Friends of chef and skateboarder Ben "B-Dro" Drollinger will gather Saturday for a celebration of his life in the Haight, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The event will begin with a skate and barbecue from noon to 4 p.m. at Waller and Stanyan streets, a longtime meeting place for San Francisco skateboarders. A photo gallery and memory-sharing session will follow from 4 to 6 p.m. at FTC Skateshop on Haight Street, according to an announcement from Blue Plate co-owner Cory Obenour.
Drollinger died Sept. 27 in San Francisco. He was 39. No cause of death was publicly disclosed. Thrasher's Andrew Caulfield remembered him as a friend who was always willing to skate, cook for others or be there to talk about life. "One of the beautiful things about skateboarding is the people you meet and are lucky enough to call friends," Caulfield wrote, the Chronicle reported.
A fundraiser organized on behalf of his sister, Nikii Ledoux, has raised more than $12,500, according to GoFundMe. It was established to help Drollinger's parents, Bernard W. "Benny" Drollinger and the late Annmarie Drollinger, with expenses related to his death.