Wowee wow wow. I had no idea what to expect at Red Bull’s Soapbox race. From looking at their past events online, I knew it would be fun but man, this was crazy-shouting –hilarious fun and jam packed! Gimme more! Before I get to the juicy details, the delays at the 16th Street Bart Station (where I disembarked) were unbelievable. The crowd was probably 3 times what you normally see at rush hour. Luckily the 5 station agents (usually there’s only one) helped guide newbies at the ticket machines and monitor the flow of people exiting. Took about 10 minutes for me to finally break free from underground only to get caught in the mass exodus to Dolores Park. What a very interesting sight (dam I should of took a picture of it) to see hoards of non-locals mooing their way westward on 16t. Some car drivers definitely looked baffled with their “what the?” faces as they couldn’t speed through the streets and cut corners like they normally do. Five blocks later, I blinked twice and held my bre...
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