The Hill Bombing Skateboarders of San Francisco | The New Yorker
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- Skateboarding the steep hills in San Francisco is undoubtedly dangerous, but for these skaters, it offers a sacred place to find stillness.
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It's not the speed that scares me, it's the cars
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
When I saw that pebble at 0:30 I was mentally prepping to see someone get bodied
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
"Dude, it's just a violent ballet through the city" - such a graphical and visceral description.
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
My friend lost half his brain bombing. Very experienced downhill rider. The turning car never saw him. Its been about 20 years since. I think of the guilt the driver must carry. My friends mother who stopped her life to care for him since the day of the accident. And of my friend who's life is forever changed.. So stupid not wearing helmets in such an unforgiving pursuit and terrain. I was reckless back then too.
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.
The SF bombers are a different breed. Most skaters would just start rolling into a hill bomb. These savages push hard downhill into the steepest streets in America. (check out the GX crew)
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
Props to New Yorker Mag for getting into the thick of the story and letting the skaters dissect what they do in the process. "Violent ballet" is such a great phrase to explain city life in general but also very apparent to skating.
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
Nothing more exhilarating then realizing halfway down you timed the light wrong lol
Onggg
Helmet dude. Brain injuries are no joke. I worked with young adult men like this who got a TBI. Never ever normal again. Most depressing job I ever had. I lasted one year out of obligation.
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
A skateboarder at my local park passed away after bombing a hill and going into a comma. I've been skating for twenty years and if I never watched another hill bomb, I would be fine with that.
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 !!
FOR PABLO💚 ENDLESS INSPIRATION
Ä W Ã Ÿ
Pspliff🖤
R.I.PSPLIFF💚💚💚💚💚
For Pablo💚For Jake🖤
Rip pabl
I knew someone who died longboarding in a race... Literally his friend said hey you should wear a helmet. He said "no i will be fine." it's not worth it.
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.
I couldn't help but think about Pablo Ramirez during this. PSPLIFF!
Rip
Rest In Peace Zane! Your words here really made an impact on me. Hope your soul travels somewhere beautiful
Rip
How did he die
@@quandariousgooch2163 heart attack
@@quandariousgooch2163 He took the vax! It was a graveyard smash.
@@Lekks6088damn clot shot huh?
Growing up South of Pasadena in the early 80's I had two sweet hills to bomb down on the way to school. One day I had the perfect crash, the wabi sabi of my skating career, on the second hill just passing the entrance to The Old Mill. I was in full tuck, head first, arms behind my back like a speed skater, and I hit a magnolia tree seed pod. Physics happened and I did a clean front flip to perfect backpack and soles of my feet landing. I slid/ran it out; no trauma, no road rash, kept using the backpack and the deck was fine. It was a shortened G%S Pine Design with Trackers and Yo Yo's for the historians out there.
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
No matter how good you are, you cannot put your trust into other drivers like that
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
Hillbombs are actually the hardest and scariest trick to land
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 czcams.com/video/kS8Zf-S8Q0Q/video.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.
Love this dudes perspective, “yeah I might kill myself bombing hills, but you’re doing the same thing with a 9-5 just slower”
kinda sped imo
@@marcellorudofsky3633 how lmfao
@@marcellorudofsky3633 how lmfao
@@marcellorudofsky3633 how lmfao
Dumb new generation talk. Foh
hill bombing is the scariest thing i have ever done my whole life
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
'im trying to stay alive to the best of my ability...' - except wearing a helmet
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!
It’s interesting these guys are frowning upon those hill bomb competitions. They genuinely care about not being reckless.
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?
Having buttboard races down lombard st at 2am in middle school is one of my fondest childhood memories.
Dang did you road rash hard tho?
Sounds hella fun
If I was 40 years younger I'd join them. Grew up in SF by where some of this vid was shot - Quintara hills in the Sunset district of SF (my childhood house makes a brief appearance). We didn't call it hill bombing when I was a kid but I certainly did the same and got a little road-rash in the process. These guys are way better skaters than I was though. Very cool footage.
Incredible. Beautifully shot video of crazy, beautiful movement.
This vid captures what skating and all riding sports are about in a certain way: the chase for that exhilarating feeling of freedom and speed, being on the brink of certain injury and yet gracefully avoiding it.
like fighting a bull in the bullring
Nothing like being a 58 year old skateboarder to have zero problem wearing my helmet and pads *Triple Eights, one of the best gear sets BTW. I grew up in the 70-80's skatepark era where all the parks were privitized and had a mandatory helmet policy, so I was always used to having gear on.
I wish this was the norm, a lot of people have been injured because they don’t wanna be seen wearing a helmet
Bombing hills has always been one of my favorite things to do. I just turned 41 yesterday and have been skating for 36 years now. I live on a big hillside so there's plenty of hills to skate. It's not that dangerous unless you're doing something stupid. You can't just jump in head first. You're gonna end up in the hospital. The feeling you get when you get to the bottom is the best. You're so stressed out, yet you're so happy at the same time. You're glad it's over, but you want to do it again. That's why I do it.
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
I love this mini documentary. Thank you for this video
That's why I love being a skateborder...greeting fron Mexico!
Respect to these dudes, but seriously just wear a helmet.
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
LOVE the vibe...more power to the young folks who wheel through city streets. Be careful.
HATE the sociopathology of putting strangers at risk
Still love to speed on my Raleigh and taking on homemade jumps--my favorite thing as a kid.
Such a beautifully done piece on such a RAW fork of expression. Love it! Long live the hill
Such a great short! Fun storytelling!
