Home Articles Features TOP 5 | STEPHEN BABCOCKRyan Loewy·March 12, 2019FastslideIntroduction and Questions by John SakkisPhotographs by Erick Garcia for Be-MagStephen Babcock carries himself like a local wherever he goes; cool with a quiet confidence, he rips like a local wherever he goes too, seemingly comfortable on any obstacle, from p-rail wizardry to LA River bangers (literal banger, more on that later), the dude is fun to watch. In this installment of Top 5 we get to pick this Bay Area local’s brain.Top AcidFavorite Spots to eat near the Bay– Ivan Narez’s Mom’s Pasole-Dino’s Sandwiches (Brentwood)-Teryaki Madness (Fairfield)-The Lumpia Company (Oakland)-Village Pizza (Sacramento)Back TorqueFavorite parks near the Bay-Benicia-Napa-Lakewood-Brentwood (Hometown park)-AntiochSoulBlading Beverages-Modelo-water-Hi-Ball (s/o Jeph Howard for putting me on those)-Red Bull/Coffee-HennessyNegative PornWith a helmet-keeps my head in one piece-comfortable to wear-pull bitches galore-cool break dance spin moves-reminder to keep going no matter how hard you fallMakioWithout a helmet-wind blowing through my luscious locks-no built up helmet sweat dripping-get to wear hats,beanies, phedoras, etc.-pull bitches galore-not as much to carry to the sessionKindgrindThings to do in the rain-smoke weed-watch The Mighty Ducks trilogy-watch Jud Larson huck his corpse-edit sweet iPhone clips-spoon with my dog BatesSoulTop videos of 2018-Grombé-Chance of Rain 2-Jeph Howard’s Rare Winter-Secret Project 2-Donde GatoTop AcidStephen Babcock lives in Brentwood, California. You can follow him on Instagram here.John Sakkis lives in Oakland, California. You can follow him on Instagram here. Erick Garcia lives in Oakland, California. You can follow him on Instagram here.