The Man bank is such a horrible spot to skate in Leeds, the bank is fucked and there are big old cracks between each slab, not to mention the run-up on the wall which is just as bad because of the cracks and how thin it is. Daryl really wanted to skate this spot for some reason and every time he wanted to hit it up there was a car parked at the bottom of the bank.
So we decided to go skate it one Sunday morning before Daryl had to catch his train back to London. It was 8am when we met up and there were no cars in the landing. Daryl got on with it straight away despite us all being half asleep. He was getting close surprisingly quick and then stuck one out the blue, he rolled all the way down the bank and hit the flat but slowly fell off. We couldn’t understand why he fell off, we then looked and he had rode into a pile of dirt / moss which stopped his run-out. We were all gutted, he got back up there and kept trying but unfortunately we ran out of time and we had to take him to the station so he could catch his train back to London. This must have wound up Daryl because he would have landed it if it wasn’t for the dirt / moss run-out.

A few months later Daryl wanted to go back and do it so he ventured back to Leeds. We skated some different spots first and Daryl felt like he injured himself slightly. So then we decided we would leave it and just chill. Later on that day we skated through the University and Daryl thought we may as well have a look at the Man bank just incase there wasn’t a car in the run-out. Luckily the run-out was clear so Daryl thought he’d give it a go despite the slight injury. We were ready to go and it was deja-vu for Daryl. Daryl didn’t start off as well as last time and took some hefty slams, he was fine and kept battling for the trick. I remember seeing a woman looking out of the window behind him as he was getting closer, a few tries later he stuck a banging 360 flip into it and we were dreading the roll out incase he stopped on some dirt again but this time it was not the case and he stuck it perfectly. The woman watching out of the window must have been loving it. I was stoked on this photo because of the woman looking out of the window and Daryl socks matched the colour of the tree. Props to Daryl for going back to this treacherous spot! This was featured in the Contents of Sidewalk Magazine, Issue 217.