The recent flooding in Southern California gave two-time world MotoSurf champion and Hydro-Turf rider Mark Gomez the opportunity to take to the streets of Fullerton, with one of his stand up 550 racing skis. This went down Sunday, January 22nd, in his hometown neighborhood where people along the streets were yelling for him to go faster. They got a kick out of his antics. His brother Phillip Gomez and he had waited a long time for this day and when it finally happened, brother Phillip captured the action on video, which he filmed from his truck. Good times were had by all!
Gomez wrote, “After years of my brother Philip Gomez and I waiting for the rainy day stars to align – that was for us both being home and it to be raining just hard enough to get our street gutters to flood enough so I could try to ride up our street in Fullerton, CA; we tried it before but couldn’t get it going – today, with the help of the neighborhood, I pulled it off! First attempt was filmed from the bottom of the hill, I made it all the way up my street, turned right and had to stop because of a parked car blocking my river! This second attempt got almost as far, until I clipped the curb which sent me into the shallow spot toward a soft abrupt stop, but thankfully my chin cushioned the blow (ha! ha!). Such a rad home experience.”
After checking out Mark’s Facebook page we read that it took two attempts to get the ride he was looking for on Sunday and the guys and the neighbors were stoked! Gomez does a great job navigating his way down the narrow street, and just laughs when a shallow spot shuts down his rainy day ride. Gomez has such a carefree attitude that we all absolutely love. It really shows in his riding and this day was no exception.
