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A hill bomb is a maneuver in skateboarding in which a rider rides down a big hill. The trick is noted for its particular danger and, sometimes, grace.[1]

A photograph of a skater performing a hill bomb on a longboard

History

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Thrasher magazine refers to hill bombing as "one of the first thrills ever on a skateboard."[1] Hill bombs are dangerous and should only be attempted by highly skilled skateboarders.[2] Sean Greene, Pablo Ramirez, Frank Gerwer, GX1000, and others have repopularized hill bombing in the mid- to late 2010s.[3][4]

1980s

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In the 1985 Powell Peralta Skate video Future Primitive, Tommy Guerrero skates down the hills of San Francisco, using the steep landscape of the city in ways previously unseen.[5] In the 1988 skate video Sick Boys, skaters, in particular Julien Stranger, skate down the steep streets of San Francisco.[6]

1990s

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In Toy Machine's 1998 skate video—Jump Off A Building—Chris Senn's part contains a number of hill bombs.[7]

2000s

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At the end of Jon Allie's part in the 2005 Zero skateboards video "New Blood," he does a frontside 180 kickflip to hill bomb.[8] In the 2005 DVS skate video Skate More Dennis Busenitz incorporates a number of hill bombs into his part.[9]

2010s

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In 2010, Emerica released the skate video Stay Gold featuring a part by Brandon Westgate that contains a hill bomb down a drainage ditch.[10] In 2011, Magenta skateboards released SF Hill Street Blues filmed by Yoan Taillandier which features many San Francisco hill bombs.[11] In the 2011, Emerica released a video: Brandon Westgate: New Shoe, New Part which contains a number of hill bomb lines filmed in San Francisco.[12] The GX1000 videos are known to contain gnarly hill bombing, including the 2017: Adrenaline Junkie and the 2018 Roll Up and El Camino.[13][14][15][16] In the 2019 Supreme video CANDYLAND - dedicated to Pablo Ramirez and directed by William Strobeck - a number of hill bombs are featured, including ones by Sean Greene, Jeff Carlyle, Rowan Zorilla, Matt Finley, Sean Pablo, Andrew Torralvo, Taylor Nida, and Elissa Steamer.[17][18]

San Francisco

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Due to its hilly nature, San Francisco, California, is known to be a particularly good city in which to bomb hills.[19]

Dolores Park hill bomb

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Dolores Street where the annual Dolores Hill Bomb event takes place.

In July in San Francisco, California, hundreds of skateboarders gather on Dolores Street across from Dolores Park for an impromptu hill bombing event.[20][21][22] The event has become an annual tradition. There have been some injuries and at least one death associated with the event.[23][24][25] The city attempted to stop the event from happening by installing Botts dots in 2020.[26][27] However, skaters returned anyway in spite of those.[28]

References

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  1. ^ a b "The Descent: Hill-Bomb Photo Feature". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  2. ^ "'Hill Bombing' Has Kids Taking Skateboarding To Deadly New Extreme". 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  3. ^ "Meet GX1000, the Fastest, Most Fearless Crew in Skateboarding". GQ. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  4. ^ "THIS SF HILL BOMB SLAM IS CURRENTLY GOING VIRAL". The Berrics. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  5. ^ "Powell Peralta - Future Primitive skate video soundtrack | Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com. Archived from the original on 2009-11-29. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  6. ^ "Sick Boys skate video soundtrack | Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-04. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  7. ^ "Classics: Chris Senn "Jump Off a Building"". YouTube. 12 February 2013.
  8. ^ Classics: Jon Allie's "New Blood" Part, retrieved 2019-10-30
  9. ^ DVS Skate More - Zered Bassett and Dennis Busenitz, 6 January 2010, retrieved 2019-10-30
  10. ^ "Emerica - Stay Gold skate video soundtrack - Video by Jon Miner, Mike Manzoori | Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com. Archived from the original on 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  11. ^ "Magenta - SF Hill Street Blues skate video soundtrack - Video by Yoan Taillandier | Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com.
  12. ^ "Emerica - Brandon Westgate: New Shoe, New Part skate video soundtrack | Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  13. ^ GX1000: Adrenaline Junkie, retrieved 2019-07-17
  14. ^ "GX1000 - Roll Up skate video soundtrack - Video by Ryan Garshell | Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  15. ^ GX1000's "Roll Up" Video, retrieved 2019-05-14
  16. ^ GX1000: El Camino, retrieved 2019-07-17
  17. ^ "Supreme - Candyland skate video soundtrack - Video by Bill Strobeck | Skatevideosite". www.skatevideosite.com. Archived from the original on 2023-07-16. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  18. ^ "BE Skate Mag-Supreme | CANDYLAND Video - Skateboarding Magazine". BE Skate Mag. Archived from the original on 2019-10-26. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
  19. ^ BroBible (7 April 2017). "Skater With A Death Wish Goes Bombing Down San Francisco's Hills, Somehow Doesn't Die". BroBible. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  20. ^ Keeling, Brock (2018-07-17). "Four terrifying SF 'hill bombs' popular with skaters". Curbed SF. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  21. ^ Graff, Amy; SFGATE (2019-07-12). "Skateboarders fly down SF's Dolores Street at insane speeds in flash 'hill bomb'". SFGate. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  22. ^ Graff, Amy (2018-07-13). "Hundreds of skateboarders take over SF's Dolores St. for flash 'hill bombing' event". SFChronicle.com. Retrieved 2019-10-23.
  23. ^ Browning, Corey (2020-07-20). "Man killed in hill bomb collision remembered as passionate cyclist, artist". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  24. ^ "Pavement markers slow daredevil skateboarders on popular SF hill after near-fatal crash". Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  25. ^ "Well Known Skateboarder Tomoko Oikawa Suffers Brain Injury During Dolores Hill Bomb". SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports. 2019-07-20. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  26. ^ "City Installs Raised Dots On Dolores Street Following 'Hill Bomb' Death". SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports. 2020-07-20. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  27. ^ "San Francisco Officials Move To Stop Dangerous Dolores Street 'Hill Bombing' Skateboard Events - CBS San Francisco". www.cbsnews.com. 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
  28. ^ Horowitz, David Mamaril (2022-11-01). "Stabbing, fighting at Dolores Park Halloween 'Hill Bomb'". Mission Local. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
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