The Hill Bombing Skateboarders of San Francisco | The New Yorker 

Same, like any alteration to your path at that point is almost like death

Facts, if they were on longboard with wheels meant for going over pebbles at decent speeds it wouldn’t have been so bad

That's why I ride a longboard

@@Noah_7s I wonder why they dont use long boards more i just use a regular board but my friend in Texas has a long board are long boards harder to use at skate parks or something because of size

@@dj2k460 yeah but I don’t use mine for tricks, I use it more for getting around and cruising

It was the speed I was going, was scared I was gonna hit something and fall off at that speed. But it does give an Amazon rush

They have a spotter. So if there are cars then they will hand jester to not go or if there already going and theres a car they will wave down the car

@@eathebunc9009 a spotter in every corner? I dont rly believe that

@@miguerck5442 well not every corner but they do have spotters. They aren't just fucken putting all there chips on black

@@eathebunc9009 yeah i guess so but i get anxiety of them not even worried when they approach the junctions

Not really

yeah, not really

nah

I read this comment at exactly the same time I heard it in the video 😂 what are the odds 🤷🏻‍♂️

@@BurritoSupreme_ same bro💀 legit a second after reading it he said it

Loved that phrasing. "It's like a violent ballet, bro." - Dude, the poet

Word violent does not picture skating at all.. But it's how he sees it and i do respect that. Violent Ballet is what i would call a John Woo movies..

@@juri_xiii9977when your body hits the ground it certainly feels violent

Violent would be the environment of city pavement and traffic and ballet would be art form of controlling the board - poetic deciphering

Gx crew but yes.

@@jonahgoldin-dubois945 thanks. typo corrected

First thing that youll learn is that youll reach terminal velocity very quickly when your bombing on a hill like that. U might aswell go all out.

GX1000 is insane. Sean Greene and John Carlyle are nutjobs. And RIP Pablo PSPliff Ramirez

More speed = won't wobble as much when stable

Yeah a helmet can save so much.

especially when theyre bs powersliding at 40+ mph

oof, so scary. i used to bomb hills in the 90s that none of my friends would go near. and of course without a helmet. it makes me cringe thinking about it.

Yeah this video was cool, but every downhill content needs to have either people wearing helmets or a disclaimer. The way they showed it in this video made it seem that as long as your experienced and with people you trust you'll be fine. That ain't true, accidents happen, buckle up

Thanks for sharing that. I'm sorry you lost your friend.

Onggg

Rip

How did he die

@@quandariousgooch2163 heart attack

@@quandariousgooch2163 He took the vax! It was a graveyard smash.

​@@Lekks6088damn clot shot huh?

Ä W Ã Ÿ

Pspliff🖤

R.I.PSPLIFF💚💚💚💚💚

For Pablo💚For Jake🖤

Rip pabl

We all gotta go somehow

@@gladman9634 Not as idiots, though.

Notice how we don't race

@@PiroKUSS I mean what's a ''smart'' way go?

@@gladman9634 Certainly not something like this.

This. Bombing a hill is probably more dangerous than skating a 15-stair handrail, and yet seems almost pointless in comparison.

@@Stem667 the hill's way more fun tho haha

I do zig-zags and powerslides. the thrill of going down hill but not suicidal.

Say his name if your gonna talk about him my g all caps REST IN PEACE PATA REST IN PEACE ANGEL!

@@samtheangler47 true! RIP ANGEL !!

Wow thanks no skater has ever received this advice. If it weren’t for your unique insight we may have never arrived here.

@@tomas746 the mom in me can't help myself.

@@codysnarky9806 you're being a real dickhead

@@codysnarky9806 last name checks out

Fr, if it wasn't for people like you persuading me to wear a helmet I would probably have died a little under a year ago, at 30mph you can easily crack your head open no matter how good you are, especially if your on roads, can't anticipate what cars will do

Rip

No it's not if u know how to power slide but I wouldn't expect anyone in a new Yorker article bout skating to know anything about that

@@hospagalief ive done a few hill bombing before and it sure is pretty scary, but yeah as you said if you know how to power slide then itll be much easier.

@@hospagalief you go skate the hills with gx1000 and see if your precious power slide will save you haha

@@-solidsnake- lol ok, u don't skate eh?

@@hospagalief power slides can only help you so much, once you’re going 30mph and u keep gaining speed there’s no turning back, no time to do power slides, just hold on, ride through the speed wobbles, and hope u make it outa that. Idk if u ever been to SF to skateboard but the hills there are the gnarliest hills I’ve ever skated

I think downhill slide is more hard

@@macd16b having done both (in a very amateur capacity) hill bombing on a classic skate is way scarier

*speedwobble

@@marcellorudofsky3633 the true downhill slide is the speed of hill bomb with tricks, this is what we do here in Brazil, the best sliders of the world ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kS8Zf-S8Q0Q.html

@@macd16b holy crap! Thanks for posting that link. That was some incredible footage of truly high-level crazy-cool nutty skill-based skating! I never imagined that kind of stuff could be done.

You’re not really putting trust into anyone but yourself to not fall off the board

@@splash4890 I’m talkin bout red light runners

@@HPsawus yeah I realized a little bit after, my fault g

Did you immediately stand up and look around to see if anybody saw it?

@@gluedtogames lol

Did the Trackers have the coping on them?

@@BradConroy_guitar Not on that early one. It was kind of before the era of grinds.

Can you pay animaters for this remake

Helmet doesn't count as 'ability'

@@phxnigtmare wearing a helmet absolutely is an ability (and a rare ability in that crowd it seems). You have to have arms, hands, and the motivation to put it on 😆.

