After the recent SMC competition in Southern California, a bunch of the dudes traveling from different corners of the globe came to San Francisco for a few days. I was lucky enough to meet them near sunset to ride, film, and hang out. I knew the sun was going down, so at the last second, I decided to throw a flash and stand in my camera bag. I’m glad I did, because we wouldn’t have been able to get any of these photos without it.
I met up with everyone in San Francisco’s Mission District, where they were already filming with MASH SF. We rode this bank in an old theatre parking lot, then made our way towards downtown. We didn’t get far before Mike and Jake needed to run back to MASH to clear SD cards, so we killed some time at Soma West Skatepark and captured some of my favorite photos from the night. Youri is incredible. He’s easily one of the best FGFS riders out there right now. You can see him flying overhead and clicking table tops in some of the photos above. What impresses me most is that he does all of it without straps. If you’ve ever ridden FGFS, you know how difficult it can be to ride these bikes without foot retention.
Afterwards, we linked back up with MASH and ripped around downtown/Chinatown before making our way to our last spot of the night. SF’s Federal banks. Max caught a bunch of clips on the steep portion of the bank, and I coordinated with him to capture this wall ride photo, which is more difficult than it looks. Both because the bank is steep/abrupt and because it was Max’s opposite side. When all was said and done, Mike shot this group photo of all of us posing for a family photo. I’m looking forward to the next time some of these dudes come to town, and need to remind myself to bring the flash out more often. Be good, have fun, and we’ll see you next time.
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