Thank you for treating skateboarding as something positive and beautiful!
"the thrill forces you to be completely aware." the main reason I skate. "I'm gonna skate until I absolutely cannot"
thank you for this!!!
Zane spoke such beautiful words. RIP ❤️
what exactly happended to him?
@@gonzalocrisosto3282 heart failure
Great bunch of guys.
definitely something special about skate boarding. I grew up on it. Peralta was the king back then. We had no pipes or parks, so it was all out on the street, carparks, hills etc... and the occasional empty building site
This was rad!! It's nice seeing my buddy Zane Timpson who's also my youngest sister's best friend getting some New yorker coverage.. Him and his crew have been ripping those streets of SF for a while!
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
I have no problems with skateboarding and have loved watching the sport for many years, but I simply can't understand why none of these guys wear a helmet. Someone I knew growing up hit his head skateboarding and was taken off life support because of the severity of his brain damage. It happens. For how cautious they say they're being and understanding the risks, I would think wearing a helmet would be a priority.
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’m all for it! Just please wear a helmet! I take care of people who ended up in accidents.
Superb film, great story!
Zane’s stale fish photo at the Y is too good
The reason why it's stupid to do this is because it's dangerous.
The reason I clicked on this is also because it's dangerous.
This is the morbid nature of humans.
Love the new Yorkers range
Great editing, @The New Yorker
This encapsulated it very well
I loved the closing statement! LOL so good
“It’s just a Violent Balet through the city” wow so true
Skateboard enthusiast 😂😂
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”
I did this in the Bronx back in 2003 and ate curb for about 15 ft of me just rolling down the hill. I love it
saw them do this live one time near dolores park and it was so intense but fun
calling zane timpson a skateboard enthusiast is such an understatement
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 roller skated down a hill in San Fran, and it was similar to sky diving 😅 I only needed to experience it one time. 🥴
Much respect for shouting out Potrero skate park that Bombing rout is something the squad put together when we were young and it’s dope to see it on here like that skurt squad 2x for life
Skated in the 80's on a Bill Danforth deck. Never Bombed an SF hill because I live on the East Coast. But I did bomb a hill near my house back in the day. I ended up losing control, gravel in my knee, and a serious case of road rash. It was worth it.
This is incredible. I can’t wait to be here.
“Chasing after death just to call ourselves brave”
Mos Def
The best of luck to you; Keep on truck'n!
This is awesome.
RIP Zane TImpson, his heart gave out and he died. He was only 26 yrs old.
2:22 That was the house I was born/raised in on the right!!! A lot of this was filmed where i grew up skating!!
Wow that must have been trippy to see. I know how it feels when you see your hometown ina CZcams video
Very inspirational ✨🤙✨
rip zane this has been reccomended for me for like 2 weeks and decided to watch after the news
Skateboarding is dangerous but it’s very special and has its own art recommend for everyone to start skating and never give up your gonna land it that trick or learn how to skateskateboarding for life 🛹 ✌️
I suffered a TBI and a seizure bombing a hill last summer... I still skate tho, it’s so addicting.
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
Awesome video.
Amazing! I'm a figure skater ant I know that feeling!
There's a crew of people in San Francisco who do something similar but with the ability to stop if needed. They use longer boards (longboards) and softer wheels that let them slide their board sideways like a snowboarder to control their speed. It seems like most of them if not all of them wear helmets. If you look up "sunset sliders san francisco" you can find some stuff on CZcams. It seems like for this crew (in the New Yorker video) part of the appeal is not having control
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
I love that kids spirit. He has a true heart of a skater.
Giving yourself to speed. Vibesssss
Worked in the Bay Area all over for many years and never saw any skateboarders but it looks super cool!! I was always cautious in the city because it’s crazy
one of the best times I've had was hill bombing at night around SF and daly city with my homie
"a violent ballet"....
Eu já andava pelas ladeiras, em deste jeito, lá por 96/98. Legal saber que colocaram um nome. Ainda tento, mas com bem menos radicalidade. Forte abraço. 🖖
The lawn chair at the end 😂🙌
I don’t even understand the this level of craziness.
GX1000!!!
We did this in the seventies when board selection was severely limited! And in sf too!
RIP Zane 🌹
'You can assess risk' Hmmm you can maybe assess risk re your own abilities, but the Traffic and tarmac is always gonna win in a fight. Terrifying. That pull of adrenaline and skill is always gonna be there for them. Just wish they'd at least get past the vanity bit and wear protective head gear.
“It’s just like a violent ballet through the city”
Fire vid, SF🔥💯
Great video
RIP PABLO💚
The Hill bomb is a right of passage. Pacifica native.
Well done the New Yorker
You're feeling the rumble under your feet, the wind, the impact of the car bumper and its windshield.
Glad you guys got the New Yorker to show the masses whats up,
Drove across canada to yoho national park in BC, and did an 11 km hike, and somehow thought it was a good idea to skate down the road leading up the mountain. Easily the fastest I had gone, and my gnarliest slam, half way down I was sure of only one thing: i may or may not make it. always scout your bomb dude, dont be reckless.
8:04 o.o that's a dope run. I just used to go down the avenues to the beach and take muni back up
Keep going. Period!
Roll in Peace Zane!
OMG I have a 9-5 and just drink and sleep on weekends
I would love to go to San Fran for this reason exactly
so cool
RIP Zane ❤️
I always seem to find pebbles
Awesome! What wheels are you using? 78A?
Enjoy the Ride and always be Creative