The jackhammers echoing through San Francisco’s Portsmouth Square this week may sound like noise to most people, but to skateboarders, it’s the sound of history being torn down.
The Portsmouth Square pedestrian bridge, known around the world to skateboarders as “China Banks,” is being demolished. Skateboarders have flown in from every continent to ride the banks over the decades, and on Friday, a couple of locals came to say goodbye before the demolition.
“It was just truly incredible,” said Mike Archimedes, known as “Arco,” who is credited with discovering the spot in 1979…