This place has been a famous skate spot for the last 20+ years. Its a pretty steep transition but a lot of fun. There has been a lot of blood shed at this skateboard spot. The bricks are narley and unforgiving and you have to always constantly watch out for those damn benches. The funny thing is the benches have skate stoppers on them but that is not what you go skate at China Banks.
Here is a an exerpt from Crashin In Skate: “Has anyone watched the sk8 video Powell & Perelta “The Search For Animal Chin”. In that sk8 movie they skate a legendary spot called the Chinatown Banks in San Francisco. Well since it was my first time visiting SF, I was hoping I would see some cool skaters and some legendary spots (Embarcado and The Chinatown Banks). I walked around for hours and couldn’t find the Chinatown Banks anywhere. Then I got tired and headed up to my hotel room. While I was bored waiting for the elevator I looked out the window. Low and behold what do I see. Right before my eyes, the legendary banks are actually part of my hotel. They are on a bridge that joins a park with the hotel. I was so excited that I ran up to get my camera and took some pictures of the banks. Unfortunately I didn’t bring my board on this trip or didn’t see any skaters. But at least I got to hang with a bum at the banks and help him open his bottle of Chinese wine. He claimed that his hand was broken from the war so he needed help. Anyhow, I soon learned that California is truly the best place in the world for skate spots, hands down. Be on the lookout for a review of a bunch of a new sk8 dvds coming out soon. ”
Ahh look at how steep those transitions are! You have to hit them pretty hard and fast and if you happen to go over the edge its quite a drop!
Man it takes all kinds. Our little hero here is going for a high speed carve on a 10 Speed Bike!. Gotta give him props for that.