And Marie-Antoinette said "Let them skate!"

Ready? Set... Go!!


The kid went but the skate didn't follow!


THERE YOU GO!!! Well done!

From time to time, on Nob Hill, you'll see a bunch of young guys skateboarding behind the Academy of Art building. The hill is steep enough, for sure, and maybe for that reason, there is very little foot traffic on that particular sidewalk. A good thing, too, because we wouldn't want them to run into the Brown Twins of last week's post, whom I met only a couple of blocks below.

De temps en temps, vers Nob Hill, on peut voir un groupe de jeunes qui font du skateboard derriere le bâtiment de l'Academy of Art. La pente est assez raide et peut-être à cause de ça il y a très peu de pietons sur ce trottoir, alors les jeunes viennent s'y entrainer. Heureusement qu'il n'y a pas grand monde car on ne voudrait surtout pas les voir "rencontrer" les jumelles du billet dernier qui se promènaient, elles, seulement 2 rues plus bas.

Skateboarding is alive and well after, well, almost 50 years, according to this website. I DO admire these kids for being so tough and so driven(during the time it took me to get these 3 shots, the kid fell about 5 times!) but I always worry someone is going to get seriously hurt some day. Oh, well, I guess it's part of the culture.

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