Monday, March 12, 2007

Wallenberg


Battle with Wallenberg and you will get the horns.

Mark Gonzales (pictured above riding 215 indys) was the first skater to ollie Wallenberg High School's infamous four-stair terrace in San Fransisco over 10 years ago. Since then, not all that many skaters have managed to step up and roll away from the historic chasm. Just for the record books, here is a list of the select few to have claimed a trick down the gap:

Mark Gonzales- Ollie
Jesse Paez- Frontside 180
Diego Bucchieri- Backside 180
Danny Gonzales- Kickflip Melon grab
Steve Nesser- pop shove-it
Frank Gerwer- Kickflip
Lindsey Robertson- Heelflip
Tony Manfre- Switch ollie and switch frontside 180
Darrell Stanton- Switch backside 180
Jeremy Reeves- Pop shove-it melon grab
Chris Cole- 360 flip
Andrew Reynolds- Frontside and backside 180 flip

Honourable mentions go out to Kris Markovich and Cairo Foster for almost kickflipping the set many moons ago, Caswell berry for almost 360 flipping the stairs, Jayme Fortune for almost switch flipping them and Elissa Steamer for being the first lady to almost ollie them.

If you don't feel like killing yourself, you can always just skate the flatground and ledges...