Mangled

First things first, I slammed ridiculously hard on Sunday while bombing Terresita Street on the stuntwood from Stillings Street down to Monterey Blvd.  The hill is super sketchy to begin with: steep, curvy, chuddy ground, tons of idiotic drivers.  

Anyway, I stuck mid powerslide and slid a good two feet on my hands, arm, side and knee.  I’m looking like Freddy Krueger right now.  Cuts and scrapes galore.  I haven’t taken a slam like that in years.  I had the DSLR Camera in my backpack.  Luckily, it survived the biff unscathed.

The photos below were all taken with a used Panasonic Lumix that I purchased from comrade Plug 1 of Whatimseeing.com.  I wanted a smaller pocket size camera to use when I was mobile and didn’t feel like carrying the big boy around.  

All photos were taken between Friday and Monday.  They start with a Friday lunch outing at Embarcadero with Derek Poon of 4Fifteen, followed by a Dirty 30 backyard b-day bash for Ian Johnson on Saturday, a post slam carnage shot taken Sunday, and pics from me and the wife’s wedding anniversary on Monday.  We’ll be continuing the anniversary celebration again this weekend in Big Sur.  Last year was Vegas.  

I have some skate pics I shot of Sean Renos and Doug Shoemaker with the DSLR on Sunday and plan to post those in the next couple of days as well.  Renos was killin' it!

And on that note, Eva is 30 weeks pregnant today.  The Stan Man will be here soon!  

Enjoy!

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The Ferry Building

Derek and I stumbled upon this scene at Justin Herman Plaza...random.  

 

And here's the legendary Fountain Gap.  This is one of the only obstacles left standing from the original EMB. I always thought this thing was way sketchier to skate than it looked. 

Remnants from the glory days.  The indents in the bricks are almost like fossils.  

California Street Cable Car...

Moving on to Saturday...

Here's a shot from the balcony at our new place.  On the far right, you can see the mighty Pacific in the distance.

Handled some Pabst Saturday evening with Comrade Ian and crew...

He had a pinata...

A couple of cases of Pabst deep: Ray, Chris Long and Ian:

Yeah!

And on to Sunday...

Saw this guy blowin' notes down by Justin Herman plaza.  I gave him a dollar.  He was stoked and blew a high note for me.

Krueger steeze...the hands are actually worse, but I don't have a photo.

 
Monday was me and Eva's Anniversary.  We had a wonderful dinner at Eos in Cole Valley.  Hands down one of the best meals I've had in a while.  Have you been? 

I recommend the Grilled Monterey Bay Artichoke, Shitake Mushroom Dumplings and Hanger Steak.  Will definitely go back to this place again.

Shot this on the balcony at home just as it was getting dark...