SKATERS
EYE
Andy Bohna
58 THRASHER
Josh Beandry, wood to metal
frontside nosestide.
Is Mikey afraid of blasting from the Burnside square bowl to
the vert wall? No, not by the hairs on his chinny, chin, Chin
For Christmas of '96 my dad gave me a
camera and loaned me his darkroom.
equipment. He had fixed one of his used
cameras for me to have. That winter
spent most of my time shooting photos.
and printing them in my lab. After I had
figured out a little about my camera and
the whole process, I started to shoot
skateboarding. Osage got interested and
decided to invest in a lens and some film to
practice with. After endless rolls of Josh
Falk and friends, my photos started to show
improvement. Not all my photos
turned out the way I wanted them
to, but it's a constant learning
process that will never end.
Burnside, caught clean.
Josh Hearst meathooks an alley-oop grabber
in the meandering afternoon shadows.
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