Olson did that roof drop to boardslide twice
from
https://chromeballincident.blogspot.com/2017/12/chrome-ball-interview-110-steve-olson.htmlQ:
"what’s the story behind that boardslide off the roof?"
Olson:
"That was only a block away from my house in Pacific Beach. I remember looking at that thing for years until one day, I was skating around with Sean Sheffey and Kien Lieu and we happened to go by it. I brought it up to those guys, kind of in-passing, and they started making fun of me.
“Aw man, you’re not gonna do that. No way.”
That actually motivated me even more. So I went up there and gave it a try. But here I am, on the roof of this building, when this super gung-ho cop comes speeding up out of nowhere. I guess the people inside called the police on me. This guy pulls up hella crazy, jumps out and starts yelling at me. But I think once I explained to him what I was trying to do, he actually got kinda hyped on it. I could tell he really wanted to see me do it but couldn’t because of his job. He still had to kick us out.
They ended up knobbing that rail right afterwards, super quick. So I ended up having to go on a super ninja mission, getting up at 4 in the morning to deknob it with a bunch of tools. Thomas Campbell met me back at my house, right as the sun was coming up, and we walked back over to get the photo.
It didn’t take very long to do. I’m pretty sure that I did it twice that morning because something happened during the first time I made it. I definitely remember being pretty pissed about having to do it again."