Dolores Park Skateboard Death

Last thursday on the edge of mission dolores park dolores street was the site of a popular hill bombing event where skateboarders on their decks four tiny wheels mounted on metal.

Dolores park skateboard death. A gnarly collision near dolores park sent a bicyclist and a skateboarder to a hospital and may have forever ended skateboarding on the hill. Sf has a world renowned skate scene i love. But two pointless deaths. Typically on a random thursday afternoon in early july skateboarders take to the dolores hill next to dolores park and fly down at breakneck speed almost literally.

City officials hurried to add new speed bumps to dolores street near dolores park this weekend after multiple collisions involving skateboarders left at least one person with life threatening. Consulting now with leaders about building stronger skate culture and co designing slow. Rumble strips were installed at dolores and 20th. The 2020 hill bomb took place on july 9th but it looks like the organizers are planning another for saturday july 11th according to bay sick.

In the 1985 powell peralta skate video future primitive tommy guerrero skates. Thrasher magazine refers to hill bombing as one of the first thrills ever on a skateboard hill bombs are dangerous and should only be attempted by highly skilled skateboarders. The annual dolores hill bomb in san francisco brings together skaters and cyclists who bomb it down the infamously steep and dangerous dolores street between 21st and 18th street. In response to this accident the city of san francisco has now installed speed bumps on dolores and 20th streets in an attempt to slow down skaters.

With all of the restrictions on gatherings in place it wasn t clear if this year s dolores hill bomb would take place but a pretty massive crowd showed up. Sean greene pablo ramirez frank gerwer gx1000 and others have repopularized hill bombing in the mid to late 2010s. So i hate doing this to dolores. Sf has a world renowned skate scene i love.