SHOT OF THE WEEK

Riverside Lipslide

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 Photographer Fery (Homieswonderland):
 Location:  New York City
 Rider:  Justin Fontaine Maury

"This shot was taken when we got 2 feet of snow in NYC . I remember it was a Sunday, and it was fairly warm. Shooting in Riverside Park (109th Street & Riverside Drive, Manhattan) on a Sunday could possibly be there hardest place ever. NYC's Parks Department salted the shit out of the snow, so the base was frozen ice, and the top layer of snow was slow. We couldn't use the bungee because there were a million people walking by and none of us wanted to kill anyone, so we built a huge mound of snow and some rollers to generate speed. The only problems were all the assholes who stepped on the lip every two minutes (we must have rebuilt the lip 30 times...) and the thousands of people who use that staircase. Fery is an amazing photographer and always gets a handful of awesome shots. Check out more of his work at www.homieswonderland.com"

- Justin