Commercial with people skateboarding down a city street

[bandit957]

Anybody remember this?

A while back - maybe 20 years ago - there was a commercial that showed people skateboarding down a steep hill on a city street in what looked like a medium-sized city. I don't even remember what the commercial was for. It might have been Domino's or something, but I don't even remember.

They might have actually been bicycling, but I think they were skateboarding. I don't even remember now.

Somehow, I got the impression that the city was Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Anybody else remember this? Was anyone able to identify the city?

[NJRoadfan]

I recall the commercial and can't seem to find it. I seem to recall it involving a long board and possibly Lombard St. in San Francisco or similar looking street.

[abefroman329]

Kinda sounds like half of the commercials produced between the early 90s and the early 00s.

[kirbykart]

Anybody remember this?

A while back - maybe 20 years ago - there was a commercial that showed people skateboarding down a steep hill on a city street in what looked like a medium-sized city. I don't even remember what the commercial was for. It might have been Domino's or something, but I don't even remember.

They might have actually been bicycling, but I think they were skateboarding. I don't even remember now.

Somehow, I got the impression that the city was Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Anybody else remember this? Was anyone able to identify the city?

Are there any random steep hills in a city in the middle of the prairie with practically no elevation change for 100 miles in any direction? I think not.
San Fran would make a lot more sense, but maybe it was a smaller city like Bradford, PA. My actual guess is the large Pennsylvania metropolis of Pittsburgh. There's about 10,000 streets in Pittsburgh that could meet this criteria. The problem is that most everything seems to be filmed in California, that's why I thought San Fran. Maybe it was the infamous Baxter Street in Los Angeles. Or was it not quite that steep?

[kirbykart]

I recall the commercial and can't seem to find it. I seem to recall it involving a long board and possibly Lombard St. in San Francisco or similar looking street.

I doubt many would skateboard down Lombard. Fillmore or 32nd, sure, but not Lombard.

[bandit957]

Are there any random steep hills in a city in the middle of the prairie with practically no elevation change for 100 miles in any direction? I think not.

I think Sioux Falls has a big hill heading south into downtown.

[hotdogPi]

How could it be named Sioux Falls if there are no elevation changes?

[kirbykart]

How could it be named Sioux Falls if there are no elevation changes?

Because names don't always make sense?

Are there any random steep hills in a city in the middle of the prairie with practically no elevation change for 100 miles in any direction? I think not.

I think Sioux Falls has a big hill heading south into downtown.

Are we talking an actually big hill, or a small hill that seems big to people who live in the relatively flat prairie?

[bandit957]

Are we talking an actually big hill, or a small hill that seems big to people who live in the relatively flat prairie?

It's actually pretty big.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

How could it be named Sioux Falls if there are no elevation changes?

Because names don't always make sense?

Waterfalls, not land elevation changes.

[Rothman]

How could it be named Sioux Falls if there are no elevation changes?

Because names don't always make sense?

Waterfalls, not land elevation changes.

Waterfalls without elevation changes...

[triplemultiplex]

You've got the Sioux River coming down off the Coteau des Prairies at Sioux Falls, so there's a legit drop. And the falls itself isn't some glorified rapids:

The Sioux Quartzite provides a resistant layer for the river to plunge over.

[Road Hog]

Go over that on a barrel and you'll be A-OK.

(Trust me.)

[bandit957]

Roughly the 700 block of N. Minnesota Ave., looking south into downtown, looks a lot like what I remember.

[bing101]

Anybody remember this?

A while back - maybe 20 years ago - there was a commercial that showed people skateboarding down a steep hill on a city street in what looked like a medium-sized city. I don't even remember what the commercial was for. It might have been Domino's or something, but I don't even remember.

They might have actually been bicycling, but I think they were skateboarding. I don't even remember now.

Somehow, I got the impression that the city was Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Anybody else remember this? Was anyone able to identify the city?

ESPN2? Back in the 1990's to early 2000's when it first came on the air the XGames had lots of promos to separate itself from ESPN?
Or it could be YouTube in the early ages when the most watch videos at the time were skateboarding videos.

[triplemultiplex]

Go over that on a barrel and you'll be A-OK.

(Trust me.)

That sounds like you have some first hand experience?

[roadman65]

I used to like the RC Cola commercial with the lady skateboarding while drinking her RC.  I believe that David Clayton Thomas (formerly of Blood Sweat and Tears) performed the jingle for the commercial.