Graffiti the Ghost

It's snowing in San Francisco!

Just got back from a quick jaunt over to the ski jump on Fillmore, and it's well worth it if you can sneak away from work (or whatever it is you're pretending to be doing right now) to check it out. The jumps aren't super-spectacular, in that the angle isn't super high, so they're not able to get much air, but the event itself is spectacular. I even got snowed on. Granted it was machine-made snow, but for a robot like me that's even better than the real deal.

It's just great that we can have things like this in our city, despite rich dicks trying to spoil the fun by waving their money around angrily. Everyone was having fun, ooh-ing and aah-ing and OHHH-ing when the riders bit it and wiped out (which was the majority of the riders we saw). People of all ages - from old Chinese dudes to little kids throwing snowballs at their moms, to Marina chicks and overly-tanned dudes with their dogs - all out having a great time, behaving themselves and being respectful of the fact that we're being blessed with a special SF treat. Then you look up at these huge, multi-million dollar homes with great views and it's like, what the hell were you people complaining about?
You're filthy rich - you're not allowed to complain about squat anymore. Though it was nice to see that a few of the richies were actually able to suck it up, get out on their roof decks and enjoy their champagne and caviar whilst watching the craziness below. That's the spirit, and I wish I knew those people (so I could be on their decks with them).


Anyhoo, if you can manage to get over there, the best views of the jumps are on vallejo, if you can get close enough. Or, walk down below the jump, like on fillmore between union & green, and watch from below. And if you can't get over there, you can watch it live here.

posted by stefbot @ 1:26 PM