photo by William Wheeler

Just skating up Haight Street like any other day, but I found this amazing construction site at the intersection at Scott. The City had broken a patch of concrete, and there within sat a plastic jersey barrier, sunk half a foot into sand. After propping up a side of the barrier with some chunks of concrete, it was steady enough to bear some weight. It was well into evening rush-hour by the time I got a couple noseslides, and I had stuck a couple front noses and a few fifties (and a 5-0) by the time I started locking into a smith. After about ten minutes of not getting it, this dude appears by the barrier, pointing at his camera.”You care if I shoot some photos?”

After he promised me he wasn’t shooting a photo that would accompany a Chronicle article about what property-damaging dickheads skateboarders are, I was like yeah!

[For some reason I was only able to upload the thumbnail version of the photo (hence its size), but you can check out a larger version and the rest of William's photos on his flickr site.]

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