The Leap of Faith is an infamous location amongst skateboarders and rollerbladers. It is located at Point Loma High School

Point Loma High School

Point Loma High School is a public high school in the San Diego Unified School District in San Diego, California. It is located in the Loma Portal neighborhood of Point Loma. The school serves the neighborhoods of Point Loma and Ocean Beach. In addition, students who live in Mission Hills may...

 in San Diego, California. Only a handful of people have attempted to land the drop but none were successful.
A three story elevator shaft built in 2002 now blocks the top section of the handrail rendering the spot unskatable. It stands at about 18 feet 8 inches tall and consists of 27 stairs.
This is one of the most famous skate spots along with the El Toro 20, Hubba Hideout

Hubba Hideout

Hubba Hideout was one of the most famous skateboarding spots. It was located in San Francisco near the Justin Herman Plaza on The Embarcadero. Its central features are two over-sized sets of 6 stairs with large concrete ledges on both sides. The spot is part of a pedestrian walkway but has been...

, Santa Monica Courthouse, Carlsbad Gap, and Love Park

LOVE Park

Love Park is a plaza located in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The park is nicknamed Love Park for Robert Indiana's Love sculpture which overlooks the plaza.-History:...

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The only two skateboarders (known) to have attempted this are:

• Jamie Thomas
  Jamie Thomas
  Jamie Thomas , is an American professional skateboarder and skateboard industry magnate from Dothan, Alabama. He is the co-owner of Zero Skateboards and Fallen Footwear.-Skateboarding career:...
  
   - Broke his board on impact but walked away uninjured. The Zero video Thrill Of It All (1997) featured Jamie's attempt at an ollie and a melon grab over the handrail.
• Richard King - Broke his leg on impact. Step Up Ring's video Manual Labor featured the attempt.

Rollerbladers known to have attempted this include:

• Jason Marshall - Featured in the intro of Daily Bread Magazine Video #1
• Matty Mantz - Broke his ankle on impact. His attempt was featured in Daily Bread Magazine Video #1
• Eric Garica - Attempted the gap once. Featured in The Dyna Team Video.
• Ryan Northway - Broke his skate on impact during his second attempt. Featured in The Dyna Team Video.
• Mayan Tamang - Attempted the gap twice. Featured in The Dyna Team Video.
• Kell Mckenzie - Clipped the handrail with his left skate. Featured in The Dyna Team Video.
• Ian Brown - Attempted to clear the first set and part of the flat but clipped the handrail with his lower back. The attempt was intended to appear in a bonus section of United Front 2: Trash but was never included.
• Brian Shima
  Brian Shima
  Brian Matthew Isoa Shima is a professional inline skater.Came to fame in the early rollerblading community because of his unique style on skates and winning many competitions. He also holds the record for the most pro skates held by any person...
  
   - Broke his ankle on impact. His attempt was featured in Mindgame's video Brain Fear Gone.

Trivia

• The Leap of Faith was featured in Skatebook Volume 3 in a Bart Simpson
  Bart Simpson
  Bartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
  
  skateboarding parody.
• The Leap of Faith was featured in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 in the School level, along with the infamous Carlsbad Gap.

External links

• www.skateboardspots.com