Willy Santos tells the story of his gnarly kickflip into this bank in Poway, CA

Willy Santos tells the story of his gnarly kickflip into this bank in Poway, CA

You might recognize this gap into bank from several skate videos over the last couple decades. A few have had the nerve to step to it. Willy Santos put down one of the first tricks into it, a kickflip (!), for his part in Birdhouse's The End (1998). Check the recap.

"WORKSHOP WEDNESDAYS - EPISODE 29 "STORY TIME WITH WILLY SANTOS" FILMED & EDITED BY Danny Mercado Additional filming Jay Strickland, Jamie Mosberg other clips we got from videos describing the spot. Willy shares his story skating the Poway Bank that was featured in his video part from "THE END" Birdhouse Skateboards film from 1998"

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