@@drewt1717 Also the danger and real risk is the point. We ignore people like you because we know your to cowardly to get it. I don't want to be save by me helmet. I want my abilities to be enough.

@@phxnigtmare - Well, that’s Darwinism in a nutshell folks.

@@phxnigtmare I know what you meant, and you're correct.. sorry the joke failed to land.. cheers!

kinda sped imo

@@marcellorudofsky3633 how lmfao

@@marcellorudofsky3633 how lmfao

@@marcellorudofsky3633 how lmfao

Dumb new generation talk. Foh

You will find anyone who does something dangerous that cares about it is always against others doing it. You find it a lot in the psychedelic community. Safety is #1 because its a rush yet still dangerous. No one wants someone to die doing something you yourself love so you have to put all the safety precautions out there so it's in your hands whether you die or not.

@@alancrome3684 couldn’t have said it better myself

@@uppercuts8984 straight up

@@alancrome3684 That put what I've been thinking in my head recently out into words, really well said man. Idk why I can't get myself to enjoy the Dolores hill bombs that have happened in the past when I, myself have enjoyed hill bombing even though it is very dangerous. Its because of exactly what you said as well as one of the skateboarders in the video saying how he would rather be very close with a few people while bombing hills because he knows they are able to control themselves whereas a large group of random skaters get together its bound to be a mess like they also said.

@@alancrome3684 what about doing a hill bomb while on psychedelics?

HATE the sociopathology of putting strangers at risk

Dang did you road rash hard tho?

Sounds hella fun

what exactly happended to him?

@@gonzalocrisosto3282 heart failure

Why do you care that they do not wear helmets it’s their life on the line

@@stevensepic. When their parents have to take care of them for the rest of their lives it affects more than just the riders.

@@struggler8532 shouldn’t have kids then.

They wear mask but not helmets. Tells me and everyone what we need to know.

@@stevensepic. you dont care cuz u dont have anything to protect

like fighting a bull in the bullring

Thats the point. The thrill wouldnt be the same with it on. Its the complete exposure to the danger that makes it so fun

I wish this was the norm, a lot of people have been injured because they don’t wanna be seen wearing a helmet

Yooooo, love You, Ronson!!! Thank You for being an inspiration and pushing the technical, amazingly difficult aspect of The Wooden Shralp-Stick.

RIP 💖

Rip to tha bri

You definitely have so much experience in skating. do u have any tips not to get this speed wobbles thing while hill bombing?

@@samuelgilbert8575 Get really "heavy" on your board, like you don't want someone to pick you up. Try to get a fairly wide stance and it sounds kind of counter intuitive but put most of your weight on your front foot.

@@samuelgilbert8575 make sure you have about 60 to 65% of your body weight on your back foot. That helps with pebbles and random crap.

@@mylastchannelgotdeleted6213 putting weight on your back foot is the last thing you should be doing to avoid speed wobbles

@@samuelgilbert8575 walk up the hill you’re gonna bomb down… take notes of heavy cracks and kick out debris that may ruin your day. Get used to adjusting your board for your bomb runs…. Don’t show off and be present

Fr

Calling him a loser at life is more appropriate.

@@davidvbobb7785 you’re just mad you can’t do what their doing

@@yogurtjr979 Yeahno.

@@davidvbobb7785 Fortnite balls

I know right, he's been pro for a while and they even show that! Oh well, this doc is good anyways

Yeah, I could not wrap my head around that title. If the New Yorker was trying to be ironic, it went over my head.

Zane Timpson is the biggest skateboard enthusiast of all time!

“Jimi hendrix played guitar as a hobby”

Do you wear a helmet now?

@@MatthewMurraycogswoth i should be but my heads about 25.5" inches in circumference and i havent been able to find one that fits

Wow that must have been trippy to see. I know how it feels when you see your hometown ina RU-vid video

Trust me these guys have control and are hyper focussed . They even know how to fall at this speed. I promise you will never feel more alive than rattling down a hill on a skateboard in clothes you can wear to the bar afterwards. No helmet / gloves required.

@DanielBx look up James Kelly or Josh Neuman raw runs. they go like 60 mph down mountain roads. it's not kooky to ride downhill using equipment built for that purpose. bombing on a street deck with little trucks and rock hard wheels and no helmet / no slide gloves is unnecessary. all you can do is go in a straight line or carve a bit and there's no way to stop if something happens outside of your control like a car pulling out of a driveway or a truck blocking an intersection. even people like Sergio Yuppie (look him up too) who ride hard wheel setups just as fast if not faster than the guys in this vid can still stop if they need to, and they do crazy tricks while going down the hill. riding a street deck down a hill with no way to stop is just as impractical as trying to kickflip a giant downhill longboard deck in a skatepark. your attitude is equivalent to hating on a downhill mountain bike rider for not using a bmx bike with pegs on it when they go down the mountain. if it's your thing to bomb on a street deck without being able to stop then fine but don't hate on people for using equipment designed for their chosen activity.

@@Greg-df4bx shut up nerd. It’s called being casual. Skate with the homies, go the a bar, get some food, have a smoke sesh, skate some more. How fun does all that sound while you’re LUGGING AROUND A GIANT LONGBOARD AND HOLDING A HELMET

I don't get the hate. Downhill bombing and longboarding are very similar but different experiences. I have mad respect for both skaters and longerboarders. Let people do what they enjoy :)

@@dannyboy768 ur just a weak little skater boi beta. Go hit the gym and maybe ur emaciated arms will be able to hold a longboard for 2 minutes before needing to switch arms

Ollie over a crackhead