Dolores Hill Bomb Didn't Happen This Year, a More Organized Version Set for Twin Peaks

"You may have noticed, especially if you live near Dolores Park, that there was no skateboarding hootenanny in July known as the Dolores Hill Bomb. This comes after last year's Hill Bomb was met with a police blockade on Dolores Street, to which the assembled skaters just responded by moving one block over and bombing the Church Street hill instead."

"And that followed the disastrous 2023 event, when SFPD officers showed up in riot gear and arrested 81 minors and 32 adults with parents later railing at police for how the teenagers were treated while in custody. All that police activity came as a result of the rogue event resulting in multiple injuries including a death in 2020 and occasional skirmishes with police as the crowd became increasingly hostile to the crackdowns."

"Now, as the Chronicle reports, organizer Ciaran Trevino has sold out and caved to authority, under duress. And this year's event, dubbed the Twin Peaks Peaceful Hill-Bomb for Palestine, comes complete with a permit, a "safety briefing," and 25 safety "spotters" who'll be stationed along the route. It all starts at 2 pm Saturday, October 11, at the Christmas Tree Point parking lot on Twin Peaks."

San Francisco skaters will stage a fully permitted, organized hill-bomb event on Twin Peaks called the Twin Peaks Peaceful Hill-Bomb for Palestine, starting 2 pm Saturday, October 11 at the Christmas Tree Point parking lot. Participants will descend onto Upper Market on bicycles, skateboards, skates, and other wheeled devices with a final run at Market and Noe streets, then gather for a rally at Noe and Beaver streets featuring speakers and solidarity messages. The event includes a safety briefing and 25 spotters along the route. More than 40 Bay Area organizations are attached, including CODEPINK, Palestinian Youth Movement, AROC, Jewish Voice for Peace, and Haiti Action Committee. The permitted event follows years of chaotic, injury-prone, and heavily policed hill bombs that produced arrests and at least one death in 2020.

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