Sunday Skate Outing: Over the Top

Here are the pics I promised from last Sunday’s skate outing.  I snapped ‘em a couple hours after I mangled myself bombing a hill by my house.  My elbow is still bleeding, by the way.

The original plan for this day was to meet up with my old school buddy Sean Renos, who I’ve known for over 15 years now, and a couple other friends for a session at Wallenburg School. However, after injuring myself, Sean and I decided we’d just meet up downtown to shoot photos and lurk around instead.  

My main reason for wanting to go downtown was to shoot this sequence of Sean doing a wallride up and over the top of the “Bon Bons” on Market Street.  I’ve seen Sean do this a couple times in the past -- I’m talking back in 1997/1998 -- and thought it was one of the most insane things I’ve ever seen.  These things are not easy to skate.  Sean Mitchell, a.k.a. “Sock Rock,” is the only other person I know that’s gone over the top, but he did some sort of a no-comply variation to get himself up on top, which, nonetheless, is still incredibley sick.  Check the footage HERE (@1:30). 

We later ran into Locin’ Doug Shoe”Maker” who has just recently gotten back on the board again after recovering from his third shoulder surgery.  Burl. 

Here's Doug executing a steezy front blunt on the ledge at The Island with Larry Redmon and crew posted up smoking a blunt in the background.  "Urrie!"

Well, friends, that is all for now.  I’m off to Big Sur first thing tomorrow morning, which means no skate outings this weekend.  Prepare yourself for mucho scenic and cupcakin' shots of me and the wife instead.

Special thanks to my man Derek Poon for helping me out with the Animated GIF image.  I owe you one...

Trav