Man ‘Skysurfs’ on Bay Bridge Because Red Bull Told Him To.
Does Redbull give you wings? I’m not really sure, but it certainly appears to give certain people wing-like abilities. San Francisco woke up Saturday morning expecting fog, overpriced lattes, and maybe a naked guy on a unicycle. Instead, the Bay Bridge got skated like a giant Tony Hawk ramp from the sky.
Red Bull skydiving athlete Sean MacCormac, 50 years young and apparently allergic to hobbies like golf, became the first man to skysurf onto a bridge and grind it. Yes, grind it. As in, like a skater kid at an abandoned strip mall, except the “ledge” was the western span of the Bay Bridge. Normal people go to brunch; this man fell from a helicopter at 5,000 feet with a snowboard strapped to his feet.
For the uninitiated, skysurfing is skydiving’s cooler, dumber cousin. It’s like snowboarding, except the snow is air, the trees are suspension cables, and your mom is still worried about your life choices.
MacCormac has logged 22,000 skydives in his career, taught Navy SEALs how to fall out of planes, and still called this his “wildest project ever.” That’s saying something, because Navy SEAL training usually involves things like “jumping into shark-infested waters” and “getting yelled at by Mark Wahlberg in a movie adaptation.”
When asked about the cost, Red Bull politely declined to say. But considering the fee covers CHP, Caltrans, film permits, and possibly hazard pay for every pigeon on the bridge, the budget likely resembled the GDP of a small island nation.
MacCormac’s summary? Relief. Our summary? Only in San Francisco would traffic get delayed not by an accident, not by a protest, but because a middle-aged man decided to skateboard the Bay Bridge from outer space.
Next week: Red Bull helps someone ollie the Golden Gate. I know this sounds like I’m promoting Redbull. I’m not, I have nothing against Redbull or Monster or Rockstar or anything energy drink. But this shit is legitimately cool. I honestly wish every company advertised like this. I don’t need any more commercials unless they are like this. You want to sell me car insurance? Jump over a car with a monster truck as it explodes, and just have the logo of your company on the side of the monster truck. Don’t even bother telling me what your company does. I don’t care. Do cool shit and people will become customers. It doesn’t matter what you’re selling.
Red Bull, it may not give you wings, but it will surely pay 40 year old men to act like it. And honestly, that’s close enough.
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