Do a little dance: ready, set, GO!

Today I witnessed Red Bull's Soapbox Races in beautiful Dolores Park. My friends had a great spot right by the railing so I was able to see a couple of them fly by the hay stacks.

Seemed like everyone was there in the jam packed park. Three buses went by before I was able to get on one!

At the top of the track competitors would do a little intro (dance, skit, etc.) and then off down Dolores St. they went!


My favorite soapbox was probably the "Earthquake". It had a few main landmarks of SF jumbled on top of the soapbox. Plus, their intro was pretty cool and the sucker FLEW BY. My friend, Jen, told me that there was one of the GG Bridge before I arrived that had people running after it with giant cotton balls (the "fog" rolling in after the bridge).

How the heck people put stuff like this together and get the guts to sweep down Dolores, fly over the "jump" along with the possibility of crashing into a haystack goes beyond me. Overall, the races were entertaining to watch and I'm glad I went as a spectator.

A few shots of the soapboxes at the end of the course included a giant rubix cube, golden gate bridge, pink Simpson-like donut, giant squid and rockets. Good job all! Looking forward to next year's race!

The giant rubix cube (pictured above in the top right) was pretty funny. Too bad the thing was too huge to make the turn and crashed before the finish line.