Hometown Heroes Skate: San Francisco 2011 hhskate.com San Francisco took it to the streets in a way that only Alcatraz locals could comprehend. The Hometown Heroes contest went down on true street ledges and gaps at SF's primo skate spot, 3rd and Army. Featuring curved ledges, big gaps, and tall bars to do tricks over, this spot is a true street skaters paradise. But as we all know, the weather will have a heavy hand in deciding how the results of the day will play out. Anything along the shore-front is subject to the natural elements and this day would prove to be no exception. A cold chill that seemed to creep out of the reaches of the Arctic was amplified by wind gusts swooping off of the waterfront shooting through the trees and blowing down most anybody kickflipping or even pushing along the frigid cement. Relentless as it may have been, the weather couldn't keep Hometown down. The show must go on. Amidst the chill factor, we opened up on the curved ledge. Tricks like back tails to fakie and SSBSTS's (switch stance backside tailslides) were dropped all over the place. The man emerging would be Adam Emery, busting out a BS 180 and a half-cab over the bar and the sweetest smith to fakie on the curved ledge.