Every year, on the final Sunday of October, San Francisco’s Bernal Hill Park is host to the Illegal Soapbox Derby. There’s nothing really illegal about it, from what I’ve read. It’s just not an officially sanctioned soapbox derby. And rightly so.
The event isn’t about winning or losing. It’s about how you’re able to survive flying down a hillside lined with barbequeing onlookers, without spilling your beer. In fact, the only rule of entry in the derby — a rule not so much enforced as encouraged — is that your ride has a mounted beer holder.
I didn’t collect any audio at yesterday’s derby, but I did run around and take a bunch of photos. Enjoy.
(Click the play/pause button on the far-right to run the slideshow, or use the navigation tools to manually select photos.)
not sure what the dictionary definition of ’soapbox car’ is, but i’m pretty sure one of those guys was just lying face down on a furniture dolly.
Left by donkey boy on October 29th, 2007