty raw and shows how harsh HP is.
Fuck...I seen that documentary (if it is the same one). They showed this dude in the beginning just in front of a camera thuggin' it out and talkin' all this bammer..and then at the end of the movie, they show the guys funeral. That video is the main reason why I am so bugged out on HP. I even had an interview at Street Corner back in the days and I got lost and asked for some directions at some shop and all those guys told me I was insane to even go there. Like going to this interview meant I could lose my life. Fucking crazy.
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great article but what about the presidio spots?
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"amber lamps" shout out in that doc
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great article but what about the presidio spots?
it's not every spot in the city, just a bunch of good ones dan z had to put together. also, the presidio has been sketchy to skate lately because it's partially patrolled by homeland security guys, and that's not a list you wanna get on.
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great article but what about the presidio spots?
it's not every spot in the city, just a bunch of good ones dan z had to put together. also, the presidio has been sketchy to skate lately because it's partially patrolled by homeland security guys, and that's not a list you wanna get on.
Yeah... it's lame. Me and a few friends got busted by homeland security for skating that steep bank in the 4star video. It's stupid that they get all uptight about people skating that place.
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Why do you hate America?
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Hunter's point is the probably the most sketchy part of the least sketchy city in the world. About 90% of the poor people of SF moved to Oakland or south city about a decade ago. Not saying I'd want to go out skating the dish at midnight, but there are plenty of worse places.
I've skated the dish before without any problems though.
Also, how many times did Sean Young bomb jones street? What a fucking madman.
Anybody who says f/s wallrides are overdone is a moron. Are ollies overdone? That trick is a staple of cool street skating
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slap youīve really been coming through with some awesome articles. love the concept and layout with this. everything that could be said abotu the skating has been said....reevesītrick is mindblowing....
it would be cool if an ariticle similar to this was done for a smaller or more obscure city. even washington DC or baltimore, austin texas.....everyone involved did a dope job and I canīt wait to see more!
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plus the oldest skatepark in SF is smack dab in the middle of the projects too!
What's the other skatepark besides Potrero?
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plus the oldest skatepark in SF is smack dab in the middle of the projects too!
What's the other skatepark besides Potrero?
The one being talked about here is called the dish, and is in hunter's point. The other park that more people know about is Crocker-Amazon
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Hunter's point is the probably the most sketchy part of the least sketchy city in the world. About 90% of the poor people of SF moved to Oakland or south city about a decade ago. Not saying I'd want to go out skating the dish at midnight, but there are plenty of worse places.
I've skated the dish before without any problems though.
Also, how many times did Sean Young bomb jones street? What a fucking madman.
Anybody who says f/s wallrides are overdone is a moron. Are ollies overdone? That trick is a staple of cool street skating
if you're talking about me, i was making a joke. so you can staple this dick.
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the best thing about sf is that there is something fun to skate on every single block. no joke! but the same could be said about anyplace i guess. its all how you look at it. so on second thought the best thing about sf is i havent paid for a single skate related thing since i moved here and im not sponsored.
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Hunter's point is the probably the most sketchy part of the least sketchy city in the world. About 90% of the poor people of SF moved to Oakland or south city about a decade ago. Not saying I'd want to go out skating the dish at midnight, but there are plenty of worse places.
I've skated the dish before without any problems though.
Also, how many times did Sean Young bomb jones street? What a fucking madman.
Anybody who says f/s wallrides are overdone is a moron. Are ollies overdone? That trick is a staple of cool street skating
if you're talking about me, i was making a joke. so you can staple this dick.
I was talking about whoever says f/s wallrides are overdone. If it isn't you, don't stress big guy.
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f.s. wallrides are overdone. 8)
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plus the oldest skatepark in SF is smack dab in the middle of the projects too!
What's the other skatepark besides Potrero?
The dish? or maybe crocker amazon?
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a really really good piece, just like everything on slap.
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Great article! I'd like to check out some spots but I've lived here for about 8 months and I've skated once. I just skated flat at the end of Market. I don't know anyone that skates, so that's also a huge lack of motivation. I'm sadly way passed my prime for skateboarding and totally suck now. I can still do tricks but they don't come anywhere near as easy as they used to. I haven't skated in 2 months.
The great thing I did do a few months ago was bomb from 19th to the beach. It was literally one of the scariest things I think I've ever done...Weaving through cars, getting bad speed wobbles, hoping I didn't hit a huge crack or some super fucked up ground...Bombing hills are fun but I don't really like to do it because my mind thinks way too much about what could happen.
Sorry for the diary entry.
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f.s. wallrides are overdone. 8)
moron :-*
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is there anyway to repost this article?
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is there anyway to repost this article?
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fuck, where'd the article go? I'm moving out there in two weeks and was banking on using it to help me get acclimated to the city. did someone catch wind that their house is on a skate map or something? shit whiteley you need to come through on this!
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So sick, SF is the best
(http://www.slapmagazine.com/images/stories/Features/2010/march/city/images/jimmy.jpg)
I don't care how cliched it is to frontside wallride. That picture is fucking sick. Doing that trick feels amazing.
I've never skated SF, but I'll be there in the Summer for a couple weeks all by myself. Can't wait to skate. I've heard about how gnarly those hills are.
I always think of this clip when thinking about bombing a hill in SF:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa85I_5rWBg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa85I_5rWBg)
My wife works in SF now so I've been going up there on the weekends. Every time I pass Jones ST. I have to look up at that monstrous hill. That's a busy area. I don't know how he survived.
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is there anyway to repost this article?
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is there anyway to repost this article?
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http://www.slapmagazine.com/articles/full/within-city-limits (http://www.slapmagazine.com/articles/full/within-city-limits)
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Cool. Now how about the Ellington Pals questions?