Pablo Ramirez was living his dream in San Francisco. The native of New York came to the city with his skateboard and made a name for himself as one of the fastest skaters on the famously steep hills. His stunts were death-defying.
That all ended in tragedy on Tuesday when the 26-year-old was fatally struck by a dump truck while skateboarding up Seventh Street in the city’s South of Market neighborhood. Witnesses said Ramirez was hanging onto the back of a moving vehicle and being towed just moments before he was killed, police said.
His death sent shock waves through the San Francisco skateboarding community. As his friends learned what happened, they converged on the scene, crying and hugging while news of Ramirez’s death spread on social media.
“He was one of the happiest, most positive people I have ever met,” said Tony Vitello, the owner of Thrasher magazine. “He was just exploding with energy, overflowing with life. It was infectious. He would just be so pumped up to see you. He was just that stoked all the time.”
Ramirez was born in New York and moved to San Francisco to skate, Vitello said. He was sponsored and skated with the GX-1000 group, a crew of skateboarders known for bombing hills and described in GQ magazine as the “most fearless crew in skateboarding.”
That all ended in tragedy on Tuesday when the 26-year-old was fatally struck by a dump truck while skateboarding up Seventh Street in the city’s South of Market neighborhood. Witnesses said Ramirez was hanging onto the back of a moving vehicle and being towed just moments before he was killed, police said.
His death sent shock waves through the San Francisco skateboarding community. As his friends learned what happened, they converged on the scene, crying and hugging while news of Ramirez’s death spread on social media.
“He was one of the happiest, most positive people I have ever met,” said Tony Vitello, the owner of Thrasher magazine. “He was just exploding with energy, overflowing with life. It was infectious. He would just be so pumped up to see you. He was just that stoked all the time.”
Ramirez was born in New York and moved to San Francisco to skate, Vitello said. He was sponsored and skated with the GX-1000 group, a crew of skateboarders known for bombing hills and described in GQ magazine as the “most fearless crew in skateboarding.”
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