It's funny, skating down market used to be a blast in the 80s. There were a bunch of spots along the way, and all those marble benches every few feet.
I don't know if it's just that wheels are smaller now, or if those bricks got rougher, but it's a total pain to try to skate on that street now.
No one seems to skate the bay blocks as much anymore, but those are still super fun to me. China Banks has been bust-free the last few times I've been there, too.
But, as I've said many times, almost any city is better than SF for "spots." The hills and avenues are the whole point of going there.
Was just there yesterday, and noticed they've skatestopped that yellow ledge at Jefferson that so many tricks have gone down on. Another little bit of history gone...